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Alex Cooper

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“Oh, yes. No, thank you so much, Stephen. Like, you are so talented at what you do. And I don't think I've ever had a conversation with cameras around this honest. And I really appreciate whenever people are getting vulnerable and talking about their feelings, it does take a very specific type of human being for someone to open up. And I felt immediately comfortable with you and you're so talented. So thank you for having me on because this was a pleasure. But now also I'm going to be not stopping thinking about all the things I just said for the rest of the weekend. I'm like, no, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
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“This job is very fucking weird. So I'm trying to figure it out. I'm 28. I've been doing this for only four years publicly, which it seems like it's been a lifetime. Literally, it feels like it's been, I feel like I've been doing this my whole life. And then to think of how big the show is and how many millions of people are watching me every day. And I'm like, I've been doing this for four years. That is actually a really short amount of time, but it feels so much longer than it actually is. Yeah.”
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“I'm really happy Over the place open right now. I love to though, think about. What's next? What am I doing? But I feel very happy. And if you had asked me that, like. Eight months ago, I'd be like, no. So I'm happy. I'm just constantly in my head thinking. Like I can't stop. It's like 2 a.m. And I'm like picking up my phone, writing notes. So I sometimes I'm like, please stop. My brain never is like silent. So I think that's where when I start having conversations like this, now I'm going to be home like whoa. Like this is giving me a lot to think about. But no, I am really happy. I just.”
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“Because it's also intoxicating and it's addicting and it's unrelenting every single week. What's new episode? What's new episode you put out one that people don't like to guess? That was shit. What's your next one? You're like, oh my God, oh my God. And it's like not a normal job to have to be like, please, please, please, give, give, give, give, give. Oh my God, be better. Be better. Get the next one. Like, you're literally like. What? Like in bed at night, I'm like, what is the next thing? And so it's a little. It's like thrilling and exciting as hell as a creator, but also as a human being. It's scary”
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“What am I doing? And then the other side of me is like, go like you're living your dream, like, get after it. But I'm like, but like. Would it be better if all these people weren't watching and I picked something a little bit more behind the scenes? I don't know. I have to figure that out, but it's. It's scary as hell”
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“Weird because I don't think it's natural. So I just struggle sometimes with that this is really fucking scary. Like we're sitting here right now, but it still doesn't register me that so many people are going to listen to this. Like I'm half blacking out in this interview, but I'm like, oh shit. And then like these are like my high thoughts always. But I'm like the perception that people have of me on the internet. I'm like, I kind of feel like that is who I am. But like, is that who I am? Like. You have to perform when you're in front of this microphone. Like, I'm not talking all day contrary to what I've said. I never shut the fuck up. But like, it just is a little unnatural. And so it's scary to. Reflect sometimes and be like. Have I taken this too far”
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“Like anyone, if you're going through something, like, I can't really explain the feelings, maybe unless you're in this situation, which I know is like, oh, boo, you chose this. But like it's really fucking weird having millions of people watching you, listening to you. Taking your advice. Like living out what you're telling them to do. Like, sometimes I'm like, Am I doing it right? Am I I think social media, like it's a little.”
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“Try not to think about how scary it is at times like. Because I don't think it's a very relatable thing to say. Like when I'm producing my show, I'm always like, that doesn't sound relatable. Like talking about like your comment section, like. It's really fucking scary how Much every week, I just keep putting myself out there and I... It's almost like there's no time to stop and like wonder, am I? Is this what I should be doing or would I be happier doing something else? Because I am really happy, but it's like this public world. Isn't exactly what I wanted in terms of like producing content. You can do while not being a public facing person. So I think I get, it freaks me out sometimes and then I just try to not think about it because I don't think”
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“No. Tell me something you have never told anyone before. Oh, I'm going to have to sit here for an hour and think about this. As you know, I can never shut up. So I'm pretty open, something I've never told anyone. Oh my god. I don't know if this is going to be anticlimactic, but I would say that I don't think I ever. How great as everything I've been talking about is like. My career scares me at times. Like, I don't think I've ever said that out loud to anyone because I think I come off with like a lot of confidence and I'm, I love what I do, but like it's scary in moments. How do I explain this and like take this out of my brain? We live one life. We're here and I'm kind of like. This is what I chose to do, and I'm 28 right now. It's a little scary to think. Of how publicly I've decided to live my life.”
