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Alex Cooper

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“I've actually only had a conversation with one person that I've never released just because They didn't want to be there. I think their publicists fucked them over. They didn't know what they were coming in for. And I respectfully was like, this ain't it. But, oh, I've recorded like so many solo episodes that I've never pressed upload on that eventually maybe I'll like put together and be like, these were my thoughts back then. But no, I've never deleted an episode that I've published, but oh my God, are you kidding? My catalog of things I haven't pressed upload on. It's like a whole nother hundred episodes. But then I think the other side of why it has been successful is like.”
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“I can't explain it. Like, if I brought a daddy gang girl in here, she would be like, let me tell you our connection. Like, it really does feel like so crazy how connected we are. So I think that is one side of it. I do everything for my audience. sacrifice my personal relationships. I have skipped out on huge family things to like make sure I'm like, no, I need to give the daddy gang something amazing this week. I've never put out an episode of Caller Daddy that I'm not proud of. Every week I'm busting my ass to provide for them. And it's...”
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“Something that I will never be able to like really articulate, but I know it's also coming from a place because I need them just as much they need me. I think sometimes in the creator world, like it gets a little Disconnected because we also are trying to run business. Meetings with a lot of executive people telling me what to do. And I'm like Don't want to do that because the daddy gang won't connect that, and there's a lot of money on the table, or there's brand deals, or there's all these things. And I have really been intentional about like. I care more about the content than. What public facing accolades were going to get. And I think because I focus so much on my relationship with my audience, it's then just garnered like a, oh, this shit just keeps getting bigger. And it is a huge show. But like,”
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“I think Truly, there is, and like I'm obviously being biased, but I don't think that anyone has the relationship they have with their audience the way that I do. I think when you start a show talking about sex, especially for women, and it's so taboo and there's so much shame The amount of trust that that garnered for me between me and them was unmatched. Like Still to this day, it shocks me that women come up to me in the street Will tell me about sexual abuse that they went through. And we've just met in 15 seconds. They're like, Alex, I have to tell you, you got me out of this really toxic abusive situation. All of a sudden, someone's coming to me being like, I married someone because of like it's like this relationship that I've built. I think”
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“This, but like, there was no plan. I didn't even want to be a podcaster. I wanted to direct films and TV shows. And so then after that, the show only continued to grow. Still doesn't feel real. I think the craziest thing was when I signed my Spotify deal, it was very exciting for me that Spotify looked at me and was like, we really respect what you did in the past, but pitch us what's the future because that's why we're signing you.”
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“Then by week three and then week four and then week ten and then week twenty it was constantly just sitting right under Rogan. And then I remember like I think it was maybe our 10th week or something, it went past Rogan and we were back to second. And it was like, whoa, that wasn't the plan. Like, of course, the plan is to get big, but I just remember. I remember Eric and Ardini, who's the CEO at Barcel, came in and was like, just so you know, like, girls, your episode is like getting the same numbers as our biggest show at Barstool PMT or yeah. And I was like, really? Like, that's so cool. Like, I we didn't have like a concept, I don't think yet. So it went viral so fast. And again, that goes back to like, there was no plan. Like, I knew in my mind, like, I love doing.”
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“It went number two right underneath Joe Rogan. And I think every podcast, if it has like a lot of traction, like the algorithm works where like if you have immediate engagement of like new followers, a lot of people are going to hit up in the top 10.”
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“I would say that it is. The most listened to female podcasts in the world. Um it's and it's exclusive at Spotify so that is wild to me that the numbers even being exclusive and you can only find it on one platform that it's as big as it is It still doesn't really like register to me because when people say that, I'm like, podcasting's weird. Like, I don't, I don't like, I'm not a singer or seeing everyone in the audience. Like, I just like talk and then I go and eat a sandwich and play with my dogs and go to sleep. Like sometimes it doesn't register, but the success of this show is wild to me because when we first released our first three episodes with Barcel Sports,”
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“I think a lot of times you try to keep making something work. It shouldn't be that difficult. It really shouldn't. If it's meant to work, it will be working. And I'm in the healthiest relationship of my life right now. And I'm like, this feels great. This is what it's supposed to feel like. No, I don't think that I would pick up the phone because I think we see things very differently. And that's okay. That's life. That's the world. That's politics. That's religion. That's friendship's ending. That's marriage is ending. Like you're just going to be like, I don't see it like you. And that's okay. I think the internet's probably a little bit more invested than even the two of us are. But yeah, I think that would be just, I hope you're healthy.”
