Anderson Cooper plans to co-parent his newborn with ex-boyfriend Benjamin Maisani

• Anderson Cooper shared on Monday in an interview with Stephen Colbert that he plans to co-parent his newborn son with his ex-boyfriend Benjamin Maisani.
• Cooper and Maisani went public with their relationship in 2015 and broke up three years later.
• Maisani was in the delivery room when the baby, Wyatt Morgan, was born via surrogate.
• "Platonic co-parenting" is on the rise and several online services match people who want to find a partner to raise a child with.
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Anderson Cooper is getting used to be a dad, and he's going to have some help.

The CNN anchor shared during an interview with Stephen Colbert on Monday that he plans to co-parent his newborn son, Wyatt, with his ex-boyfriend Benjamin Maisani. Cooper said that the still feels connected to Maisani, a France-born nightclub owner, even though the two broke up in 2018 after three years of dating.

"He's my family, and I want him to be Wyatt's family as well," Cooper told Colbert.

Maisani was in the delivery room when Wyatt was born via surrogate.

There has been a recent rise in people seeking platonic co-parenting relationships

The arrangement, co-parenting with a platonic partner, is on the rise in the US and beyond, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Several subscription-based online services, which match people who are seeking a co-parent, have cropped up recently. Modamily and PollenTree, are modeled after dating sites and app, but there's no romance involved.

Some mental health professionals have said that more of their patients are looking for such arrangements, and it makes sense for those who don't want to raise a child alone.

"There are many people in the world who want to have children and do not want to do it solo," Dr. Melissa Robinson-Brown, a New York-based psychologist, told Insider. "Parenting can be quite difficult, and there are a number of stressors that come with single parenting."

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