Anderson Cooperloves his atypical co-parenting arrangement with ex Benjamin Maisani.
“It’s awesome,” says Cooper, 54. “It’s probably an unusual setup, but I knew he would be a great dad, and he is. We’re exes, but we’re family to each other, and we love each other as family and as co-parents.”
“There’s the usual bickering that any two people have when there’s a kid involved, like what time should he go to swimming class, or should he wear the overalls, or whatever,” he admits, adding, “But all silly, minor things. We get along great.”
Cooper explains, “I’ve always believed that if you’ve been with somebody and that ends, in terms of an intimate relationship, if you love somebody, there’s no reason why that love shouldn’t continue.”
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Maisani, 48, says of how Cooper is different as a father, “Anderson has changed a lot since Wyatt arrived. He’s happy and relaxed in a way he’s never been before. Wyatt has grounded him.”
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Cooper, whose new bookVanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynastyis out Sept. 21, also tells PEOPLE about Wyatt’s “happy and giggly” personality.
“He does this thing where we go to a coffee place and he’ll walk around and look at people, and once they make eye contact with him he’ll laugh,” Cooper shares.
For more on Anderson Cooper and his family, pick up the new issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands nationwide Friday.
source: people.com
