Is Anderson Cooper related to Gloria Vanderbilt?
GLORIA Vanderbilt was a fashion designer, actress, heiress, and socialite who passed away in 2019 at 95 years old.
She was also the center of one of the most famous custody battles in the 1930s.
Gloria Vanderbilt in 1963[/caption]Is Anderson Cooper related to Gloria Vanderbilt?
CNN commentator Anderson Cooper is Gloria Vanderbilt’s son.
Vanderbilt was married four times, including to Cooper’s father Wyatt Cooper.
Anderson’s older brother Carter died at the age of 23 in 1988.
Vanderbilt also had two children with her first husband, Leopold Stokowski.
Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt in 2016[/caption]Does Anderson Cooper have kids?
Before she passed away, Anderson promised his mom that he would become a father.
The CNN star became a dad to Wyatt Morgan Anderson via surrogate in April 2020. Vanderbilt passed away in June 2019.
“I was able to tell [my mom] shortly before she died that I was going to have a baby,” he told Live With Kelly And Ryan.
“Wyatt wasn’t created at that point… he was an idea in my head. I was in the process of it. She was thrilled.”
Vanderbilt in 1958[/caption]He added: He went on: “Morgan is my mom’s grandmother’s name and my mom’s mom’s maiden name. I wanted something for my mom.
“I’ve been going through my mom’s things cause she passed away in June and I found a list she and my dad had written out with possible names for me when I was born and one of them was Morgan so I knew they liked the name, so I went with it.”
Anderson had confirmed Vanderbilt’s death on his show with an emotional on-air obituary.
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He revealed his mother – whose lovers reportedly included Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra – had died at her home.
“She was ready. She was ready to go. (She died) the way she wanted,” he told Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.
“Gloria Vanderbilt was an extraordinary woman who loved life and lived it on her own terms.”