Call Her Daddy's Alex Cooper Faces Empire Turbulence

0:00It's April 22nd. I'm Cory with The Story. This is Sydney News Today, driven by AI. Alex Cooper, the voice behind Call Her Daddy, the fourth most popular podcast in the U.S., is hitting turbulence in her expanding empire. Her company Trending, co-run with husband Matt Kaplan, faces employee exits, weak new shows, and staff clashes, especially with Kaplan's hands-on, style. They launched Trending in 2023 to bundle her unwell network pods for Gen Z women with his production gigs. Hired dozens of young fans expecting a fun vibe, but day-to-day ops fell to Kaplan, who's built a rep for heated outbursts on sets and tours. Crew members have pushed back hard, filing complaints and threatening to bail, mid-job if things don't change. That feud with influencer Alex Earl blew up online, too. After Cooper called out fake drama on TikTok, pulling in major media buzz, unwells fresh shows tanked fast, like three serious XM1s, canned in under a year, and Earl's hot mess

1:03wrapped quietly. A recent YouTube game series saw last-minute swabs and Kaplan threats that left vets and tears, but now they're buying established pods and onboarding. Execs like Joanne Bradford is president. Call Her Daddy, still crushes with over 13 million downloads. Monthly, live tours raking cash, and new TV drops keep rolling. Cooper admits it's brutal work, but her team's locked in, betting big on diversifying beyond the mic.