CNN news anchor is finally Anderson Cooper is a dad!
Cooper, 52, shared the photos of his 3-day-old son Wyatt Cooper, named after his late father.
“I want to share with you some joyful news. On Monday, I became a father. This is Wyatt Cooper. He is three days old. He is named after my father, who died when I was ten. I hope I can be as good a dad as he was,” he said, referencing his late father, writer Wyatt Emory Cooper who died in 1978 during an open heart surgery at just 50.
Anderson read the same message aloud on-air, and was teary eyed as he made the announcement to millions of viewers on CNN, saying that he was blessed.
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Cooper also paid a tribute to his late mother Gloria Vanderbilt who passed at the age of 95 in June 2019
“My son’s middle name is Morgan. It’s a family name on my mom’s side. I know my mom and dad liked the name Morgan because I recently found a list they made 52 years ago when they were trying to think of names for me. Wyatt Morgan Cooper. My son, was 7.2 lbs at birth, and he is sweet, and soft, and healthy and I am beyond happy,” he added.
In the first photo, Anderson is seen feeding baby Wyatt with a bottle, and in the next he shows off his Wyatt’s adorable face!
He also took the opportunity to also remember his late brother Carter Wyatt, who tragically committed suicide in 1988 at just 23 years old.
“I do wish my mom and dad and my brother, Carter, were alive to meet Wyatt, but I like to believe they can see him. I imagine them all together, arms around each other, smiling and laughing, happy to know that their love is alive in me and in Wyatt, and that our family continues…new life and new love,” Anderson said.
