Which is why one really has to hand it to"Call Her Daddy" podcast host Alex Cooper.

The popularity of “Call Her Daddy” cannot be underestimated.

Born on August 21, 1994, she was raised in Newton, an affluent suburb of Pennsylvania.

Alex Cooper in 2017

As a youngster, Cooper went to a posh private school, and grew up never lacking for anything.

“I remember, of my friends around me, I was considered the poorest.”

“I am so competitive,” she admitted in a 2022 interview withNew York Times Magazine.

Alex Cooper and her mother

“I push myself to be the best I can.”

““My dad played Division I hockey at Wisconsin.

My mom was an equestrian.

Alex Cooper at graduation

Both of my siblings played sports,” she told The New York Times Magazine.

After graduating from high school, Cooper received a full scholarship to BU.

That incident, she told the Times, had fundamentally changed her.

Alex Cooper posing at bar table

“That can kind of indicate where the wrong was done,” she hinted.

That was when she came upon the idea of starting a podcast.

“They’re like, ‘We’re Daddy.’

Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn recording Call Her Daddy podcast

And I’m like, ‘No, I’m Daddy.'”

From the get-go, Cooper and Franklyn served up raw, raunchy and unvarnished conversations on sex and relationships.

“It’s kind of locker room talk but for chicks,” Cooperdescribedthe show in one episode.

Alex Cooper wearing a Barstool Sports baseball cap

“I want to own it and do it better,” she toldTime.

That approach resonated with female listeners, and “Call Her Daddy” began attracting an audience.

“It was refreshing.”

Alex Cooper in the East Village in 2021

And we had no problem exploiting our experiences as well as ourselves for our listeners’ entertainment.”

Meanwhile, theNew York Postreported that another fight was brewing, this one between Cooper and Franklyn.

“They’re not speaking to each other anymore,” a source told the Post.

Alex Cooper at Spotify event in Cannes

When the dust settled, Cooper split with Franklyn.

“I resented the character that I had built,” she said.

Then came the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alex Cooper at SXSW

“The pandemic hit and … As she explained, she felt frustrated that the podcast’s sex-centric focus had pigeonholed her.

“There was more I wanted to discuss.”

“It was like, ‘How many times can we talk about sex?'”

Alex Cooper onstage at Madison Square Garden

she added, admitting that she was finding herself growing bored with the content that she was creating.

As the numbers continued to grow due to the podcast’s evolved format, so too did the opportunities.

While she wasn’t making Rogan-level money, Cooper was nonetheless triumphant that she’d entered the big leagues.

Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan

Weeks later, Argy announced the launch of her solo podcast, “Pretty Lonesome.”

The experience of meeting all her fans en masse was an emotional one, for both Cooper and Kaplan.

“I started to cry the first night, and so did she,” he said.

Alex Cooper demonstrating her skincare routine

“Alex has worked so hard to have an authentic relationship with these women.”

Listeners of “Call Her Daddy” knew Kaplan as “Mr. “A lot of men in my past were really intimidated by my success,” she said.

“It’s very attractive to have a man not be intimidated by a woman’s extreme success.”

Alex Cooper at Olympics event

“I don’t wash my face.

No, yo don’t judge me,” she said.

So, should others plagued with similar issues follow suit and stop cleansing their faces as well?

Not necessarily, according to Lucie Royer, director of Skin & Soul Medical.

“We are going to have so much fun.”

Her father, a TV producer specializing in sports, had worked on coverage of previous games.

In addition, her sister is an editor who worked on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

“The fans can interact.

It’s gonna be a great time.”