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“I am like, I feel like I've said everything on the internet that now as I progress anytime, I'm like, should I say that? I'm like, I really, I don't know why, but I'm very. Unafraid to just like you could ask me anything, and I'm like, I'll answer your question. Like, there's never, I don't have publicists with me. Like, I don't, I don't really care.”
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“Yeah, I mean, I've been really open. I do think there's a couple. Podcasting is amazing because I can sit for an hour and talk. So I think it's way more stimulating to hear someone speak from in the first day that it happened to me I was dealing with this a month later I felt like this so I think there's a couple things in my life that I'm just trying to experience a little bit more before I speak on it”
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“But it is all relatively similar that we can at least be like, I can kind of connect to that. I can kind of connect that. That's always the goal. It's like just speak and I'll do the job to wrap it in a bow to make sure that everyone feels somehow connected to this person.”
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“And I think that I've been able somehow to gain this rapport with people in the first like two minutes before we actually start where I think they feel like she's definitely not what I thought. I think when you meet me in person, it's very different than what you see online. I think people immediately soften and are like, oh, wait, like this feels different than what I expected. And then I just ask that they trust me, that I'm really here to have a really exciting and interesting conversation. And I'm not trying to ruin your life. And let's see where it goes. But most of the time when people then come in our vulnerable and open and are willing to go there, that's what makes the best episode. We're all going through most of the same shit, themes-wise, different levels. But the human emotion is the human emotion. I don't care if you're sitting in one country or the other, or it's all going to be different.”
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“Express things that maybe they're not even comfortable saying or they haven't even fully thought out because I feel like the show does a great job of holding someone in a space of like, we'll work through it, like say it and then let's like backtrack and I'm never going to let someone say something that's wild and then they're like, I didn't give context like we'll get the context. So I think someone that's willing to just speak very frankly and openly, I think sometimes, especially celebrities have been burned so many times in media that they are really closed off. And I actually think it does a disservice to them because then they come off more rigid or more unlikable or less authentic. And so I think my goal is always to have someone basically trust me, which is wild. They are meeting me usually for the first time ever when they sit down with me.”
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“I'm looking for them first and foremost to show up with an open mind. Um, the Told you before this, I was like, someone I just recorded with was like, everyone in the morning before I came and filmed with you was like, do you want a cocktail? Do you need a drink? And the woman was like, why do I need a cocktail? Like, you're freaking me out. Like, I think call her daddy has now set a standard of like, we're going to go there. We're going to have really open honest conversations. So I think I want people to come open-minded of I'm not trying to exploit you, exploit your life. I'm actually in long form trying to get to know you as a whole human being. And that's why I really respect your show and you're so good at what you do because you're just listening and you're trying to pivot with them to understand who they are and what makes them them. So I think coming in open-minded is the first bit because I think there's a lot online for call her daddy that people are like, here we go. Like this is about to get wild. I think the second thing is someone that is willing to.”
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“Just like negative and toxic. And it just was like, why is I felt that like weight that you're like, oh my God, I'm waking up and thinking about this. Like, this is so negative in my life. And I was able to kind of put an end gracefully to a situation that clearly wasn't making either of us happy. And I was so proud of myself because, oh, trust me, I was like replaying the conversation, like practicing in front of my boyfriend. Like, how do I say this? Like confrontation to me, I'd rather flip backwards and go into a different stratosphere than have confrontation. But I was proud of myself because I was feeling really, really icky about the situation. And I I had a conversation that was kind of beautiful and ended a really toxic situation”
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“This is really weird I actually had something That was hindering my life a little bit and my happiness. And I spent the whole past weekend just. Trying to figure out how do I Can I say this? There was something that I was not. Someone in my life that was Really bringing negativity to my life. And I've worked on boundaries with my therapist and then my therapist's classic line is like, you love to set a boundary and you hate to maintain it. And I'm like, she's like, you're so good at being like boundary. And then a week later, I'm like, how's the boundary? And you're like, it's gone. I'm like, oh, God. So I finally for the first time just kind of ended a relationship with, um, It was really.”
