Today, Hulu is premiering Call Her Alex , a two-part documentary about the rise of Call Her Daddy ’s Alex Cooper , directed by Ry Russo-Young. The doc traces Cooper’s origin story as a bullied middle-schooler making home videos in her suburban basement; her complicated history as a Division 1 soccer player at Boston University ; the launch of Call Her Daddy in 2018, the fallout with her original co-host, Sofia Franklyn; and what it’s like making today’s less-sexual, celebrity-driven, and highly lucrative version of the podcast .
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Call Her Alex is an interesting, if somewhat limited, look at the woman behind the $125 million podcast deal. There are a few glimpses into her off-mic personality: Her husband, Matt Kaplan,