Call her mommy.
"Call Her Daddy" hostAlex Cooperis expecting her first child with husband Matt Kaplan.
Cooper, 31,shared the news on Instagramon Sunday, May 17, posting a pair of photos where she cradles her baby bump. "Our family 🤍," she wrote in the caption. In her Instagram Stories, Cooper said she was "honestly happy I can finally stop trying to hide the bump lol."
The podcaster has been married to Kaplan, a producer, since 2024.
Cooper has discussed wanting to have children on "Call Her Daddy," though in a vulnerable, solo episode last year, she opened up about pushing back her timeline.
In a June 2025 podcast titled "I'm Not Ready for a Baby," Cooper said she and Kaplan decided the prior summer that they would start trying for a baby and even began talking about names, planning home renovations to prepare for kids, and more. "We were just so excited and ready," she said.
But Cooper said that after she stopped taking birth control, she started to experience "extreme vertigo and dizziness," so they decided to "put a pause on getting pregnant." She then realized she didn't want to "slow down" during a busy time in her career by having a baby.
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"I eventually realized I wasn't ready," she said at the time. "And even when I got to feeling healthier again, as nice as that was, it didn't make me want to rush and have a baby. Instead, it made me more anxious, because I should have felt ready, and I felt so frustrated with myself, and I felt guilty."
But Cooper said she realized she needed "time to live a little more before I enter the next, beautiful chapter of my life" by having kids, and she wanted to make sure she's "present" and "capable" when she becomes a mom. Kaplan was supportive of this, she noted, telling her that "when it is the right time, it will be the right time."
"I know he's going to be the most incredible father to our babies," Cooper added, growing emotional.
In a January interview with Jennette McCurdy, Cooper noted she "really didn't think" she wanted kids when she was in her 20s, but "something changed, and I think that's OK. I was like, 'You know what? I actually think I do.' "
Cooper launched "Call Her Daddy," which became known for its unapologetically blunt and honest conversations about sex, with her roommate and cohost Sofia Franklyn in 2018, quickly amassing a dedicated fanbase that Cooper refers to as the "Daddy Gang." The show was previously part of Barstool Sports before moving to Spotify in 2021. Franklyn left the show in 2020.
"Call Her Daddy" is now one of the biggest podcasts in the world, and it ranked as Spotify'sfourth most-popular podcastof the year in 2025. It has also turned into a hot stop for A-list guests like Kim Kardashian, Hilary Duff and evenformer Vice President Kamala Harris, who sat down with Cooper during her 2024 presidential campaign.
Cooper is also the founder of the media company Unwell, which includes a podcast network and agency.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Alex Cooper is pregnant, expecting first baby with Matt Kaplan