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“I think I really am looking forward to Doing what I always wanted to do producing and directing, I didn't intend to be an on-host talent. Let me be so clear. I remember in college, my professors were like, you should be like a sports announcer. And I was like, no. And like, nothing against sports announcers. I just knew in my bones. I was like, I don't want to do that. I don't want it. Like, I always wanted to be behind the camera. Then it just so happened that I'm in front of it. And like I'm like, oh, I do like it. producing i'm like producing myself as i'm talking right now like i'm naturally more of a producer than just like a talent so i think what i want to be able to do is to explore past just the immediate producing of a podcast what else can i produce”
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“Only able to see, and now it's opened up a world. So anyone in business, don't be afraid to even have like a, hey, can I pick your mind for like a little bit? Like, let's go to a coffee. I just have like some questions I want to ask you. All of a sudden you're going to leave there and you're going to either know more about what you want to do or it could have completely spun you in a different direction. Either way, you're going to take something positive from it. But I think a lot of times in business, especially as women, it's like be hush, hush. Like, don't let anyone know what you're doing. I think that's, I think it's, yes, of course, keep close to the chest of like an IP that you're working on, that like someone can't steal and you haven't trademarked or something, but like open yourself up to other people helping you. You don't have to do it all on your own.”
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“Conversations leading with that compass of this is what I know I want and ask people for help, talk to people. Like I've been having so many meetings that I'm like, I hate meetings. Just let me go create, but I've been having so many meetings about what I'm about to be launching. And there's been people that are able to ask me questions that I wouldn't have been able to think about had I been at home thinking. So it's like having a compass of what you know you are driving towards and then opening it up for discussion around people that have complete different ideas and mindsets and you will be able to find help. But sometimes I think we think we have to do it all on our own in business. Like don't let anyone know what you're up to. It's not there, no one can actually take that away from you because whatever you're going to do is going to be unique to you. But I do think I had a hard time asking for help. And now finally I'm having meetings with people that are so brilliant and they're allowing me to think past what my brain was on.”
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“If you know what you want, that is something you should be able to locate. What do you want? What do you or what do you at least think you want? What makes you happy? What is a goal you can at least put on the map? Because if not, then you take a little minute for yourself. Like, come up with something. Then when you're walking into these rooms, you can allow that to kind of be your compass. I know there's so many things for call her daddy that I've wanted to do for so long. And I know that my audience knows, like, I have kept call her daddy in this bubble and it's almost like about to burst like I've just stayed with the podcast. I have my merch, but like I don't do much. I don't really do anything other than it. So I think when I think about expanding in my mind, it needs to be so perfect, but also I'm like, but there's so many opportunities. What do I want to do? You don't actually need to know exactly like the into the weeds of it. Start having.”
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“I think it's everything because I don't want you to be disingenuous with yourself, but I also want you to realize Confidence is a word that feels so like, oh, just be confident. It is so hard to be confident. You can be confident in certain aspects of your life and very unconfident in others. You can be confident in your friendships, but when you walk into work, you're so unconfident or the complete opposite. I would say with business, I've learned like”
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“You're going to be on Forbes. I think it's going to make a lot of sense. It's staying in my space. I'm never going to be like. I'm coming out with water. Like, it's like I'm never going to do something people are like, oh God, she sold out. It's within the next month, I'll be launching something that Is just going to completely elevate and expand the Call Her Daddy brand everything that I'm passionate about that I've talked about today. It's just expanding and it's going to Call her daddy to live in so many new places and you're going to be able to experience call her daddy and that brand and other things that I'm passionate about, you're going to be able to consume it. And there's just going to be a lot more that you're going to be able to. Watch and see.”
