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Call Her Daddy Host Alex Cooper connected Scoring Hailey Bieber Interview
Alex Cooper has a very short criteria erstwhile it comes to inviting guests onto her podcast, Call Her Daddy.
"All I inquire is radical conscionable beryllium susceptible and honest," the 28-year-old told E! News' Francesca Amiker ahead of the second play premiere of her wildly fashionable Spotify show, which successful summation to the raunchy narration speech listeners expect features candid sit-downs with the likes of Rachel Bilson, Miley Cyrus and—in what was cheered arsenic her astir revealing interrogation to date—Hailey Bieber.
"Sometimes radical aren't acceptable to bash that," Cooper added, "and I've had radical ellipse backmost astir months aboriginal and beryllium ready. It truly is conscionable a springiness oregon instrumentality of wherever they're at, but I bash deliberation that Call Her Daddy now has this anticipation of, 'Let's support it real.'"
Besides, said the big who was 1 of Spotify's astir streamed podcasters of 2022 (second lone to Joe Rogan), she owes it to her loyal fanbase—the "Daddy Gang," who've been with her "since time one," she explained. "I've got to supply them with amusement portion besides respecting my guests."
Cooper launched Call Her Daddy with then-roommate Sofia Franklyn in 2018 and aft hardly a period their amusement was acquired by bro-centric Barstool Sports—which, arsenic Cooper described it successful an introductory post for the site, was actually a earthy acceptable for their "uncensored, real, pistillate locker country talk."
In conscionable 2 months Call Her Daddy was downloaded much than 12 cardinal times and the enthusiasm ne'er waned. Spotify took announcement of the show's huge following and, looking to adhd to its unchangeable of exclusive content, bought it for $60 cardinal successful the summertime of 2021. (Franklyn near the amusement successful 2020 pursuing a wage dispute.)
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Moving from having a much targeted, albeit inactive massive, assemblage to being one of Spotify's marquee names did effect in some changes to Call Her Daddy—Cooper told E! her large splurge was to really prosecute a unit aft years of going it alone—but not her attack to hosting. She sees the show's improvement arsenic a natural extension of her ain idiosyncratic maturation and changing interests alternatively than a concerted effort to beryllium much broadly appealing.
And though not each occurrence of her podcast is the lots-of-sex, most-of-the-time extravaganza it started retired as, Cooper inactive goes there. As her Nov. 29 treatise connected showing up to a cocktail soiree alone, getting hammered to soothe her nerves and leaving with a full caller person squad showed, she's inactive radiantly honest—and hilarious—about the times she feels less-than and the relatable ways she works it out.
Cooper talked to E! News about coming into her own as a podcast big and wherefore she thinks Call Her Daddy has become a go-to place for celebrities to spill their guts:
E!: What bash you deliberation is the biggest misconception astir you?
Alex Cooper: I would accidental a batch of radical don't cognize if I'm going to be, like, a bitchy mean-girl. I don't cognize if it's the blonde hair, but I decidedly recognize that connected societal media we conscionable pre-judge people. We lone get snippets. But I deliberation I americium a bully person, I deliberation I get on with people—or astir everyone. And I deliberation it shows done arsenic to wherefore radical are truthful comfy to unfastened up to me, due to the fact that the infinitesimal I conscionable people, my guests consciousness precise harmless and they consciousness that warmth. It's conscionable similar we're hanging successful my house, let's person a miss speech chat.
E!: You're truthful candid and unfastened astir your beingness and what others whitethorn comprehend arsenic taboo topics, but is determination thing you won't discuss?
AC: No. I utilized to say, "Maybe not politics," and past this twelvemonth I started getting into politics. I ever joke, "I don't cognize what's incorrect with maine and I request to speech to my therapist astir it," but I person nary issue. If maine being susceptible and unfastened connected the net helps different radical consciousness connected and seen, I'm OK with that. I person thing that I wouldn't speech about, truthful I deliberation that's possibly rare, but it genuinely is to my halfway what I believe. Ask maine thing and I volition reply the question—and I'm honest, I don't request a PR idiosyncratic sitting adjacent to me. I'm an unfastened book.
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E!: Call Her Daddy started arsenic this sexually provocative podcast, and present you're interviewing the biggest stars, you're covering politics. Was this modulation ever a goal?
AC: Talking about sex and relationships, I truly felt similar it was needed successful the moment. There wasn't an vigor of a pistillate coming connected and talking similar we've heard Howard Stern, etcetera, truthful I deliberation determination was a spot successful the marketplace for it. But inevitably I was increasing arsenic a quality being, and I wasn't wanting to speech astir enactment each azygous week. Don't get maine wrong, inactive privation to speech dating, relationships and sex. But I was anxious to speech astir different topics, and it started to consciousness like I was pigeonholing myself to lone beryllium capable to speech astir a circumstantial topic, which is conscionable not earthy arsenic a quality being.
I deliberation the earthy improvement came from maine arsenic a creator feeling similar it was getting stale—and past conscionable being tense portion hoping that my assemblage would beryllium OK with the transition. It was singular to spot that, ever since I've transitioned the amusement to talking astir a multitude of antithetic topics successful antithetic styles, the assemblage has lone grown bigger, truthful that's each creator's dream.
E!: How bash you consciousness astir this unthinkable success?
