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fought back tears this week in an emotional interview with .
The Wildlife Warrior, 21, was chatting to the US broadcasting veteran on his podcast All There Is about how he processes grief in the wake of his father, Steve Irwin's death.
Steve 'The Crocodile Hunter' Irwin died aged 44 off the coast of in 2006, after being pierced in the chest by a stingray while filming a nature documentary.
During the expansive interview, Robert became visibly emotional when Anderson asked if he still communicated with his father.
'Yeah, there are... there are moments where...' Robert began before choking up.
Anderson replied: 'If it's too personal, it's fine.'
Robert Irwin fought back tears in an emotional interview with Anderson Cooper
The Wildlife Warrior, 21, was chatting to the US broadcasting veteran (pictured) on his podcast All There Is about how he processes grief in the wake of his father, Steve Irwin's death
Pushing on, Robert revealed that he feels closest to his father when he is by himself in nature.
'There are moments where... I'll sit... I'm always closest to Dad when I'm in the middle of nowhere, you know, when I'm out in the bush,' he said.
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'There are absolutely moments where I'll be hit with this sense of... it's warmth – it's like something kind of wraps around me.'
He then revealed the heartbreaking question that he asks Steve in those private moments.
'I will absolutely sit and just say: "How do I, like, how do I go forward", you know? How do you move forward?
Continuing, Robert said that while he is constantly reminded of his father, those moments alone provide the biggest catharsis.
'[With] my dad always being this constant thread in my life and people always talking about him, sometimes one of the nicest things is to just sit... in nature and I just kind of let it all go,' he said.
'I let it all sort of pour out and it feels like I'm kind of letting him in. Sometimes I sit and just go: "What's next? How do I put one foot in front of the other?" And there's no answer, but it almost feels like there's a resolution that comes out of that.'
Steve 'The Crocodile Hunter' Irwin died aged 44 off the coast of Queensland in 2006, after being pierced in the chest by a stingray while filming a nature documentary
During the expansive interview, Robert became visibly emotional when Anderson asked if he still communicated with his father
'For me growing up, my greatest fear – and it still is my greatest fear – is forgetting what he feels like or what he felt like,' he said. 'And that was something that would for a long time really, really keep me up at night'
'I think one of the greatest saving graces in keeping him alive in my life is my mum. She is the reason why I have such a clear picture of the person that he was,' said Robert. (Pictured with mother Terri and sister Bindi)
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Steve's voice began to crack with emotion as he admitted that seeing Robert and Bindi take up the Wildlife Warrior mantle would be his 'proudest moment'.
