February 11, 2021
Watch: Co-Parenting's the Thing for Anderson Cooper and Live-in Ex- Benjamin Maisani
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Anderson Cooper opened up to Ellen DeGeneres about co-parenting with ex- Benjamin Maisani, the Daily Mail reports.
"Anderson Cooper and his former partner Benjamin Maisani are so committed to raising their son together that they continue to share a home despite their breakup," writes the DM.
The 53-year-old CNN anchor and the 48-year-old nightclub owner broke up in 2018 after nine years together. They welcomed Wyatt in April 2020 via a surrogate.
"We actually still live in the same house because we get along really well," the CNN anchor said during a TV interview.
"It works out," he went on. "It was interesting because he wasn't really sure he wanted to have a kid, which was one of the reasons we probably broke up. But then he came around on the idea, and now he is just such a great parent."
Cooper added that it was really sweet to see Maisani caught "weeping" during Wyatt's vaccination appointment.
But, he added, don't expect the couple to be a couple again soon. "No. It's not going to happen."
Asked if he wanted a second child, Cooper answered:
"I don't know. Yes, I would love to. I think it would be great for him to have a sibling. I'm not sure I could handle another, but he's really such an easy kid."
Adding, "He's still sleeping, like, 12 and a half hours every night, he eats his sweet peas and his mushed little cauliflower. He's such a happy little chappy. It's such a joy."
Watch the interview: