Anderson Cooper Announces Birth of Second Child

The CNN anchor and his parenting partner, Benjamin Maisani, have welcomed a son named Sebastian Luke

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CNN anchor Anderson Cooper announced live on air Thursday that he and his parenting partner have welcomed their second child, a boy.

Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper weighed 6.8 pounds at birth and was born via surrogate. Cooper and Benjamin Maisani also have a 21-month-old son, Wyatt.

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“He is healthy and happy and even his occasional hiccups are to me adorable,” Cooper told viewers. “He mostly just sleeps and eats, and he certainly poops, but he already seems like a wise and thoughtful little chap.”

Sebastian, like Wyatt, will be raised by both Cooper and Maisani.

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We are co-parents. Wyatt calls me Daddy, and Benjamin is Papa,” Cooper has said.

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