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'I was meant to have daughters': Gloria Vanderbilt tells her fourth son Anderson Cooper she was sure he was going to be a girl when she was pregnant

Gloria Vanderbilt tells her son Anderson Cooper in their new documentary that she was 'sure' he was going to be a girl when she was pregnant
'I was meant to have daughters,' says Vanderbilt, who ended up having four sons
During the clip a list of names for her fourth child can be seen on the screen from one of her old notepads
Vanderbilt, Anderson, and Hays were possible names for a son, and for a girl the options included Courtney, Kendall, Morgan, and Jennifer

Published: 15:00 GMT, 5 April 2016 | Updated: 19:15 GMT, 5 April 2016

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Gloria Vanderbilt talked about her great loves and her children during an appearance of Live With Kelly and Michael on Tuesday, where she was interviewed by Kelly Ripa and a very special guest host - her son Anderson Cooper.

The heiress and Cooper also showed a new clip from their HBO documentary Nothing Left Unsaid where Vanderbilt speaks to her son about how much she wanted a daughter.

'When you were born I was sure it was going to be a girl,' Vanderbilt tells Cooper, her fourth son.

'I was meant to have daughters.'

Cooper then jokes with his mother; 'I wont take it personally.'

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Mother's hopes: Gloria Vanderbilt (above on Tuesday) tells her son Anderson Cooper in their new documentary that she was 'sure' he was going to be a girl when she was pregnant

Insight: During the clip a list of possible names for her fourth child can be seen on the screen from one of her old notepads (above)

Back in the day: Vanderbilt poses for a portrait session with her sons Anderson Cooper (right) and Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (left)

During the clip from the documentary, which will air Saturday on HBO, a list of possible names can also been seen for the unborn child.

For a boy there is 'Vanderbilt,' 'Anderson,' and 'Hays' and for a girl the options include 'Courtney,' 'Kendall,' Morgan,' and 'Jennifer.'

In thew end Vanderbilt had four sons.

Vanderbilt also spoke at some of her famous loves, and how important it was for her to remain lifelong friends with them all after they parted.

Her first boyfriend when she arrived in Hollywood at the age of 17 was one if the biggest stars of all time Errol Flynn.

'That was very brief,' said Vanderbilt of their relationship.

'But I was so goggle-eyed at 17, I was so moviestruck, that these were like gods to me because all my life I had grown up as a child watching them on the movies and suddenly here they were looking at me and they were asking me out.'

Cooper then brought up the fact that Vanderbilt almost married Howard Hughes.

'Well he was the best,' said Vanderbilt. 'The most of the ones that meant the most to me.'

Her son then asked her about her relationship with Frank Sinatra.

'Frank Sinatra's the greatest friend,' said Vanderbilt.

'Great to be with. I mean, he was just kind of the most amazing person in my life because he came along at a time when I thought I was trapped in a marriage I didn't want to be in.

'I thought the man I was married to was god and he would never let me go, and then Frank Sinatra came along.'

No such luck: 'I was meant to have daughters,' says Vanderbilt, who ended up having four sons

Past loves: Vanderbilt also talked about some of her famous loves, including Frank Sinatra (above in 1955)

After Sinatra asked her out on a date Vanderbilt ended that marriage, her second, to composer Leopold Stokowski.

Stokowski was the father of her first two sons Leopold and Christopher.

Vanderbilt and her son Leopold, who goes by Stan, remain close but she has been estranged from her other son, Christopher, since 1978 after he accused her therapist of meddling in his love life.

Stan has three children, Vanderbilt's only grandchildren, daughters Aurora and Aubra and son Myles.

Vanderbilt and her second husband were married for 10 years before she had the courage to leave, because of Sinatra,

She previously said of her decision; 'Of course, today I could rescue myself. I wouldn't need a knight to come along.'