CNN anchor Anderson Cooper introduced on Thursday evening that he and his finest buddy and former longtime associate Benjamin Maisani have welcomed their second little one.
"In April 2020, within the early darkish days of the pandemic, you could recall I introduced the delivery of my son, Wyatt," Cooper mentioned on Anderson Cooper 360. Cooper mentioned Wyatt is "candy and humorous and the best pleasure in my life," as a latest photograph of Wyatt seems on the published.
"If he seems to be significantly pleased on this image it is as a result of he now has a child brother," Cooper mentioned.
The newborn, named Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper, was born weighing 6.8 kilos, and Cooper mentioned he's "wholesome and pleased — even his occasional hiccups are to me, lovely."
"He principally simply sleeps and eats and he actually poops, however he already looks like a smart and considerate little chap," Cooper mentioned.
Like his older brother, Sebastian was carried through surrogate.
"The sacrifices she and her household, her total household, made and the love they gave Sebastian this previous 12 months has been extraordinary," Cooper mentioned. "We are going to always remember the kindness and all of her and her household and all surrogates who assist deliver new life and new love into the world."
Cooper and Maisani have been co-parenting since they broke up in 2018 after publicly courting for about three years, although they had been believed to have been courting for much longer. USA As we speak has reported that they had been linked way back to 2009.
"We're a household," Cooper mentioned, including that Maisani can be within the strategy of formally adopting their first little one, who calls Maisani "papa." As soon as the adoption is finalized, Cooper mentioned, Wyatt's final title can be modified to Maisani-Cooper like his brother's.
When Wyatt was born, Cooper mentioned he appreciated to think about that his mother, dad and brother, all of whom have died, had been standing there with "their arms round one another, smiling and joyful at his delivery."
"Effectively these previous 22 months, I've felt them watching over us very strongly, and I already really feel their love for Sebastian," Cooper mentioned. "The household I used to be born into could also be gone, however I really feel them alive within the household that we've created. New love and new life."