Alex Cooper Welcomes Her First Child With Husband Matt Kaplan
Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan have something to celebrate: the couple has welcomed their first baby together. Cooper shared the big news on October 20, posting a photo of her newborn to Instagram without much fanfare. The announcement came five months after she revealed her pregnancy in a post that nearly broke the internet.
From Bump Reveal to Baby Boy
Cooper’s pregnancy journey played out in the public eye over the past several months. She first announced her pregnancy on May 17, posting a carousel of photos showing off her baby bump with the caption “Our family.”
The following month, she opened up to her listeners about when she first started to feel the urge to become a mom. She also shared a sweet detail about how she broke the news at home, keeping things low-key: She simply handed Kaplan a positive pregnancy test. By July, things took a turn with a gestational diabetes diagnosis. Still, she continued to share her journey with her fanbase.
The big reveal was as low-key as possible. Cooper didn’t share her baby’s name or sex, though a blue heart in the caption has fans assuming her new addition is a little boy.
The Birth Comes Amid Turmoil for Alex Cooper
The new arrival is clearly happy news for Cooper and Kaplan, but her journey to motherhood was dotted with personal and professional drama. In fact, the pregnancy reveal came amid chatter that Cooper and Kaplan were headed for divorce. Fans speculated that their marriage was on the rocks after claiming the couple looked “miserable” during a red carpet appearance.
As her pregnancy reveal brought attention, so did drama with her former friend Alix Earle. The two have been feuding since Earle’s podcast left the Unwell Network. Additional reports alleged that Kaplan was difficult to work with and berated employees, claims Cooper has denied.
How Did Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan Meet?
For someone whose career is rooted in oversharing, Cooper has been notably protective of her romance. She and Kaplan have kept their relationship mostly under wraps, though they work together and frequently appear together.
The pair met on a Zoom call in 2020 and started dating after a business dinner. They got engaged three years later and married in April 2024 in Riviera Maya, Mexico, a celebration Cooper later told Vogue was “everything we wanted it to be.”
Cooper has opened up about wanting to welcome a child, revealing that as her career and relationship settled, she was interested in expanding her family.