2023-03-30 · The Diary of a CEO · Alex Cooper: The World's No.1 Female Podcaster Finally Opens Up! (Call Her Daddy) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I know right now it feels like there's no getting out of the pain. I know you feel so alone. You feel unseen. You feel unloved. You feel unworthy. But I promise you every single thing you're going through right now is going to build you into the person that you're going to be so proud to be in the future. And it's worth it hang in there. ask for help. You don't have to do everything alone. I love you”
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“You got a flight. You got a flight. I'm joking. Do you think your younger self would be proud look up to you now? Yeah, I do, which is so crazy. If anything I wish I could have shown my younger self in those really, really dark moments, like, bitch, you got this? Like, look what you're about to do. Like, just wait, hang in there. I think I would be so proud of myself because I've stayed honest with myself. I've stayed loyal to what I've wanted. And I've gone for it. I've taken a lot of risks and I've put myself out there, which was not something I like to do when I was younger. So I think my younger self would be like. Damn, we did it.”
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“It was a motherfucker in the beginning to try to align is this going to work? Because we both knew it was there, but we were at a little bit of different points in our lives. And I think that, yeah, I enjoy the pain of love and like real Like once in a lifetime, it feels like love. Daddy gangs, you'd be like, you sappy bitch. What we've lost you, I'm still here. It's okay.”
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“Partner in the beginning that it was painful to get to where we are now. Now I don't experience that pain with my partner, but like it was. Don't curse.”
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“You're like the Callard Daddy girl's about to tell me something. She's experienced. No, no, no. I'm going to get deeper than that. No pun intended. YouTube. What pain do you enjoy having? I think I've enjoyed the pain of. Experiencing true love. Thought I was in love in the past. I was in certain variations of whatever I could be capable of giving for love and receiving for love. But recently I've really experienced the painful moments of Loving someone going through Grief, loss, death with them, going through moments of disconnect, moments of not knowing if it was going to work out. Like, I felt such pain in moments, but Also, such happiness and joy that completely overrides the pain, but I don't think I've ever experienced it the way that I have with this.”
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“That it does consume you at times I'm a workaholic and like I can't have someone that's Just want to chill, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm just so really aggressive, and I'm like, I need to be working and I want to be fulfilled and I am fulfilled by my job. So it doesn't have to be your job, but you have to be successful in life of what you're aiming towards achieving. You have to have some type of achievement, some type of passion, some type of purpose, or else we're not going to have too much to talk about because I can't shut up. Yeah, yeah, even if it's like you're a teacher, you're a teacher and you love what you're doing. You're changing these kids' lives. You're showing up amazing. It just, you have to have something because I've clearly got something and it's my baby and it's called her daddy.”
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“I think you have to define success because I actually had this conversation with him the other day It's not about money. It's about I couldn't be with someone. That wasn't passionate about something, that didn't have their own sense of identity, their own sense of drive and want, that doesn't work for me because I'm a very passionate person where like I've been on dates with guys where I'm like, I get it. Like you're you don't feel when I'm I'm like electric when I talk about my job. And I think that's okay. I think I need someone that's equally has something in their life that they feel so driven and pulled by that it allows two individuals to come and make a great couple, but we got our own things. And so I don't give a shit if he's not making money. If it's every single day he's waking up working for a nonprofit and is like, I'm going to change the world, go off. Absolutely. Love that. It's success to me is more that like you're successful in working towards something that you're so passionate about.”
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“Intact ego that when we're going to bed at night, it's like, how is your day? How is your day? All the successes, all the issues, failures, ups and downs, we're like, we'll get through it together. And that is, I'm like, it's allowed me to probably be 10 times better at my job because I have a secure partner. I have a really great relationship. And now when I'm showing up to work, I'm feeling even more supportive than just being supported by myself and my immediate family.”