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“No, because I think in a weird way, When there's time, I think both sides, and I acknowledge both sides have their own story that then just keeps going on. Like I'm like, what even is the reality anymore? We both have such different storylines of everything that happened If I was forced to, I would just say, like, I hope you're healthy and you're well. I think we're both like in a beautiful way. I said this to someone recently. I was like, it's so much better that we're both doing our own things. Like that's the same thing in like romantic relationships.”
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“Exhausting trying to make people know your character and who you are, especially when I've been talking on the internet for almost now five years. People think people have a perception of me, and that's something I have to live with and be okay with. But it's hard.”
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“But I just know that I was proud of myself, that I know I'm a good person, but when you see the internet picking sides or doing this, like it fucks with you. And I imagine for her, it fucked with her. Like it was really hard, I think, for two women to go through something so big in a COVID pandemic that people just wanted drama. But I think my people-pleasing tendencies of like, Wait, why are these people thinking something that I'm not that ate me alive inside? And I had to have my boyfriend, my mother, my father, my therapist be like, You both know the real story. That's it. That's all you need to know. And so I”
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“Because what was hard for me is public perception. So I've talked to you about how much I care about people liking me. Now I'm on a world stage and there's comments and there's people and there was like a public fallout with a woman. So there's like someone's going to be the victim and someone's going to be the villain. And I was the villain. And I'm like, how did this happen? Like to me, I think publicly I struggled so much for a while of like wanting to tell the full story and wanting to tell the truth and be like, I promise like, but I'm also then like my character was like, I don't think anyone needs to know what happened behind closed doors and how dark it got.”
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“Yeah, I wasn't even aware of how much I was people pleasing until it got to that breaking point where I was like. There were so many things I was doing to appease people around me to keep the show going that was so unhealthy that now I have, in hindsight, I'm like, what was I doing? Why was I like getting people out of bed? Like, why was I managing drugs and alcohol and like trying to be this like fixer? And then it's like just trying to put a show on. I think I was like a little over my skis. I just said that because I was skiing this weekend. So that's the only analogy. I'm like over my head. I'm like over my skis. You can get down a really, really dark path if you do have a goal in order to get there. And that is also advice I give people of like. It's not worth losing yourself to get the prize”
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“Or one people, one person in my office every day. Like I've kept it pretty small because that's what I always wanted. I want to produce. I want to edit. I want to direct. I want to do as much as I can in a smart way. But you just have to know what you want. And then when you get away from it, then you really know what you want because they're like, wait, I want to go that way.”
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“Differently or better, or the same. There are some things that I was like, I'm sticking exactly that course. I think you just have to think about it and be cognizant of those steps. And I think sometimes you rush quickly. Like that's like our world today. It's like go, go, go, go. Like take the new job. Don't take a minute to pause. That's where I think you get screwed over within yourself of not recognizing like what's going to be different this time. You're miserable over there. How's it going to be different? So I wouldn't take it back. I just think, of course, there's things I wish I had done differently, but then I did them differently for my next deal. And I am exponentially happier with the way that I'm handling business, who I'm surrounding myself with, how I'm hiring, who touches the product. Like there's everything now I've formulated. And I think a lot of people think like, oh, Spotify, like just so many people around her. I have two.”
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“I also love that you said we wish we could have told ourselves, but then I'm also in life like, no, that was supposed to happen because now. When I went and signed my Spotify deal, I You best believe I was like, who's around me? Do I own these trademarks? Do I own this IP? Do I own like everything that felt like I had. Not focused on in the beginning that I was like kicking myself for the second time around. I was like, damn sure that I had like everything locked in. And I still even made like a couple mistakes, but like I think that's also just life of like you're going to have, you can try to be as prepared as you can. You're never going to be fully prepared. But having some ability to reflect on what you wish you had done.”
