"I knew what it was like growing up without a dad," added Cooper, whose father Wyatt Emory Cooper died during heart surgery when Cooper was 10. "If there was ever something that happened to me ...

Cooper’s mom was the socialite, artist, and designer Gloria Vanderbilt. His father, Wyatt Emory Cooper, died when young ...

Raised by his dad, Wyatt Emory Cooper, a writer, and his heiress-turned-fashion designer mother Gloria Vanderbilt, Cooper started going through boxes in his mother's apartment in 2019 after she died.