Tana Mongeau: Internet Lore, Sobriety & Finding Love
5/13/20261 hr 22 min
Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Tana Mongeau. Tana and Alex reflect on their podcasting history together and Tana’s internet evolution. Tana discusses the craziest things she would do for views and how this impacted her mental health and identity. She also reflects back on the Cancelled podcast, opens up about her decision to get sober and speaks about building a family with Makoa. Enjoy!
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First 90 secondsAlex Cooper· Host0:00
[upbeat music] What is up, daddy gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy. Tana Mongeau, welcome to Call Her Daddy.
Tana Mongeau· Guest0:13
Alex Cooper, thank you for having me.
Alex Cooper· Host0:15
Very exciting.
Tana Mongeau· Guest0:16
It's so exciting to me, and I think that it's really crazy our trajectory.
Alex Cooper· Host0:21
We- Like- We have to talk about it ...
Tana Mongeau· Guest0:23
even just the last episode of Call Her Daddy that I was on, and the beginning, the guests, like, there's so much- The last week of our life ... here. I know. There's so much here.
Alex Cooper· Host0:31
Okay. Let's tell people how we got here.
Tana Mongeau· Guest0:32
[laughs] Because people are probably like, "What's going on?"
Alex Cooper· Host0:35
Yeah.
Tana Mongeau· Guest0:35
"What's going on?"
Alex Cooper· Host0:36
Yeah.
Tana Mongeau· Guest0:36
Is this unexpected? I don't know. Or expected? That's really interesting. Maybe a little bit of both to me.
Alex Cooper· Host0:43
Mm.
Tana Mongeau· Guest0:43
But, like, I don't know, I'm just in this era of life where I'm trying... You're a business woman, and there's a lot to learn, and there, I think in every other era of life, I missed out on that connection with you, and, like, just... It's funny, even, we got lunch the other day, and I sit down, and I was like, "Do you hate me?" [laughs] [laughs] And you were like, "No."
Alex Cooper· Host1:02
[laughs] I literally was like, "Tana, we, I don't, we don't even, like, why, how would I even- And I'm just at Unwell Vegas, mind you.
Tana Mongeau· Guest1:07
It's like, "Why am I asking her this?" But I guess it was just that, like, you and I had never gotten to have a moment that was off-camera. We'd never gotten to have a moment where we both weren't on or, like, even the first Call Her Daddy, I was like, "I needed rehab, not Call Her Daddy. Let's talk about that." [laughs] Like- It was such a weird moment.
Alex Cooper· Host1:23
So Tana DMs me and is like, "Will you go to lunch with me?" And I'm like- So ominous, too.
Tana Mongeau· Guest1:28
So ominous ...
Alex Cooper· Host1:29
no context.