“Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper was stunned by reports that Vice President Kamala Harris’s failed campaign spent six figures building a version of the California-based studio for her in Washington, DC. Controversial pre-election interview – claiming that the makeshift “cardboard” set “wasn’t that good.”
Unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidates He reportedly used $100,000 from his $1 billion war chest to create a fake set of the wildly popular podcast at “Random House” for a surprise October 6 interview, which the Los Angeles-based podcaster laughed off, calling it “hilarious.”
“My studio in Los Angeles doesn’t even cost six figures, so I don’t know how cardboard walls can cost six figures,” Cooper, 30, said during a recent interview at The New York Time’s DealBook Summit. Is.”
“With love to them, it was beautiful, but it wasn’t that good,” he joked as the audience laughed.
“It wasn’t like gorgeous marble, like no, it wasn’t six figures.”
The 60-year-old man’s campaign has since been heavily criticized He reportedly spent a huge amount of money in just over 100 daysWhich includes crores of rupees spent on advertisements and programs organized by celebrities.
The campaign’s advertising spending reached $494 million – with $900,000 spent on the vice president’s face in the Las Vegas area in Nevada, where she ultimately lost to President-elect Donald Trump.
Cooper, who once promised never to include politicians on her podcast, previously said she felt a responsibility to her heavily female “daddy gang” to sit down with the veep ahead of the controversial presidential election. , he described his decision as a “reckless move”. ,
Interview enrages fans and sparks backlash loyal followers are angry Cooper is criticized not only for sitting down with Harris but also for failing to press her on important issues like illegal immigration and the Biden-Harris administration’s response to the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
Harris instead spent the 40-minute episode criticizing Trump for appointing Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and touting her career as a prosecutor.
Cooper, who said the Harris campaign had contacted him to arrange and set up the interview, dismissed the criticism, explaining that he knew the reaction would be short-lived and that the interview was “totally worth it. “
Cooper, who discusses sex and offers advice to women, also offered Trump equal time, which he declined.
Harris’s interview was viewed only 933,000 times – a tiny fraction of the viewership Trump received on comedian Joe Rogan’s show.
Trump’s October 25 appearance “The Joe Rogan Experience” – which ran approximately three hours – has received more than 52 million views on YouTube.
Rogan said he was in talks with Harris’ team for her appearance, but plans were canceled because she refused to travel to his studio in Austin, Texas and meet the strict one-hour time limit for the interview. Put it on.
Cooper’s show was the second-best performing podcast on Spotify last year behind Rogan’s podcast, and topped the charts among women.
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