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GLORIA Vanderbilt was a fashion designer, actress, heiress, and socialite who passed away in 2019 at 95 years old.
Ten years earlier, at 85 years old, Gloria shocked her son, Anderson Cooper, when she told him she wanted to be a surrogate for him.
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Is Anderson Cooper related to Gloria Vanderbilt?
CNN commentator is Gloria Vanderbilt's son.
Gloria was married four times, including to Cooper's father Wyatt Cooper.
Anderson's older brother Carter died at the age of 23 in 1988.
Gloria also had two children with her first husband, Leopold Stokowski.
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Does Anderson Cooper have kids?
In 2009, Anderson's mother, Glorida Vanderbilt, made a routine trip to her gynecologist and found out that at the age of 85, she was still able to have children.
She immediately told Anderson she could carry a child and wanted to be a surrogate for him. He rebuffed her offer and told her unequivocally no.
Before Gloria passed away, he was going to be a father.
The CNN star became a dad to via surrogate on April 27, 2020.
"I was able to tell [my mom] shortly before she died that I was going to have a baby," he told .
"Wyatt wasn’t created at that point… he was an idea in my head. I was in the process of it. She was thrilled."
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"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," he added.
Why is Anderson Cooper raising Wyatt with ex-boyfriend Benjamin Maisani?
Anderson is raising Wyatt with his ex-partner , but he said they don't have any intentions to .
The pair reside in the same home, and Anderson said he still thinks of Maisani as family.
Before Wyatt was born, Anderson was adamant that he wanted his son to have two parents, in case something happened to him. When Anderson was 10 years old, his father died, and he said although he had his mother and his brother, he wished there was someone there to get a bite to eat or to talk, he told .
Although the couple broke up in March 2018, Anderson said they remained close and after the breakup he said, "We are still family to each other, and love each other very much."
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