Kid Cudi: The Pursuit Paid Off

Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper

Comedy

4.4 • 164.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

This week, Alex sits down with Kid Cudi for a raw conversation about the dark side of fame and his path to self-love. He opens up about navigating grief and addiction as his career skyrocketed, and how rehab ultimately helped him survive. He tells the story of meeting his wife and shares the best moments from their wedding, plus what to expect from his upcoming album. This episode includes discussion about addiction, depression, and suicidal ideation. Please keep this in mind when deciding if, how, and when you’ll listen.

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0:00.0	What is up, Daddy Gang?
0:04.5	It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy.
0:11.6	Kid Cutty, welcome to Call Her Daddy.
0:13.0	Thank you for having me.
0:14.0	How are you doing today?
0:15.5	I'm fantastic.
0:16.4	I feel really good.
0:17.6	It's been crazy the past couple months.
0:20.4	I've been filming. I filmed this movie
0:22.2	that is really fucking gnarly. And
0:25.2	I just rap last week. And
0:28.4	yeah, so now I'm back into
0:31.4	work mode on the album and the memoir. I was about to say. I'm like,
0:36.4	we, now you're throwing another curveball. I'm like,
0:38.6	you're so fucking busy. I was like, you've had the most insane summer. You're going to continue to have an insane summer. You got married. Yes. Congrats. Thank you. So we have a wedding. Yeah. We have an album. And we have a memoir. Yeah. Do you sleep? Like, what's going on? I do find time to sleep.
0:35.0	I do.
0:35.6	People don't understand when I do, but I do.
0:38.8	Right.
0:39.1	It happens at some point. Do you sleep? Like, what's going on? I do find time to sleep. I do. People don't understand when I do, but I do.
0:57.1	Right. It happens at some point. We'll never know.
0:59.7	Yeah.
1:00.4	What do people close to you call you? Like, are people calling you Cuddy? Are people calling you Scott?
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