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“It's not to say that there's going to be moments where your partner's down, you're up financially, where they're at in their career, their status. Like if you just got a promotion, your partner just got fired. Like, that's going to happen. Overall respect was a huge thing for me where this means more to me than anything. I need someone that can respect that like, I'm going to choose a lot of times my career in moments and I need you right now to ride with me on this wave of like maybe in 10 years it's not going to be the same. And my partner like was the, this is the first partner I've ever had that is my biggest cheerleader is potentially going to do some stuff work-wise together and he's like you be the face of it you do like I don't like this is you like this is like all you and it's so refreshing to have someone have such an”
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“It's like the hottest thing about you. Like when you start talking about your job, I melt for you because you're so engaged and passionate and excited and I love how passionate you are. It makes me so happy to be your partner that I can watch you live out your dreams. I was like, okay, you passed the test. But it's hard. Like I think if you're in a relationship”
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“Respect myself, like that version is who I want them to love. But you also have to love my job and respect it and appreciate that this is my passion. My partner now, I remember meeting him and I was like, oh, he's the one because he's so successful in his own right. The amount of times that he's been like, you could stop all this tomorrow. I would love you. But you are so talented”
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“Yeah, I remember when I started Call Her Daddy. I was having a really hard time with dating just because as the show got bigger. Yeah, men were so insecure, but also that may have been because I was the next morning talking about them on the show, being like, this is what his whatever looks like. Like, okay, but no, I really struggled to find genuine relationships of. Like again, I still feel like the awkward girl that like still at times looks in the mirror and I'm like hyper fixating on certain things about myself. Like I'm still insecure. So like, yes, I'm the call her daddy girl, but I'm also Alex from Newtown Pennsylvania.”
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“People I'm around. I want people to like me. I want to make people happy. I want them to make me happy. I want to have fulfilling dynamics in my life. That is like the richest thing I think about me right now is like I've worked a lot of my relationships and I am finally I can say at a point where like I'm happy in my life and that to me like there's no number you can put on that. I don't give a shit if they took that away from me tomorrow. Well, Spotify don't, obviously. But like, you know what I mean? I'm like, it's amazing. But. I still feel like the same person back in Pennsylvania.”
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“I'm still working the way I always work. I hunch over at my computer. I have the same keyboards. Like people are like, how do you not have like the keyboard with all like there's certain like tech things that I could be doing? I don't give a shit. I want to do exactly what I've always been doing and keeping it real and tight to myself and like a little janky. Like I feel like it like makes me feel like I'm still myself and it hasn't expanded in a way that maybe people think it has. And so I'm proud of myself that I've kind of stayed really grounded in who I am and why I started this. And I'm going to continue to always be cognizant of like why I started this, who I am, and none of this shit actually matters. Like, who gives a shit about a purse? Like, you could lose it. Like, I want to have real relationships. I want to be close with my family. I want to be respectful of.”
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“Deserves to be where it is. And I haven't really let it get to my head. I'll let you know if it does. But for right now, I feel like everyone keeps asking me, like, how did it change your life? for the rest of my life will change my life and my kids' lives. And like I get that. But in the immediate”
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“It was the craziest and Truly the craziest feeling that I still can't really articulate of I never started this for money. I'm really fortunate how much my parents were like keep it real. Keep it normal. What is all this if you're about to be like this? Like none of this matters. It could all be gone tomorrow. And so I've been fortunate to be raised by people that like I just it hasn't really affected me. I feel like the same person that I was in Pennsylvania definitely a little bit more progressed in like how I feel about myself and I feel smarter and more whole as a human being but like that number to all it did to me was solidify that the brand that I built”
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“But I, aside from all of the drama of what we're talking about, it goes back to me being like, I love this shit. And so are there boundaries I can set with myself in order to make it healthier, just like any person with any job? Like you can get wrapped up in that and it's not healthy.”
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“It goes back to my childhood I love connecting with people. I love what we're doing right now. This is like my jam. This is like I could let's go for five hours. Every time I do a podcast, people are like, that was the longest podcast we're ever done. Like, I can't stop talking because I love connecting with people. I love discussing topics. And right now, that's what I'm doing on my show. And again, like I said, who knows? Maybe it will change in a year, but. Yeah, it's a weird feeling to be like, where is the end mark? Don't think there is an end mark for me because maybe it will look different”
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“And that can cause you to lose your fucking mind. Like, I don't think people understand an hour of content. I was talking to my boyfriend about this. He's like, I make hour and a half movies that we work on for nine months. Every week you have an hour to fill. And if it's just you talking. It's like almost insane. Like, you're going to start doing things. You're going to start putting yourself in situations to get content, to talk about things. And I started to be like, this is unhealthy. There's other ways to entertain people and other ways to feel creatively stimulated. And that's when I just started to talk to other people and then interviewing, I think, gave me like. A real sense of fulfillment because”
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“I can't even take two weeks off. I, yeah, that has crossed my mind. There's some days where The unforgivingness of this industry gets a little bit. It freaks me out a little bit because I found myself, like I just said, being like, wait, why did I do that? Because I'm so deep in it and I'm so content focused and I'm pulling myself out. I'm like the Alex with her family and her partner and her real life. Like that's not who I am. I think I actually think that's why I kind of pivoted my show for a minute to interviews. I needed a break because I was like, first of all, we don't need to keep hearing me talking. Let's give me a break. Like, you're all sick of me. I wanted to just start to talk to other people for a second because doing these solo episodes every single week, I needed something new and unique to say.”
