Alex Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan appeared unbothered by recent drama while stepping out for a rare red carpet appearance.
The couple attended the YouTube Brandcast event at Lincoln Center in New York City on Wednesday, May 13. Cooper, 31, posed alongside Kaplan, 42, with his hand on her hip as they posed for photos in matching black looks.
YouTube announced during Wednesday’s presentation that they officially expanded their partnership with Cooper and her Unwell Network, announcing four new shows. The first, a new iteration of Unwell Games with a western twist. She’s also set to release a two-part miniseries titled Pot Stirrers, drama Holiday Hard Launch and docuseries Before the Steps about the Met Gala.
Cooper explained to the audience on Wednesday how Unwell is changing the streaming game — focused specifically on what women want.
“Legacy media spent decades deciding who we should watch,” Cooper said. “Their problem is this generation stopped asking for permission.”
He added, “Networks didn’t lose this audience — they never had them. And she doesn’t just watch. She shows up. Not because of an algorithm, it’s her choice. Her loyalty is not bought, it is earned.”
Cooper’s new slate of Unwell Network shows comes after her company made headlines late last month following allegations of Kaplan’s behavior.
Kaplan, who runs the company’s day-to-day operations, allegedly “earned a reputation for frequently yelling at staff members,” according to an exposé published by Bloomberg on April 20. Crew members reportedly threatened to walk off projects if Kaplan “doesn’t keep his distance,” the report also read.
Kaplan also “berated the staff on set and threatened to prevent them from ever working in Hollywood again if they messed up,” on the Unwell Winter Games set, further allegations read. One crew member was “breaking down in tears” after the alleged incident, the article claimed.
Us Weekly reached out to representatives for Cooper, Kaplan and the Unwell Network at the time.
One day after the initial article was published, Bloomberg published a followup claiming that Cooper and Kaplan skipped out on the company’s all-hands meeting which allegedly addressed Unwell’s upcoming launches along with employee retention and the complaints.
Neither Cooper nor Kaplan have addressed the drama. However, Cooper does not hold back when it comes to discussing their marriage on her “Call Her Daddy” podcast. (Cooper and Kaplan wed in April 2024.)
“There’s so much more to a marriage than love,” Kaplan said, per Cooper. “If anything, that’s the easiest part.”
“I thought that, like, love was so hard to, like, come by,” Cooper said in May 2025. “But, like, what is more rare is having that love and then the compatibility aspect of just like what you want and need out of life is also gonna match up, because that’s the hard part.”
