Anderson Cooper is a father, gives son a special name
isa father, a milestone the CNN anchor says for a while he didn’t believe would ever happen.
Cooper announced the birth of his son, Wyatt, on Thursday evening on his show and in a lengthy Instagram post. His son was born on Monday via a surrogate, the newsman said, and is named after his father who died when Cooper was 10.
“On Monday, I became a father. I’ve never actually said that before out loud, and it still kind of astonishes me,” Cooper said on his show, “AC360.”
The anchor said he felt it was important, amid stories about those who are suffering and dying during the coronavirus pandemic, to “hold on to moments of joy.”
The segment included several photos of the newborn.
“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,” Cooper wrote on Instagram. “Most of all, I am grateful to a remarkable surrogate who carried Wyatt, and watched over him lovingly, and tenderly, and gave birth to him.”
Cooper, 52, said he regretted that his parents and brother were not alive to meet his son. Cooper’s mother,
died in July at 95.
QUEEN AND LAMBERT HONOR GLOBAL COVID-19 ‘CHAMPIONS’
and singer have a message for workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight: “You Are the Champions.”
and Lambert recently gathered virtually to record a new version of the Queen classic, “We Are the Champions.”
“You Are the Champions” was released early Friday on all streaming and download services, with proceeds going to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
Lambert, who joined the track from his Los Angeles home, thinks the song really hits a positive note that everyone is in this together.
“There’s a sense of unity that’s happening around the world, even though it’s, you know, in a negative, scary time,” Lambert said. “I think that we’re all understanding each other a little bit more right now. And it’s sort of leveling everything out a bit.”
“It’s only through our connection and our love for each other are we going to get through it together,” he said.
For May the release comes at a time of great sadness. The guitarist earlier this week lost a friend who he likened was like a brother to him, to the virus.
“That’s the closest it’s come to me physically,” he said, adding it’s given real meaning to the death tolls broadcast daily on television.
“Each one of those is a family tragedy,” May said. “Each one of those people lose a loved one.”
GIGI HADID EXPECTING FIRST CHILD WITH ZAYN MALIK
is about to strut into motherhood.
The supermodel confirmed her pregnancy during a preview clip for
“The Tonight Show“at home edition episode, which aired Thursday night on NBC. She is expecting her first child with boyfriend
a former member of One Direction.
“We are very excited and happy and grateful for everyone’s well wishes, and support,” she told Fallon during the 31⁄2 minute clip. She admitted her first craving so far has been bagels. The baby is due in September.
Hadid, 25, and Malik, 27, have been dating off-andon for several years. She has become one of the world’s most in-demand models and he was the first to leave One Direction to strike out as a solo artist.