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“We don't even really know each other three episodes in this is the biggest show in the world. Like we're drinking buddies. Like this is not supposed to be a business and we are way in over our heads. And I think that's okay. But I look back and I'm like, I had no idea what we were getting ourselves into, but I do think in business, it's like You got to think big because once you get there, you better be prepared. And I wasn't.”
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“I had no idea it was going to be the biggest podcast in the world. I had no idea her wants and what truly she was interested in, what she was passionate about. We were passionate about such different things. So it's like, I think in business, you do have to actually believe that this could become the biggest thing. You have to put your mind there. And one, that's incredible for your self-confidence to be like, if you're starting a business, pretend it's about to be Apple. Envision and who you're sitting next to do you want to be there with them or for yourself, are you willing to get there and sacrifice certain things? Because you have to mentally start to function that way, because then all of a sudden you could get there. And then you're like, oh, fuck, I didn't plan for this. And I think that's kind of what we both felt. We were like,”
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“I think that the first thing is like business is so There's so many different layers. It's so, so complicated, even if it's just you. So then add another person in. It's almost impossible. And I think like it was so difficult, my partner and I at the time had such different wants, such different, you know, envisionments for our career in the future. And that is so okay. But I think the issue is like, if you have the ability to sit down before you begin, which we didn't really have, like I remember, I came home. One day, or she came home from work one day, she was the third roommate to me and my best friend from childhood. We had met her, like it was like a very random, like, hey, we need a third. Do you want to come live with us? We'd live together for like a couple months if that. And I was like, do you want to do this podcast with me?”
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“I mean Maybe that It's okay to Leave. It's okay to leave a situation for both people involved. Um, It's okay to want to hold on to something because. In some aspects, it's really working. But if you are compromising. Your morals and your mental health, and at one point your sanity, like it ain't worth it. But again, I think even if someone had told me that, I had to live through it because. I worked my whole life for this. Finally got the show and I was producing and I was doing what I loved, but I then started to hate it. And that to me was when I was like I didn't need anyone to tell me at that point that I should. It was like, oh, I've loved this my whole life, something's off. Like, if I'm this miserable, there's a better way”
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“Psychological, I was basically in a co-dependent relationship. Like it was so unhealthy for both of us. I think Psychologically, yes, I even think physically it was taking a toll on me. And then it was also taking a toll on my other relationships because like the partner I had at the time was like bearing the weight of me. Complaining about so much going on in my life because I couldn't go at the person that I had to get up every morning with and record, right? Like I couldn't be, I had to keep the show going. So it was like very detrimental to, yes, psychologically and my like mental health, like the show came first before I think both of our personal needs.”
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“And it was Terrifying to me because I worked my whole life to get to a point like this where I'm producing a show and it just felt very scary to me that I didn't have control of all the aspects going on.”
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“I think In business there was a lot happening where I was living with someone I was doing business with. We were struggling with business. Like there were so many things happening and I was. How do I say this? I was struggling. Take care of myself in an environment that was really unhealthy Like the show was priority, but behind the scenes, it was a disaster. And so I was like compromising on a lot of things that like morally I didn't agree with or mentally I wasn't feeling good about. And it was at a really weird time because call her daddy was like the biggest show ever. And everyone's like, these girls are the best and they're the best of friends and they're the best. And like, that's life. Like you, it's almost like how everyone talks about like Instagram, we put our best foot forward. And it was all crumbling behind the scenes.”
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“At first it felt very like, why am I here? Like, I don't need this, but then eventually it, like, cracked and it was really helpful. But it was not easy. I will say, I think a lot of people think therapy is like, sit down and tell your secrets. Like, it's so awkward at first if you're not, even I had a psychologist as a mother and I'm still like, I don't want to do this, but I think it's all in your head because once you open the floodgates. They never close.”
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“Yeah, it was a particular focus. It was. About the last year or so that I had a co host, I was really struggling I was like, my mom kept being like, I need to be your mom, I can't be your therapist. Like, you need to talk to someone. And that was when I finally, so that was about like 20. five twenty four and I finally was like, okay, I'm just going to get a therapist. And it was in New York City and I would go in person with her. And it felt very”
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“Because I knew she would look at me differently. And I thought she thought I was like this well put together person and I just was like, holy shit, I've created such a facade that like everything is perfect exteriorly with me Not going to be able to actually undo the damage that was done if I don't actually start talking about it. And so that was like a really pivotal moment for me where therapy finally broke down that layer. But my therapist had to chip away. And now she jokes about it with me all the time. It's like, do you remember when you would come in and I'd be like, so, and eventually she was like, why are we here?”
