Alex Cooper Reveals Why She Had Kamala Harris on Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper thought this one through.

In part two of Hulu’s new Call Her Alex docuseries, the 30-year-old Call Her Daddy host explained her decision to have Kamala Harris as a guest on her podcast ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

“I am in the middle of the Unwell Tour. I have been on stage for the past four nights in a row, and I got a call that I’m going to be interviewing the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris,” she recalled in the episode.

The decision wasn’t straightforward for Cooper, who recognized that her audience — nicknamed, “The Daddy Gang” — had divided political views, plus politics in general was not a topic she had normally covered on her podcast.

“On one hand, I’m very aware that the ‘Daddy Gang’ is both Republican and Democrat, and I have made a very concerted effort not to dive into politics on my show,” she continued, adding, “But I’m going to do it the way that I want to do it.”

However, Cooper — who launched her wildly successful podcast in 2018 with a focus on sex and dating advice — made clear, “I’m not CNN. I’m not Fox News. This is Call Her Daddy, and we talk about women’s rights.”

The media mogul recalled a pivotal conversation she had with her husband Matt Kaplan when contemplating whether or not to go through with the interview, and the thought of having a daughter one day completely influenced her perspective.

“I had this conversation with Matt [Kaplan],” she said of her husband. “And we were both talking about how if I’m lucky enough to have a daughter one day, like how am I not going to do this because it could make a difference, right?”

She added, “I’m going to sit down with her and do my best… Now, it’s game time.”

The docuseries then cuts to a scene that shows Cooper and her team brainstorming questions for the interview with Harris.

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“Getting her talk about the confidence it takes, the work ethic and the swag it takes to continuously fill positions that only men have had,” Cooper elaborated on her questioning process prior to their sit-down.

“I don’t want it to be inspirational. I want it to be like, ‘Tell me some savage s—,'” she added in part.

Harris appeared on Call Her Daddy on Oct. 6, which made headlines at the time. During the episode, the vice president pushed back against claims that she’s not humble and criticism over her decision not to have biological children of her own.