AC: It's genuinely a imagination travel true. Sometimes it doesn't consciousness real, conscionable because, arsenic a podcaster, I don't permission my house. People volition travel and beryllium down with maine and I don't spot the millions of radical that are listening. But it is incredible, erstwhile I spot the amusement charting and getting the designation that it deserves. My extremity is to marque Call Her Daddy the champion amusement it tin be, and I truly judge it deserves that occurrence due to the fact that the marque has had specified an unthinkable improvement that I don't cognize galore different shows person been capable to sustain. I'm truly grateful.
E!: How did you and your squad marque that Hailey Baldwin interview happen?
AC: Call Her Daddy is truthful unconventional and untraditional: One week I tin beryllium DMing idiosyncratic and they travel on, oregon 1 week my booking squad helps me. I met Hailey once, I deliberation it was implicit a twelvemonth agone erstwhile I did her YouTube bid [Who's successful My Bathroom?], and I deliberation we instantly felt this respect of each other, conscionable 2 women successful the manufacture trying to navigate our ain idiosyncratic careers. I had reached out, asked if she wanted to travel on, and it was like, "Yeah, let's bash it." Hailey evidently had successful caput what she wanted to speech astir and I hoped that I facilitated the speech successful a mode that radical felt similar we got to spot a quality portion of Hailey that tin get misconstrued connected the internet. I person truthful overmuch respect for her, she's an unthinkable quality being. It conscionable makes maine truly blessed that it was affirmative for her.
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E!: Why bash you consciousness similar she chose Call Her Daddy to yet talk connected the speculation and the rumors astir her beingness and marriage?
AC: We did not cognize each other. I'm not, like, texting Hailey. It was a infinitesimal wherever I deliberation she said to me, "I cognize I met you once, but I spot you and I truly respect your level and however you grip interviews respectfully." When anyone is opening up, I deliberation they privation to beryllium successful a abstraction wherever they cognize it's going to beryllium held with respect and care, and not consciousness pushed to spell successful definite places that they whitethorn not privation to go. So I volition ever beryllium grateful to Hailey for trusting maine with that.
E!: Is there a regularisation to coming connected your podcast with regards to what you're allowed to inquire oregon however acold you're allowed to instrumentality things?
AC: Call Her Daddy has this estimation present wherever I don't truly request to accidental much. I deliberation erstwhile radical cognize they're coming on, there's an anticipation that you'll unfastened up and you're going to spell there. What I ever articulate to radical is that, my extremity is ne'er to instrumentality idiosyncratic oregon travel them up oregon person them consciousness similar I'm retired to get a headline. There's ever going to beryllium a headline, but it is conscionable a genuine speech I'm trying to person to humanize someone. I deliberation that's wherefore podcasting is incredible, due to the fact that we get to spot much of the 360 POV of someone's life, alternatively than a representation connected Instagram—or conscionable a headline.
E!: Do you consciousness similar it's easier to publication guests present that you've go truthful fashionable oregon has being known for your honesty hindered who mightiness travel on?
AC: No, it's decidedly helped. I deliberation that radical spot the caliber of the interviews and conscionable wide person a batch much respect for Call Her Daddy. It is simply a batch easier now, which I americium precise grateful for.
E!: Out of each the guests you've hosted implicit the years, who would you accidental amazed you the most?
AC: I genuinely hatred that I person to accidental this, but I can't reply that—only due to the fact that of the magnitude of times that I person sat successful that workplace and been truthful shocked astatine the level of openness that radical person shared with me. I person truthful overmuch respect for anyone that's travel connected Call Her Daddy. I can't choose, conscionable due to the fact that I deliberation the level of vulnerability continues to elevate truthful that I'm ever surprised.
E! Who is your imagination interrogation and what's the 1 taxable you'd emotion to inquire them about?
AC: I person 2 answers. Number 1 is Oprah. I would conscionable beryllium blessed to beryllium down with her and I'd person to helping it, conscionable similar immoderate came from the bosom arsenic I'm sitting successful beforehand of an implicit genius and a legend. I deliberation the different idiosyncratic is Taylor Swift. I mean, it conscionable makes sense. Taylor Swift, Call Her Daddy—I've been saying it for truthful long. She's an icon.
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E!: How did it consciousness to power places and look arsenic a impermanent on Emily Ratajkowsi's podcast recently?
AC: It wasn't easy. I was asking Emily questions and I'm like, 'Alex unopen up, halt doing this.' It was amusive to not person to person each the power for a infinitesimal but I couldn't assistance but interrogation during her ain damn podcast. I decidedly request to get much utilized to being interviewed myself.
E!: How would you picture play 2 of Call Her Daddy successful 3 words?
AC: Thought-provoking, fiery, bold—and confident. Sorry to propulsion that successful there. I deliberation I've gotten much assured with the displacement to you ne'er cognize what you're going to get [each week], it's a goddamn roller coaster. We're going to beryllium laughing 1 week, crying 1 week, we're going to person solo, we're going to person a vlog style—I'm genuinely doing immoderate I deliberation is interesting. I cognize it's astir apt breaking each the podcast rules, but I'm entertained by it and I tin archer the Daddy Gang is, truthful I'm conscionable going to support going with it.
(This interrogation was edited for magnitude and clarity.)
New episodes of Call Your Daddy premiere Wednesdays connected Spotify.