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“You wear it and you like know the pain, but you eventually have to survive and keep going. And so I think in therapy, my therapist was like, what is, why can I not like get in there? And I eventually. I didn't even say anything in that session. I was like, I don't know. Like, I'm telling you the truth. And then weirdly, that was when I ended up opening up on my show about it. And then I came back to her. And I was like, okay, here you go. And I just spilled everything because I was at least attuned enough to therapy from my mother of like, I know in order to actually have change within myself and for this to work, I have to be honest. But there was still like, I was still embarrassed to tell my therapist.”
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“Well, at first, it wasn't changing my life, and my therapist was like had a hard conversation with me. I think it was like two months into us working together. And she was like, Alex, I need to say something to you. And I'm like, am I in trouble? She's like, you can't, you pay me. Like, you're not in trouble, but I need to be honest with you. I can tell you're not being honest. You put on this facade that everything is good, everything is okay. And like the point is to come here and be emotional and you can trust me to not. Tell anyone, judge you. And I think I had kept this hard exterior for so long that it was. Really foreign to me to open up and talk about my insecurities and what I'd struggled with because when you're bullied, you eventually create this armor that is like Completely sealed shut, you”
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“When I was struggling in school, I think I started to realize I don't want to do math. I don't want to do history. Like I just want to create content. And I think it was really hard for me to focus in school because I almost was like so focused on the goal of like let me just keep creating content. And I can't explain it, but it was like the driving force for me to just keep going and to keep dealing with a lot of the bullshit that I was struggling with.”
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“Characters that like it ignited this confidence in me where I could feel for a minute. Like I am this boss, like I am this strong, confident woman. And so creating content for me was like this outlet that allowed me to almost like become the thing that internally I always did have this confidence and I knew I had this fun personality and this spark, but it was so tainted by the minute I walked out the doors of my house.”
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“Yeah, I have I think When I was so young Being in school, I started to really struggle with my grades because it would be like I'm getting bullied in school and I would run home and I started to compartmentalize so well that creating content to me was like literally what kept me going right and so I would go into my basement and my dad gave me this like big huge clunky Sony camera and I was obsessed with creating these characters, creating these storylines like I laugh now because I didn't even put it together, but I would force all my friends, all my soccer friends, to participate and like making videos with me. And we remade the devil wears Prada. And you would think immediately of what I'm telling you, like who would I play? I would play Anne Hathaway's character. I played Meryl Streep. I was freaking Miranda Priestley. I'm like, I'm the farthest thing from that at that point in my life. But it was like, I loved.”
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“And then I think the loner thing, like I've had so many. I had a lot of issues in romantic relationships where Would be like in love with someone, but they would be like, What? I didn't even know you liked me. And so I think I would avoid getting hurt and rejected because I was rejected in those years of feeling the ultimate rejection of, again, when you're like, all you care about is peer dynamics, friends, like who's and who's top five, like boys were like repulsed by me. And so I was like, I hated myself. I didn't think I was. Good enough, and so when I would get someone, I tried to have a defense almost against like they can't hurt me because like I'm already setting myself up to know it's going to be over before they can like reject me.”
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“Almost like, yeah, you hate the bullies, but you almost like some, you just internalize it so you hate yourself, you don't even hate them as much as you hate yourself. You want to change yourself. You want to be able to fit in. You want to hide. And so you do certain things where like even my mannerisms or my posture was so defeated and awkward. And now I look back and it's like my adult life, I have been working on working through extreme people pleasing tendencies because I just wanted people to like me when I was younger. And so even sometimes I see things on the internet where I'm like, oh, I was being like too annoying or extra, but it's like, I feel like I just want people to like me. And sometimes that's all I'm thinking about that I can imagine that comes off in a way that maybe not as likable, but it's like, I really am just trying to connect.”
