Anderson Cooper Doesn't Plan to Leave Son Wyatt an Inheritance: 'College Will Be Paid For'

Anderson Cooper is following his late motherGloria Vanderbilt’s lead when it comes to his finances.TheAnderson Cooper 360°host, 54, said he doesn’t plan to leave his 17-month-old son Wyatt Morgan an inheritance when he dies. “I don’t know what I’ll have,” he explained on Saturday’s episode of theMorning Meetingpodcast.“I’m not that interested in money, but I don’t intend to have some sort of pot of gold for my son,” Cooper continued. “I’ll go with what my parents said … ‘College will be paid for, and then you gotta get on it.'“He previously revealed that his mother, whodied at age 95in June 2019, didn’t plan to leave him an inheritance either. “My mom’smade clear to me that there’s no trust fund, there’s none of that,” Cooper said onThe Howard Stern Showin 2014.Anderson Cooper and son Wyatt.Anderson Cooper/InstagramCooperwrote about his family’s notorious wealthin his new bookVanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, telling the story of how his ancestors were once among the richest people in the world before they lost it all.Anderson Cooper and mother Gloria Vanderbilt.Dimitrios Kambouris/GettyThe Peabody Award-winning journalist told PEOPLE earlier this month that Wyatt inspired him to write the book. “In some ways I wanted this to be a letter to my son,” Cooper said.“My dad wrote a book before he died (during heart surgery when Anderson was 10) about his family growing up in Mississippi. And because he died when I was so young, a lot that I know of him came from that book,” he explained. “I wanted to write a letter to Wyatt about this crazy and unusual part of his family’s past.“Cooperwelcomed Wyatt via surrogatein April 2020 with his ex, Benjamin Maisani. “It’s awesome,” he told PEOPLE of their co-parenting arrangement.RELATED VIDEO: Anderson Cooper Says His New Book on Vanderbilt Family History Is “A Letter to My Son"“It’s probably an unusual setup, but I knew he would be a great dad, and he is,” Cooper added. “We’re exes, but we’re family to each other, and we love each other as family and as co-parents.”

Anderson Cooper is following his late motherGloria Vanderbilt’s lead when it comes to his finances.

TheAnderson Cooper 360°host, 54, said he doesn’t plan to leave his 17-month-old son Wyatt Morgan an inheritance when he dies. “I don’t know what I’ll have,” he explained on Saturday’s episode of theMorning Meetingpodcast.

“I’m not that interested in money, but I don’t intend to have some sort of pot of gold for my son,” Cooper continued. “I’ll go with what my parents said … ‘College will be paid for, and then you gotta get on it.'”

He previously revealed that his mother, whodied at age 95in June 2019, didn’t plan to leave him an inheritance either. “My mom’smade clear to me that there’s no trust fund, there’s none of that,” Cooper said onThe Howard Stern Showin 2014.

Anderson Cooper and son Wyatt.Anderson Cooper/Instagram

Cooperwrote about his family’s notorious wealthin his new bookVanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, telling the story of how his ancestors were once among the richest people in the world before they lost it all.

Anderson Cooper and mother Gloria Vanderbilt.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

The Peabody Award-winning journalist told PEOPLE earlier this month that Wyatt inspired him to write the book. “In some ways I wanted this to be a letter to my son,” Cooper said.

“My dad wrote a book before he died (during heart surgery when Anderson was 10) about his family growing up in Mississippi. And because he died when I was so young, a lot that I know of him came from that book,” he explained. “I wanted to write a letter to Wyatt about this crazy and unusual part of his family’s past.”

Cooperwelcomed Wyatt via surrogatein April 2020 with his ex, Benjamin Maisani. “It’s awesome,” he told PEOPLE of their co-parenting arrangement.

RELATED VIDEO: Anderson Cooper Says His New Book on Vanderbilt Family History Is “A Letter to My Son”

“It’s probably an unusual setup, but I knew he would be a great dad, and he is,” Cooper added. “We’re exes, but we’re family to each other, and we love each other as family and as co-parents.”

source: people.com