Anderson Cooper says his newborn is wearing hand-me-downs from Andy Cohen's son

• In an interview on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Anderson Cooper shared that his newborn son Wyatt is wearing hand-me-downs that were previously worn by Andy Cohen's son.
• Cooper shared the news that he welcomed his son Wyatt during a CNN segment on Thursday.
• The TV anchor also expressed how Cohen has been helpful in coaching him through fatherhood.
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Anderson Cooper's son Wyatt is going to be one fashionable kid.

On Monday, the CNN anchor appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," where he revealed that his best friend, Andy Cohen, gifted him clothing that was previously worn by his son Benjamin. Cohen welcomed Benjamin in February 2019.

"He's actually really helped me because my son is entirely wearing hand-me-downs from Andy Cohen's son," Cooper said.

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. My son's middle name is Morgan. It's a family name on my mom's side. I know my mom and dad liked the name morgan because I recently found a list they made 52 years ago when they were trying to think of names for me. Wyatt Morgan Cooper. My son. He was 7.2 lbs at birth, and he is sweet, and soft, and healthy and I am beyond happy. 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. 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. It is an extraordinary blessing - what she, and all surrogates give to families who cant have children. My surrogate has a beautiful family of her own, a wonderfully supportive husband, and kids, and I am incredibly thankful for all the support they have given Wyatt and me. My family is blessed to have this family in our lives 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. 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.

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Cooper explained the reason why he was gifted the hand-me-downs is because he doesn't like to spend money and because he didn't know how to go about shopping for baby clothes.

"I'm inherently cheap, I like a good value," he said. "I was planning on going shopping, which I hate to do. And then online shopping, how do you that for baby clothes? Do you go to Buy Buy Baby or Amazon? I don't know! It just seemed weird, so he just gave me all the clothes."

Cooper also joked that he didn't buy Wyatt any clothes on purpose.

"I wanted my son to be a Depression-era child who grows up wearing hand-me-down clothes," he said.

The 52-year-old media personality welcomed Wyatt Morgan Cooper on April 27 and shared the news during a moving CNN segment on Thursday. During the segment, Cooper spoke candidly about how he always dreamed of becoming a father but didn't think it would ever happen.

"As a gay kid, I never thought it would be possible to have a child," Cooper said. "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."

Not only is Wyatt wearing Benjamin's hand-me-downs, but they also have the same nanny. On Monday's episode of Radio Andy, Cohen revealed his nanny is now helping Cooper take care of Wyatt.

"We had long planned this transition, but I certainly didn't expect it to happen during a quarantine, of course," Cohen said. "So we had to really handle this hand-off from one home to the next very carefully, but we did and she is now with Anderson and I know she's gonna get Wyatt on a great sleep schedule just like she got Ben."

Cohen also explained how happy he is for Cooper to have a child of his own now.

"I'm so happy for Anderson," he said. "We've been talking about this for a long time and I have been really enjoying Anderson coming over."

"His visits with Ben have taken on a special significance since we both knew for a while that Anderson was planning on doing this himself," Cohen added. "I'm so excited for the two of our sons to grow up together and be friends."

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