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Gloria Vanderbilt (left) with her son
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The cable news anchor, 46, who is the son of heiress Gloria Vanderbilt — legacy to the New York railroad fortune — says the family's old money won't fall in his lap.
"My mom's made clear to me that there's no trust fund," Cooper told radio host Howard Stern on Monday. "There's none of that."
Cooper added that he doesn't "believe in inheriting money" and that he thinks having one would be a "curse."
"Who's inherited a lot of money that has gone on to do things in their own life?" he said. "From the time I was growing up, if I felt that there was some pot of gold waiting for me, I don't know that I would've been so motivated."


