Anderson Cooper is a father. Wyatt Morgan was born on Apr. 27 weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Cooper shared photos of Wyatt at the end of Thursday’s televised weekly global town hall on the coronavirus pandemic.
On Instagram, Cooper wrote, “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.”
Wyatt’s middle name, Morgan, is a family name on Cooper’s mom’s side. He knows that his parents liked the name because he found it on a list they made when naming him.
Cooper said, “As a gay kid, I never thought it would be possible to have a child, and I’m grateful for all those who have paved the way, and for the doctors and nurses and everyone involved in my son’s birth.”
“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,” Cooper wrote. “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.”
—Jennifer Swartvagher
Featured photo: Marcel Fagin on Unsplash
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