Anderson Cooper and his former associate Benjamin Maisani are actually the proud dad and mom of two as they welcomed son Sebastian.
Anderson Cooper, 54, and his former associate, Benjamin Maisani, 49, have taken amicable co-parenting to an entire new degree! On Feb. 11, Anderson introduced throughout CNN’s A360 broadcast that he and Ben – who co-parent their 22-month-old son, Wyatt – are actually proud fathers to a second son, Sebastian Luke, who was born earlier this month by way of surrogate. HollywoodLife has spoken EXCLUSIVELY to a good friend near the 2 males, who mentioned that the current start of child Sebastian has “strengthened their bond” as “lifelong companions” like by no means earlier than.
As beforehand reported by HollywoodLife, Anderson and Ben had been in a relationship from 2009 till 2018. Following their break up, they'd a son collectively, Wyatt, in April 2020. In keeping with the pal, “They've been in an on-again, off-again relationship for thus lengthy and they're lifelong companions. They've one of the distinctive relationships that exist as a result of, though they are saying they don't seem to be intimate, they're very a lot in love, and so they act like an actual married couple.”
“Anderson and Ben put their previous variations apart when Wyatt was born,” the good friend advised us. “They grew to become solely centered on elevating Wyatt to be the very best man that he could possibly be. They're continuously collectively, and Ben even has a room at Anderson’s residence. They're all the time in communication 24/7 with one another, whether or not or not it's to determine if there are sufficient diapers at residence, or who's going to be there whereas certainly one of them goes out of city.”
Throughout his emotional Feb. 11 on-air announcement, Anderson advised his viewers, “We're a household. Benjamin can be within the strategy of adopting Wyatt in order that Wyatt’s final identify might be Maisani-Cooper as nicely.”
Our supply added, “The 2 of them are the very best fathers to Wyatt, Anderson introduced that Wyatt was additionally getting Ben’s final identify is as a result of Ben could be very a lot a father to Wyatt, and he has been for the reason that day he was born. He needs Wyatt to develop up understanding that he has two very loving dad and mom, as he all the time has.”
When requested if there was an opportunity that the 2 might someday get again collectively, the good friend advised us, “It’s anybody’s guess. Finally, all their buddies suppose that they are going to notice that they're the one ones meant for one another. They each insist on being with Wyatt each single day and it is going to be no totally different with Sebastian. Anderson and Ben are undoubtedly sole companions and their two youngsters have tied them collectively perpetually.”