Anderson Cooper’s Former Partner Benjamin Maisani: Their Relationship & Who The CNN Host Is Dating Now

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Image Credit: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Anderson Cooper is an instantly recognizable CNN anchor. He famously dated Benjamin Maisani for astir 10 years. They stay an important portion of each other’s lives. Anderson has since been rumored to day different men.

Anderson Cooper, 56, has a precise peculiar antheral successful his life: businessman Benjamin Maisani, 49. The CNN anchor dated Benjamin, an NYC-based barroom owner, from 2009 to 2018, during which they enjoyed what seemed to beryllium a blissful relationship. And adjacent aft they broke up, the 2 stayed isolated of each other’s lives successful a large way: Benjamin has been helping Anderson rise lad Wyatt Cooper, whom Anderson welcomed via surrogate successful April 2020. Talk astir affable exes!

But what are the ins and outs of their existent relationship? And who has Anderson dated since their split? Find retired wherever the duo stands contiguous and what’s up with the CNN icon below.

Benjamin Maisani & Anderson Cooper (Photo: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Benjamin and Anderson’s romance lasted 9 years.

Benjamin, a Hunter College grad, and Anderson Cooper’s romance began successful 2009, though the circumstances of however they meant aren’t confirmed. The mates did not spell nationalist with their narration until 2015, 3 years aft Anderson came retired arsenic gay. Anderson and Benjamin made respective nationalist appearances unneurotic portion they were dating and besides enjoyed immoderate vacations arsenic a couple, including trips to Venice, Italy and Tahiti successful 2017.

In March 2018, Anderson announced helium divided from Benjamin.
“Benjamin and I separated arsenic boyfriends immoderate clip ago, we are inactive household to each other, and emotion each different precise much,” helium told Entertainment Tonight.

Benjamin Maisani & Anderson Cooper (Photo: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

However, the NYC barroom proprietor and the writer person continued their travel and have been connected large terms. In fact, Benjamin has been a co-parent to Anderson’s 1-year-old lad Wyatt Cooper ever since the small 1 was calved successful April 2020. The 2 adjacent inactive unrecorded unneurotic successful the Big Apple raising babe Wyatt. “There is nary acrimony betwixt us,” Anderson told PEOPLE last twelvemonth of his narration with Benjamin. “Even though it’s possibly unconventional due to the fact that he’s my ex, helium is my family.” The governmental commentator added, “While we were a couple, helium wasn’t definite helium wanted kids, which was 1 of the issues we’d ever had. But erstwhile I decided, ‘I’m conscionable going to bash this,’ helium started to beryllium interested.”

Would they ever get backmost together?

So would the exes ever get backmost together? That seems to beryllium a definitive no. Ellen DeGeneres asked Anderson conscionable that portion she was interviewing him connected her speech amusement successful February 2021. “No, that’s not gonna happen!” Anderson confidently responded. However, Anderson did erstwhile again applaud his ex successful the interview, saying that Benjamin “is specified a large parent.”

Benjamin Maisani & Anderson Cooper (Photo: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Who is Anderson dating now?

It’s unclear whether Anderson is presently dating idiosyncratic else, though helium has been linked to TV property Andy Cohen. It’s a complaint some parties, however, person denied. “What is it astir Anderson Cooper that keeps you from falling successful emotion with him?” Howard Stern asked during an occurrence of his amusement successful January of 2022. “I conscionable deliberation it’s not what our narration is based on,” the Watch What Happens Live big replied.

“We’re conscionable friends; that’s not a portion of it. I think, astatine this point, we cognize each different excessively well. We’re not attracted to each different successful that way.” While helium admitted that Anderson is “a handsome guy,” helium added that, “we’re not successful that place.”

The BFFs explained successful a associated interrogation however the rumors whitethorn person started. Though they admitted they’d been acceptable up for a unsighted day backmost successful the 90s, it ne'er happened. “I knew wrong 45 seconds, I was ne'er going connected a day with Andy Cohen,” Anderson hilariously told Jimmy Fallon during a 2017 appearance connected The Tonight Show of their archetypal meeting.

“I imagined him successful similar a Bluetooth headset, gesticulating,” helium added. “He was each excited, and helium violated my cardinal rule, which is helium asked maine astir my ma wrong the archetypal infinitesimal of talking to me.” Andy exclaimed, “I wanted to day the Vanderbilt boy! I was excited.”

Per Distractify, Anderson has besides been linked romantically to a Dallas radiologist named Victor Lopez. They reportedly started dating aboriginal successful 2018, but had parted ways by the extremity of that aforesaid year.

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