(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper has disputed reports claiming Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance on the controversial podcast cost six figures.
The Washington Examiner first reported the six-figure claim on November 8, citing a “source familiar” with the Harris campaign’s finances.
Cooper denied this during a Thursday interview with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin at The New York Times DealBook Summit.
“There’s a little bit of controversy about that podcast,” Sorkin began, asking if the interview’s set really cost “like $100,000.”
In response, Cooper described the reports as “hilarious” and “not true.”
She added, “My studio that is gorgeous in Los Angeles doesn’t even cost six figures so I don’t know how cardboard walls could cost six figures.”
Sorkin pressed further: “But do you think they did?”
“Absolutely not!” Cooper retorted. “With love to them. Oh my God. It was gorgeous but like it wasn’t that nice. it wasn’t like gorgeous marble—no, that was not six figures.”
Kamala reportedly spent $100,000+ on building a set for her appearance on Call Her Daddy.
Here is the set in question: https://t.co/rqH1yOtRS3 pic.twitter.com/jm1RmYFYbx
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) November 8, 2024
The Examiner is a widely respected conservative publication known for its rigorous editorial standards.
Given both the outlet’s credibility and Cooper’s comments, questions may arise about whether the Harris campaign misreported the cost to the Federal Election Commission.
While The Examiner did not cite FEC’s filings to verify the expenditure, any misrepresentations of the podcast’s actual cost by the Harris campaign could result in potential violations of FEC rules.
Read all about the Harris campaign’s spending spree in my original report in @dcexaminer that included the Call Her Daddy expense — which Harris advisors have not denied https://t.co/xBdmwDBPCs https://t.co/mqeHolywEx
— Gabe Kaminsky (@gekaminsky) December 5, 2024
Harris’s appearance on the podcast was controversial, considering the show’s provocative topics, including sex, and its provocative “Daddy” name. What’s more, Cooper did not challenge any of Harris’s talking points made during the interview.
The outgoing vice president’s decision to appear on Call Her Daddy drew widespread backlash on X, as at the time, thousands of Americans faced the deadly effects of Hurricane Helene.
Days later, reports emerged online that Harris refused to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience with host Joe Rogan.
“This should be career ending,” one user wrote on X, referring to the podcast’s taping’s timing.
Kamala reportedly taped an episode of “Call Her Daddy” — a podcast on women’s sexual relationships — two days ago, as Hurricane disaster recovery was ongoing with bodies being found left and right.
This should be career ending. pic.twitter.com/7rRIFvFG51
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) October 4, 2024
Another user added, “220 people have died in Hurricane Helene while people still can’t get supplies and the current veep went on call her daddy.”
