{"id":1005709,"date":"2026-08-17T03:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1005709\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:17:15","slug":"alex-cooper-leaves-uta-as-scandal-rocked-unwell-preps-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1005709\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Cooper Leaves UTA as Scandal-Rocked Unwell Preps Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Cooper has left her representation at United Talent Agency and is in talks to sign with rival agencies, TheWrap has learned.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg<\/a> has reported that Cooper plans to sign with CAA. Representatives for CAA declined to comment. <\/p>\n

News of Cooper\u2019s exit from UTA comes days after her and her husband Matt Kaplan\u2019s three-year-old media company Unwell reached a $500 million valuation, after an investment<\/a> from WME co-founder Patrick Whitesell\u2019s firm WTSL. Along with the flagship \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d and a slate of other podcasts, Unwell has pushed to expand its operations; it now runs a creative agency and produces live events, nationwide tours, microdramas and streaming series, with credits including Hulu\u2019s \u201cLove Overboard,\u201d Disney+\u2019s \u201cHannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special\u201d and Netflix\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Marry Harry\u201d and \u201cIcebreaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UTA has represented Cooper through the launch and growth of Unwell. A source at the media company says that Unwell leadership decided to reconsider its representation as it prepared for an aggressive expansion in scale, fueled by Whitesell\u2019s investment stake. Along with its current slate of content and consumer products, Unwell is also looking to position itself as a content strategy consultant for advertisers and other media companies.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Cooper and UTA did not immediately respond to TheWrap\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n

The exit from UTA also comes two months after Cooper and Kaplan were accused of fostering a toxic work environment at Unwell<\/a> in a lengthy report by Vanity Fair that cited 40 sources, including 30 who were identified as either former or current employees. Cooper later pushed back against the allegations in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will say that building a startup, there is so much growth that comes with that, and I am extremely proud of what we have built at Unwell,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cI will just kind of leave it at, \u2018Don\u2019t believe everything that you read on the internet.\u2019 I think everyone knows that at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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