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“A friend of mine that I've been friends with since like fourth grade, she was like, Alex, I can't believe you never told me because I was going through something really similar. She has red hair and freckles and she was like, I got so bullied. And we were in the same school and we were best friends and we didn't even know we were both going through it. And I can't even imagine how much easier my Bullying is very hard to explain unless you've gone through it where like you're so alone, you hate yourself”
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“I went through like hating every single thing about myself externally. Like I would look up remedies of like how to get rid of my cystic acne. Like I would literally envision taking like a razor and like taking it off my skin. Like I thought of so many things and I just like was constantly trying to change myself because I was getting bullied for like the way that I looked. And I think it's really detrimental when you're at an age where like all you care about is peer approval. All you care about is people liking you. And so I think the part of me that like, yes, hated myself, I did get really comfortable being alone because those were the moments where I allowed myself to have all of the thoughts. Like bottling up and not telling anyone that I was going through this. I remember.”
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“Yeah, I think back and I've realized in my adult life, like I always would say how I'm so comfortable being alone. I love my alone time. But I think that comes from the initial inception was like such pain and hurt and isolation when I was young, I would go into my room and I would cry, but I would make sure my parents couldn't hear me crying again because like I wanted to be like the cool soccer player, creative girl when I'm home and I didn't want them to know what I was going through. So I would be crying or writing in a journal and I realized like I got so”
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“Realizing I had like these people pleasing tendencies, and I wanted to share it on my show, but I'm like, I have to give context to the daddy gang, my fans, like why I have these tendencies. And so I remember telling my fans in the world that I was bullied before I even told my therapist. And I do sometimes think there's like something beautiful about that of like, I knew by me saying that I was going to immediately connect with so many of my fans and like we were going to be able to have an even deeper connection. But I haven't really worked through all of it. So like I think sometimes when you bring up things you went through and you're not fully healed or whatever, like I'm still kind of in the middle of processing all of it. But I have started to think about that younger self, but I think it's still so raw of like even unpacking like how it's affected me in adulthood that I'm having.”
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“Yeah, it's been weird because our job is so weird where like I remember Do we No, you're fine. I'm like, whoa, I didn't expect to cry this dude, and I wasn't even expecting to cry. I think why I'm so emotional too is like, I'm kind of like currently working through this in therapy. I think our job is very strange where I remember when I took the show on my own and I was doing like solo episodes and I kept”
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“I just like, I think I realized I'm like fuck, like, they would then realize the impact that their comments had on me. And I really don't think that I'm saying like, I don't think those kids actually knew like, damn, like, and so I think almost the way of thinking about killing myself was like then they would realize the impact. And so I had a lot of dark thoughts that like I. I feel really bad for myself in that moment because I think a lot of times people are like, I wouldn't take certain things back because like it made me who I am. I would take that back. I think what I felt in those moments, I would absolutely take back because it just like, I don't, I think I could still be where I am and not have gone through that type of pain.”
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“Yeah, I actually found a journal. I'm not crying, but I just will not stop watering, or maybe I am. I found a journal of mine. It was so sad to read. I was really going through a hard time in school. I think when you go through bullying, you feel so fucking isolated. Unfortunately, or I hope, like I actually don't think the kids that were bullying me, and most of them were boys, I don't think they knew the impact it was having. Like it was like a casual mean comment at recess, but it was destroying me inside. And so I found a journal that broke my heart because it was basically me saying like this is. If I was like, if I killed myself, maybe then they would realize how fucked up all the comments that they were saying to me. God, sorry, I didn't expect this to happen”
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“Honestly, like saved my life, to be honest, like creating content was like the one thing that kept me going and like happy and I was able to find my purpose because school was like just so awful for me.”
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“Yeah, I think that's a good point. I really struggled with people being so mean. Strictly, it was just all about my appearance. Like I was a very awkward kid. I think I had a hard time also coming out and talking about it on Caller Daddy because I feel like the persona that I am putting out into the world is very like blonde bombshell. She's got her life together and people are like, you got bullied. And so that dichotomy, I think, is like hard for people to understand. But like I still feel like the girl that was bullied in middle school elementary school. So I think, yeah, I think there was like a pride thing of like they can do that to me at school. But when I get home and I'm going to go in the basement and I'm going to make my films, like they can't touch that. Like that's for me. And that's what.”
