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In a recent episode of the popular podcast Call Her Daddy, host Alex Cooper talks about her marriage to her best friend, Lauren. They share fun memories, like solo parties and trips to Miami strip clubs, before discussing the challenges couples face in marriage. Around the 25-minute mark, Alex mentions that she’s learned a lot during her first year of marriage to Matt Kaplan.
"I've learned so much being in my first year of marriage that I felt you started to kind of ask Matt and I questions... I feel like his advice a lot was there's so much more to a marriage than love. If anything that's the easiest part of it," Alex Cooper stated.
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Matthew "Matt" Kaplan is the CEO and founder of Ace Entertainment, a company that focuses on producing feature films, television series, and digital content for young audiences.
Lauren went on to explain how and why she broke up with her boyfriend of three years, who was planning on proposing to her, stating:
"I thought that love was so hard to come by. But what is more rare is having that love and then, like, the compatibility aspect of just what you want and need out of life is also gonna match up, because that's the hard part."
The podcast host seemingly agreed with Lauren, encouraging her listeners to consider different aspects of their relationship like morals, family values, career, financial stability, and compatibility, before getting married or engaged.
"All of that is sh*t that I think people don't talk about it, maybe enough, where it's like you have to have these f**king conversations — I genuinely believe — before you get married and before you get engaged," Cooper explained.
When did Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan meet? Relationship timeline explored
Matt Kaplan first met Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper in 2020, over a business call on Zoom. Their relationship slowly evolved over the years with the pair getting engaged in 2023.
During a Call Her Daddy episode, uploaded in August 2020, Alex recounts meeting Matt, stating:
"I get into the car, we lock eyes. You know those people you meet immediately that it’s just like you feel like you’ve known each other for so long? We immediately vibed and it was just like we’re going to get along so well."
In an exclusive cover story with W Magazine, in April 2023, Alex revisited the moment Matt proposed to her, stating:
"When I came home that night, my entire house was covered in candles, lit all over, music playing, and a scavenger hunt leading to Matt proposing. There was a computer and the screen said ‘play me.’ I played the video, and it was Matt wearing the same exact outfit that he wore on our first Zoom meeting together."
She refers to it as the "best moment" of her life, praising Matt's creativity and thoughtfulness. Earlier this year, Cooper sat down with PEOPLE Magazine to speak on how she and Matt keep their relationship strong.
"Matt and I have at least weekly whiskey and hot tub nights. We get naked, go in the hot tub for like literally an hour until we turn into prunes, and we drink in the hot tub. And it really is the best way to end a day," Alex Cooper stated in February.
After getting engaged in April 2023, Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan reportedly got married on April 6, 2024, in Riviera Maya, Mexico.