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“That's why I have some empathy for creators that have taken it too far, where you see that line is like they push it, they push it, everyone loves right when you're teetering the line. They're like, oh, yeah, oh, yeah. The minute you cross the line, even though they've been encouraging you to go farther, farther and you fall off. Wrong with you, what you're disgusting, like, that's awful. You're a bad person. So it's like, it's a very, very fucked up industry to be a part of because like you're rewarded for the chaos, but if it's too chaos, then”
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“We were being rewarded by how much crazier it was. Every week it was like, if you get crazier, the views go up. The clicks keep coming. So it was like this. Really diabolical feeling in your head where it's like morally, I don't know if I should be saying this, but it just keeps bigger, getting bigger, the more that we keep saying wild shit. And I think in the beginning, we had a handle on it. And then when we hit like episodes 50, 60, it was like throwing shit at the wall Because people just wanted to see us dance. It was like do something crazy again this week.”
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“I don't expect a lot of people to relate to it. It's really weird that I've talked about my sex life and my breakups and my heartbreak and friend breakups and family issues and trauma and all the things you can possibly imagine. Like that's not normal to be that open about it on the internet. So naturally I think there's like a what's next, like always trying to one up yourself and that can be really detrimental. And I think when I look back at the early days of Callard Daddy, like I'm embarrassed by some of the things that I said, not that I'm embarrassed by the product, I think was great, but there's some things that I was like, why did I say that on the internet? Like that was mean or that was, but it was all like, I don't think people understand like”
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“If you're paying some of them, they're not doing their job, you have to fire them. But I'm like, so it's like I've struggled a lot with like who I'm having around me. Then on the personal side of things. I don't want to say the word exploiting, but I'm just going to say it and then I'm going to take it right back. But like exploiting my life for four years, there is a cost of like”
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“Like it's a little, it almost like contradicts itself, like things that I should be doing as the talent, the CEO shouldn't be doing, like the conversations I'm having as the talent, I shouldn't be having, but I'm the CEO. So I'm like, I have to fire you. And then it's like, well, are you going to go tweet about me? You know, it's like so strange where most companies like that person wouldn't be a public facing person. So like, and then my people pleasing tendencies, I've kept employees longer because I'm like, I can't fire this person even though they're not doing their job because like I don't want them to go online and say I'm a bitch. And then my therapist is like. Alex, sweetie.”
2023-03-30 · The Diary of a CEO · Alex Cooper: The World's No.1 Female Podcaster Finally Opens Up! (Call Her Daddy) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think something I've been really struggling with is, first of all, with regard to business, I'm Such a creative at heart that business wise. I'm really trying to work on recognizing this has gotten so big. I need to be in these meetings. I need to be like, I need to be interacting with people on the business end of things. And like my boyfriend always jokes. He's like, you're 99.9% creative all times. Like you need to dial it at least 10% to business, Alex. And I'm like, I don't need to answer the email. I'm just going to sit in the edit room and make the episode. So I think I've really It's been a little bit of a challenge like hiring people personalities coming in, figuring out how to balance being the talent The executive producer The CEO and the owner of a company is like”
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“Just goes back to without sounding like a egomaniac. Like I am obsessed with this. I can't explain it. Like every single week I'm like completely fixated on how I'm going to innovate, make it better, make it special. So I think naturally like there are people that got into this industry that actually didn't really intend for it. And there's like producers handing them scripts and being like sit down and talk. Like I'm so obsessed and passionate about this that I do think that translates in how innovative the show has been and just like the growth because I love it and I love producing content. So it's been really easy for me in that regard. Like I've never had a doubt in my mind that this is what I'm supposed to be doing.”
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