Yahoo Lifestyle 'Call Her Daddy' Host Alex Cooper Defends Kamala Harris Interview After Backlash
“Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper is sticking up for her decision to interview Vice President Kamala Harris prior to last month’s presidential election.
On Nov. 22, Forbes released a cover story on Cooper along with a video interview with the podcaster, where she told the outlet that speaking with Harris on her podcast, which tackles topics like sex and advice for women, was “totally worth it.”
“[Harris’ team] reached out to me, and I recognized that maybe in a different election it wouldn’t be the case, and who knows in future elections what I’ll do, but this specific election, the entire focus is on women’s bodies, and we’re losing rights by the day, and so, to have the most popular female podcast, where most women listen to the show in the country, it felt like a no-brainer,” Cooper said.
In October, Cooper uploaded an interview with the Democratic presidential nominee in the final weeks of her campaign. The interview was met with criticism from right-wing social media users after they accused Cooper of not diving into more urgent issues like Harris’ policies.
The Pennsylvania-born podcaster told Forbes that she predicted the fallout from fans before sharing the interview but “didn’t care.”
“Listen, I knew it was going to come. I am very aware that my audience is very split. And I again take that with responsibility. I don’t want to alienate people, but I did feel like I had a sense of responsibility,” Cooper said.
“So I kind of like didn’t care,” she continued. “When I pressed upload, I was like — not that I didn’t care what people would think, but I knew there was going to be like, ‘Cancel Alex and do all this.’”
Cooper, who also offered to interview Trump but he apparently declined, added that “people can say they’re going to cancel me all day” but “they’re still listening.”
After being asked if the interview was worth it despite the aftermath, Cooper doubled down on her decision to meet with Harris.
“It was totally worth it. And you know what? It’s like the noise always comes [with] the negative. And then it was overwhelming, the positivity I saw. Like, it was a lot of people coming forward and speaking up and thanking me,” she said.
“It also just created, I think, a lot of conversation, which I was really proud of,” she continued. “I think a lot of people were having debates and conversations over the episode, and that was exciting.”
