Vanity Fair has spoken to more than 40 sources, at least 30 of whom are current or former Unwell employees—most of them women in their 20s—about their experiences with Alex Cooper and her husband, Matt Kaplan, the company’s cofounder and co-CEO vanityfair.visitlink.me/DoLQnW
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Current and former employees describe a company where executive decisions are largely made by Cooper’s husband, whom several described as having a leadership style that has felt like a volatile mix of unprofessional and caustic—at turns flirtatious or given to screaming
“We do not stand for mean girls at this company,” Alex Cooper declared in a February 2025 all staff meeting for her Gen Z media empire, Unwell.
“We’re all mean girls at this company,” a source recalls Matt Kaplan saying. “I’m the biggest mean girl of anyone”
Multiple women recall Kaplan asking about their sex lives. “I’ve heard him in the office be like to employees, ‘Who did you have sex with this weekend?’” says one former employee. “He’d be like, ‘What did you do this weekend? Who did you f–k?’” another recalls
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Over 40 sources, including current and former Unwell employees, have spoken to Vanity Fair about Cooper’s company, and the man calling the shots at the Gen Z media empire, her husband, Matt Kaplan.
Over 40 sources, including current and former Unwell employees, have spoken to Vanity Fair about Cooper’s company, and the man calling the shots at the Gen Z media empire, her husband, Matt Kaplan.
Over 40 sources, including current and former Unwell employees, have spoken to Vanity Fair about Cooper’s company, and the man calling the shots at the Gen Z media empire, her husband, Matt Kaplan.
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