Alex Cooper Says Trump’s Campaign Reached Out About Coming on ‘Call Her Daddy’
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Alex Cooper said Donald Trump‘s campaign reached out to her team about appearing on her popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast — but Cooper ultimately hosted Vice President Kamala Harris instead.
Cooper, speaking Wednesday at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York City, said she “didn’t want to technically get into politics” but she decided to have Harris on her show because she saw it as an opportunity to have “a larger conversation.” Both presidential campaigns had reached out about appearing on “Call Her Daddy,” Cooper said: “We had a Zoom call with Trump’s team.
I wasn’t on it.” The prospect of having Harris on her show was interesting because “I’m a very competitive person,” Cooper said, and she thought, “How do we keep ramping this shit up?” Cooper said she focused the interview with Harris on abortion: “It’s about women’s right to their body.
Why not have someone on [‘Call Her Daddy’] who could have a big effect on the country? So I did it. And it was fun.” She said the time she spent researching for the interview was “probably the most I ever did.” After the interview with Harris in early October, Cooper said that people asked her, “Why didn’t you ask about the border?” She continued, “I don’t know — go watch CNN.
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