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“I think I was like embarrassed because who I was at home was so not who I was at school. And so I was almost like, I'm still working through this in therapy, so I don't really know the full answer yet. But what I do know is I was like embarrassed to explain to my parents that I was like getting bullied at school or having a hard time because when I got home, I then was my actual real self where I was outgoing and goofy and happy. But then when I would go to school, I never wanted to tell them actually like that I was struggling, which is really strange and I am still working on trying to figure out like why I didn't feel that way because my parents were so lovely. Internal Way of compartmentalizing. School struggles and then being at home and trying to. Engage in things that I loved and made me happy. And I just like to separate the two.”
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“No, oh God no, I was really, I had a hard time with like wanting to make my parents really proud. I think they saw a lot in me and I was very like doing a lot of things. I was really good at soccer. I was like good at making movies and films and all the things, but I like really struggled in school. And so I never wanted to tell my parents that because I felt like”
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“Like my parents cared about our grades, but they also were more like, do you know how to interact in a room? Like, do you know how to read the room? Like, do you know when your friend is upset? Are you being honest with yourself of how you're feeling? So like my household was always like, how are you feeling? What's going on? And I'm like, can we stop talking about our feelings for one second? But it really was like the perfect storm of I now on my show am so interested in just talking and having engaging conversations because I think my mother, it was like a prerequisite in our house of like, no, no, you can't leave the house before I know like, how are you doing? I'm like, I'm fine. But like, so I think I really admired her. But in my like angsty teen years, I was like, fuck off. Like, stop asking me how I'm feeling. I want to go drink and have fun with my friends. But she's amazing. And she's been like probably the most instrumental person in my life in terms of like my personal development.”
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“My mother is a psychologist, so it's like the perfect storm. Growing up, I was like, mom, stop being so smart, leave me alone. Why do all of the other kids' moms would be like, oh yeah, go to the movies, sweetie, and my mom would be like, you're not going to movies, you're going to a party. Tell me what's happening. Where are you going? I'd be like, why do you know these things? So it was frustrating, I think, when I was younger. My mom and I had a really interesting dynamic because I always like to push the boundaries and I was the youngest. So I was kind of like the wild child. And I love that my mom was a psychologist, but I hated it because she was like too insightful and too with it that I wish I could have gotten away with more. But I do think as I started to come into my own having her have this background in psychology allowed me to really put more of an importance on connection, connecting to your emotions EQ versus I.”
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“Above you that you respect so much, be so in love with what they're doing. I always was like, I want my passion to become my purpose, to become what I do in life. And I do think that kind of then makes sense as to like where I am now. Like I love what I do and I really accredit a lot of that to like watching my father be so in love with his career and his job.”
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“I think it was always instilled in me also. Like my dad loved what he did. So I know a lot of my friends, their dads would be like, got to go to work. And like, I get that. That's like a lot of people in the world, but I was so fortunate to watch my dad was the first one in the arena. Like he was the first one there. He had his notes. He was ready to go. And then I would watch him like produce this live show of like roll camera A, go to the announcers, roll the graphic, like hit the color. And I just was so enthralled by that world that from a very young age, I was able to quickly locate. That's what I want to do. That's what I want not only just like the actual act of producing, but the way that my father engaged with his work, like it wasn't work. My dad never complained about going. He was always so enthusiastic. And so to see your parent and a figure.”
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“Oh my gosh, Stephen. Oh, that's a hard question. I would say. I think that I had growing up watching my father and what he did for a living. My dad is a sports television producer. And I remember when I was younger, my mom would take my sister, my brother and I into Philadelphia, and we would go to the Philadelphia Flyers Games because that's what he would produce. And we would stay in the stands watching hockey for like a period. And then after the first period, we would beg my mom, like, please, can we go see dad? Can we go see dad? And my mom would be like, okay, like, let's go. And she'd be like, you have to be quiet. And so she would bring us down to the television studio. Every single time it would like take my breath away watching my dad because I would walk in and he would be at the dead center at the front of the room with like 20 people behind him, 70 plus cameras in front of him, and he would be producing and directing a live sporting event. And that's like my earliest memory of realizing like, holy shit, I want to do this. Like, I want to do what my dad does. And, um,”
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