The “ Call Her Daddy ” podcast star fielded a Q&A session after the Hulu docuseries about her premiered, leaving spectators gasping when she made the stunning claim, Deadline wrote. She said while on stage that she had waited several years to go public because it was difficult to reopen the wound.

Even those who take Cooper seriously — namely the “Daddy Gang,” as she cheekily refers to her fan base — were surprised by the episode: Cooper had long avoided politics on