Along with the surplus of joy, it did ultimately mean finding out what dad guilt felt like. “If I spend three hours with Ben, and then I have to go to work, you know, you’re at work, and you’re like, ‘Did I spend enough time with Ben today?'” he explained. “If Ben tells me that I’m his best friend or he grabs for my hand to hold it, or he cuddles me extra tight, I mean, there’s not gonna be a bigger win in my day than that.”
And Cooper would concur that being Wyatt and Sebastian’s dad is now his most towering achievement, the 58-year-old telling People in September 2023 there had been so many “moments of such bliss, humor and gentleness and sheer delight that it stuns me.”
“This is the best time in my life,” the CNN anchor added. “There is no doubt about it.”
He said coparenting and living with ex-partner Benjamin Maisani despite their breakup in 2018 felt “very natural,” noting their complementary schedules.
“I work nights, and so he’s there at night,” Cooper explained. “And we both wake up right before they wake up, get them their milk and spend the first couple of hours of the day just us with them. And Benjamin speaks French to them. I have no idea what they’re saying. I think they’re plotting against me.”
But there’s safety in numbers, and Cohen and Cooper of course have each other as they navigate the wilds of parenting.
