“Name Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper knew her shock interview with Vice President Kamala Harris simply weeks earlier than the presidential election would enrage followers and spur backlash – however insists she “didn’t care” because the divisive episode was “completely value it.”
Cooper, who had beforehand pledged to by no means function politicians on her wildly in style podcast, instructed Forbes in a brand new cowl story that she felt a accountability to her closely feminine “Daddy Gang” to take a seat down with the failed Democratic presidential nominee, calling the choice a “no-brainer.”
“They reached out to me and I acknowledged that possibly in a distinct election it wouldn’t be the case and who is aware of in future elections what I’ll do, however on this particular election the whole focus is on girls’s our bodies and we’re shedding rights by the times, and so, to have the preferred feminine podcast, the place most ladies hearken to the present within the nation, it felt like a no brainer,” Cooper, 30, instructed Forbes.
“I’m very conscious that my viewers could be very break up, and I once more take that with accountability; I don’t wish to alienate individuals however I did really feel like I had a way of accountability, so I form of like didn’t care.”
Harris, 60, criticized President-elect Donald Trump for appointing the Supreme Court docket justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, and spoke of methods to curtail sexual and different forms of home violence whereas passionately recalling how she started her profession as a prosecutor throughout the 40-minute episode.
The interview resulted in a handful of the podcast’s followers fuming at Cooper for not solely sitting down with Harris, however then failing to handle extra urgent issues, like unlawful immigration, the Biden-Harris administration’s response to the Hurricane Helene’s devastation, and surprising accusations towards her husband, Doug Emhoff.
Cooper, nevertheless, dismissed the criticism, explaining that she knew the backlash could be short-lived.
“Individuals say they’re going to cancel me all day. They’re nonetheless listening,” she instructed Forbes.
“It was completely value it. The noise at all times comes, the destructive, after which it was overwhelming the positivity I noticed. It was lots of people coming ahead and talking up and thanking me. And it additionally created loads of dialog, which I used to be actually pleased with.”
The Los Angeles-based podcaster, who options discussions about intercourse and recommendation for girls, additionally provided to offer equal time to Trump, who declined.
Harris’ failed presidential marketing campaign reportedly spent six figures from her $1 billion battle chest to construct the “Name Her Daddy” set in Washington D.C. — for an interview that has solely amassed 911,000 views since being uploaded Oct. 6 — a mere sliver of the viewership Trump scored on comic Joe Rogan’s present.
Trump’s Oct. 25 look on “The Joe Rogan Expertise” — which ran almost three hours — has greater than 52 million views on YouTube.
Rogan has stated he was in negotiations with Harris’ staff for her to look, however the plan was scrapped after she refused to journey to his studio in Austin, Texas and imposed a strict one-hour time restrict for the interview.
Cooper’s present was the second-best-performing podcast on Spotify final 12 months, behind Rogan’s podcast, and topped the charts amongst girls.
She has interviewed a few of the most sought-after A-listers within the enterprise, together with Simone Biles, Miley Cyrus, Megan Fox, Katy Perry and Hailey Bieber.
“Name Her Daddy” jumped from Spotify to Sirius XM in a reported $125 million deal in August.
The podcast host additionally launched Cooper’s Unwell Community platform final 12 months.
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