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Inside Alex Cooper’s Unwell: Tears, Screaming and Employees Looking for the Exit

The Unwell Network’s head of brand marketing, head of the network and chief growth officer have departed in the past year amid staff turnover and a sputtering slate of shows

Host of “Call Her Daddy” Alex Cooper

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A simmering feud with mega-influencer Alix Earle isn’t the only source of drama surrounding Alex Cooper’s growing podcast empire.

Lately, Cooper — the host of Call Her Daddy, the fourth-most popular podcast in the US — has been grappling with multiple challenges inside her business, including employee turnover, a sputtering slate of shows and discord between staff members and her husband and co-chief executive officer Matt Kaplan, according to people familiar with the company’s operations.