Short answer: As of July 2026, the only documented pro-Israel action by Alex Cooper is a single Instagram story on October 9, 2023, reading "I Stand with Israel" alongside an Israeli flag, posted two days after the October 7 Hamas attack. There is no record of a visit, donation, fundraiser, on-podcast statement, or repeat comment before or since, and she does not appear on mainstream lists of celebrities who spoke up for Israel. The fairest read is a one-time expression of solidarity rather than sustained advocacy. She has also taken no documented anti-Israel or boycott position.
What Alex Cooper has actually said and done
- 2018: Cooper launches the "Call Her Daddy" podcast (originally on Barstool Sports), which grows into one of the world's most listened-to shows and gives her enormous reach with young women. Per Britannica, that audience is the reason her views draw attention at all.
- August 2023: Cooper and her then-fiance Matt Kaplan launch the Unwell Network, expanding her media footprint with shows hosted by figures like Alix Earle and Madeline Argy, as reported by Just Jared.
- October 9, 2023: Two days after the October 7 Hamas attack, Cooper posts "I Stand with Israel" with an Israeli flag to her Instagram stories. This is the single documented instance of her taking any position on Israel. The screenshot was catalogued by the pro-Palestinian Reverse Canary Mission database (which labels her "complicit"), and it is referenced in Shop Israel's own earlier profile. Both point back to the same single post rather than two independent newsroom reports, so treat it as a real but lightly-sourced gesture. No major news outlet reported it.
- August 20, 2024: Cooper signs a reported $125 million multi-year deal moving Call Her Daddy and the Unwell Network from Spotify to SiriusXM, a measure of her commercial weight (not Israel-related), per Variety.
- October 2024: Weeks before the U.S. election, Cooper interviews Vice President Kamala Harris, drawing backlash after previously saying she would keep politicians off the show, as covered by AOL / Yahoo Entertainment. The conversation did not touch Israel, which shows she engages political topics only selectively.
Jewish identity, the husband rumor, and what we could not verify
Alex Cooper is an entertainment and lifestyle figure, not a political commentator, which is why her record on Israel is so thin. Worth noting: the mainstream Jewish outlets that compiled celebrity-support lists in October 2023 (Aish's roundup, for example) do not include her, confirming she was never a visible or repeat pro-Israel voice. When hundreds of celebrity names were being tallied in those first weeks, hers simply was not among them.
Several pages claim Cooper has "Jewish heritage," but they are low-quality SEO content farms with no sourcing, and we could not verify any Jewish ancestry for her from a reputable source. Her husband, film producer Matt Kaplan (a Columbia graduate and founder of Ace Entertainment), is discussed widely online, yet we found no reputable confirmation of his religion either, so no Jewish-family connection can be responsibly claimed. Widely shared TikTok and Instagram clips of a "date a Jewish man" comment also circulate, but they trace only to social-video reposts with no verifiable original context, so we do not treat them as established fact.
The bottom line
Alex Cooper made one public gesture of solidarity with Israel, an "I Stand with Israel" Instagram story on October 9, 2023, and has done nothing documented for or against Israel since. She is not an active pro-Israel advocate, and she has no verified Jewish-identity connection, but she has also taken no anti-Israel or boycott stance. The fairest summary: a one-time supporter with a mostly silent record, neither a champion nor a critic.
Wear your own answer
Alex Cooper said the words once and moved on. You do not have to. If those three words meant something to you when the flags went up, you can carry them every day: our I Stand with Israel collection turns that same statement into shirts, hats, and bracelets that put your support where people can actually see it. A shirt does not expire, and neither does the message on it. Every order backs Israeli small businesses and makers directly, which is a more lasting way to stand with Israel than a story that disappears in twenty-four hours.
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Last updated July 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
