All There Is with Anderson Cooper
Mar 11, 2026 · 49 min · 18 segments
Robert Irwin was just two when his dad, “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, died. Now 22, Robert talks with Anderson about growing up with grief and how he's able to still "feel" his dad. For more of “All…
Robert IrwinGuest
Anderson CooperHost
Sara BareillesGuest
You may remember him from Dancing with the Stars last year, or remember his dad, Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter.
I've been thinking a lot about kids and loss, and how the death of a parent early on can completely change the trajectory of one's life.
It certainly did with me, and I worry at times about not making it to see my two little boys grow up to be men.
I think I will, but I like to talk to them a lot about how even though my dad died when I was 10, I feel him in my heart now, and how I believe he's with me and with them, and happy to see them growing up.
I was really moved by an Instagram post I saw this week from James Van Der Beek's daughter, Emilia.
Today is my dad's birthday, and [clears throat] the number one thing for somebody's passing is to talk to them and let your emotions out.
If you miss them, you can cry.
You can talk to them.
And I know he can hear me, but I can't hear him.
My mom can.
And you just, you have to feel them in your heart, 'cause they're in your heart.
They're watching over you.
There's no way when I was that age I could have said something like that so soon after my dad's death.
Years before, my childhood nanny, May McLindon, died after suffering from Alzheimer's.
She told me about something I said to her just days after my dad's funeral when I was 10.
Everything will be all right." She started to cry when she was telling me this story.
You may remember him from Dancing with the Stars last year, or remember his dad, Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter.
I've been thinking a lot about kids and loss, and how the death of a parent early on can completely change the trajectory of one's life.
It certainly did with me, and I worry at times about not making it to see my two little boys grow up to be men.
I think I will, but I like to talk to them a lot about how even though my dad died when I was 10, I feel him in my heart now, and how I believe he's with me and with them, and happy to see them growing up.
I was really moved by an Instagram post I saw this week from James Van Der Beek's daughter, Emilia.
Today is my dad's birthday, and [clears throat] the number one thing for somebody's passing is to talk to them and let your emotions out.
If you miss them, you can cry.
You can talk to them.
And I know he can hear me, but I can't hear him.
My mom can.
And you just, you have to feel them in your heart, 'cause they're in your heart.
They're watching over you.
There's no way when I was that age I could have said something like that so soon after my dad's death.
Years before, my childhood nanny, May McLindon, died after suffering from Alzheimer's.
She told me about something I said to her just days after my dad's funeral when I was 10.
Everything will be all right." She started to cry when she was telling me this story.
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