Andy Cohen Reveals a Moving Story about Anderson Cooper & His Late Mom Gloria Vanderbilt

The late-night show host recalled the beautiful relationship Cooper and Vanderbilt had, as he witnessed it during an appearance of the mother and son on “Watch What Happens Live.”

51-year-old Andy Cohen took a moment during the celebration of his Bravo talk show’s 10th anniversary to share a touching memory he has of his close friend 52-year-old news broadcaster Anderson Cooper and his late mother.

Cohen recalled how the CNN’s anchor’s mother, fashion influencer and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, who passed away from cancer on June 17, aged 95, showed how much he cared about her.

“When the doctor told her she had cancer, she was silent for a while, and then she said, ‘Well, it’s like that old song: Show me the way to get out of this world, because that’s where everything is.’"

“I think how sweet — every time I saw her with Anderson, he always held her hand, which really touched me,” Cohen told People on June 20 at the red carpet of the “Watch What Happens Live” anniversary event in New York City.

“When they were on my show, he held her hand for almost the whole show. And I remember being very moved by that,” the TV host continued.

“And I got a chance to see her last week with him, and there he was holding her hand, and it just fills my heart up to think about,” he added.

It was Vanderbilt’s son Cooper himself who made the official announcement on CNN about his famous mother’s death one month after her cancer diagnosis.

After revealing that her stomach cancer had developed to an advanced stage against which doctors were helpless and that had spread, Cooper shared how calm and courageous she was when she learned that she had little time left.

“When the doctor told her she had cancer, she was silent for a while, and then she said, ‘Well, it’s like that old song: Show me the way to get out of this world, because that’s where everything is,’ ” he said.

"She lived nine more days. Being able to spend those nine days and nights with her was a great, great blessing. They were the most extraordinary days of my life and I'm very grateful," Cooper added.