Brett Cooper (journalist)
Brett Tombul (née Cooper, October 12, 2001, Bellingham, Washington) is an American conservative journalist, influencer, and actress. She hosted The Comments Section with Brett Cooper on YouTube, a channel owned by the conservative media outlet the Daily Wire, from March 2022 to December 2024. In January 2025, she launched The Brett Cooper Show on YouTube and Spotify, which she runs independently and whose videos are published on her own YouTube channel.
Biography
Brett Cooper was born on October 12, 2001 in Bellingham, Washington,[1] [2] but grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2007, one of her older twin brothers died of a heart attack during a rowing practice at his school.[3] At the age of ten, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began a career in the Hollywood entertainment industry.[4][5]
Cooper was homeschooled for much of her youth. She emancipated herself at age fifteen, due to her parents' divorce and her older brother's drug addiction and schizophrenia. She hired her own lawyer and supported herself by working at Trader Joe's.[6][7] She then studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she obtained an honors degree in English literature. She also has a minor in business from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.[8]
Career
Beginnings (2012–2022)
For nearly ten years, Cooper worked in entertainment,[9] and has appeared in films and television series.
When she was an actress, Cooper starred in three movies and five TV series before signing with the Daily Wire. A few years later, she made a video reaction to these old scenes, this video is seven minutes long, it is published on YouTube under the title "Brett Cooper REACTS to Brett Cooper…?".[10]
Cooper has written for the Foundation for Economic Education, a conservative and libertarian economic think tank. She has also served as an ambassador to Prager University, a conservative advocacy group, and to Charlie Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA.[9]Peake, Amber (March 24, 2022).</ref>[4]"Brett Cooper". </ref>[11]
The Comments Section with Brett Cooper (2022–2024)
In January 2022, Cooper signed with the Daily Wire, a conservative media outlet, to launch a new podcast called The Comments Section with Brett Cooper. According to the British magazine The Week, Brett Cooper's YouTube channel "aims to attract a Generation Z audience on TikTok and YouTube".[12] Journalist Rachel Leishman wrote in October 2023 in The Mary Sue that "The channel's trailer suggests that she is reading comments and picking up on what 'leftists' are saying or railing against liberal ideology, but in reality she is just picking up a topic of conversation and sharing her opinions."[13]
On October 26, 2024, Cooper's producer, Reagan Conrad, began occasionally filling in for Brett Cooper and hosting videos on his YouTube channel.[14] Subsequently, Conrad appeared more and more often in episodes of "The Comment Section" before definitively becoming the new presenter of the channel.[15]
In December 10, 2024, Cooper quit the Daily Wire. She said the departure was mutually agreed upon with the Daily Wire.[16]
After the Daily Wire (2024–present)
After her departure, she shared her new YouTube channel with her subscribers via the link @bbrettcooper. The channel gained nearly 600,000 subscribers in just one month.
A few weeks after leaving the Daily Wire, Brett Cooper spoke at AmericaFest, an annual conference hosted by Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Arizona. In her speech, she thanked fans and the public for their support of her career. She then held a meet and greet with her fans.
On January 27, 2025, Cooper posted her first video on her new channel; a trailer for her new show,The Brett Cooper Show.[17] The first episode of the channel airs on January 30.[18]
Private life
Since October 2023, Brett Cooper has been engaged to Alex Tombul,[19] the founder of a communication agency. They got married in April 2024 in Hungary.[20][21] The couple live on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee. In November 2024, she declared that she voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election.[22]
Filmography
Films
2012 : Le Choc des générations (Parental Guidance) d'Andy Fickman : Speech Student (non crédité)
2017 : Bobbi & Gill de Zach Laliberte : Bobbi Gareth[23]
2023 : Lady Ballers de Jeremy Boreing : Stancey O'Brien
2025 : Snow White and the Evil Queen : Blanche-Neige (en cours de production)[24][25]
500 Fireflies de Lysandra Petersson: June (postproduction)
Séries Télévisées
2016 : Normal Street (Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street) de David Anaxagoras : Jessica (2 épisodes)
2017 : Shots Fired de Gina Prince-Bythewood : Tess Breeland (4 épisodes)
2018 : Heathers de Jason Micallef : Briana Parker / "Trailer Parker" (8 épisodes)
2023 : Chip Chilla d'Eric Branscum et Ethan Nicolle : voix d'Ellen Squirrel (saison 1, épisode 9)
2024 : Mr. Birchum d'Adam Carolla : voie de Jeanie Birchum
2025 : Le Cycle de Pendragon (The Pendragon Cycle) de Jeremy Boreign : Ganieda (postprodution)[26]
References
- ↑ "Brett Cooper Answers Google's Most Searched Questions". The Comments Section with Brett Cooper. 2022-11-12.
I born on October 12, 2001
- ↑ "Brett Cooper Answers Google's Most Searched Questions". The Comments Section with Brett Cooper. 2022-11-12.
I born in Bellingham, Washington
- ↑ M, Michael (19 July 2024). ""How Did Brett Cooper's Brother David Pass? Netizens Ask As she Remembers Late Brother in Emotional Tribute". Trek London. Retrieved 18 February 2025.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Brett Cooper". Foundation for Economic Education. 2015-08-07. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-03-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Brett Cooper: Credits, Bio, News & More". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on 2023-04-22. Retrieved 2023-04-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ My Unconventional Upbringing | Brett Cooper. 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ↑ Selby, Jack (29 January 2025). "Why Brett Cooper Left Home At 15 Years Old". The Iced Coffee Houe. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ↑ rharberger (2021-09-01). "Brett Cooper - Freer Future Fest". Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Peake, Amber (2022-03-24). "Who is Brett Cooper, the Daily Wire host with a 'younger perspective'?". HITC. Archived from the original on 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2023-03-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Brett Cooper REACTS to Brett Cooper...?. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ↑ "Brett Cooper". Young America's Foundation. Archived from the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Quay, Grayson (March 30, 2022). "Daily Wire announces $100 million for kids entertainment after Disney comes out against 'Don't Say Gay' bill". The Week. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ↑ Leishman, Rachel (23 October 2023). "Fine, We Can Talk About the Fever Dream That Is Brett Cooper's 'Daily Wire' Show". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ↑ A Plague of Trans "Activism". 2024-10-26. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ↑ "No, Brett Cooper Is Not Fired From Daily Wire". Yahoo Entertainment. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ↑ "Brett Cooper departs Daily Wire following days of speculation". The Spectator World. December 11, 2024. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ↑ The Brett Cooper Show | Official Trailer. 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ The Brett Cooper Show – Episode 1. 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Bain, Ellissa (October 19, 2023). "Brett Cooper Is Engaged to Mystery Fiancé and Men Are 'Distraught'". HITC. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Downey, Caroline (April 6, 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: Inside Brett Cooper's Homegrown Wedding". The Conservateur. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Brett Cooper Got Married in a Romantic Daalarna Dress". secretstoriesbydaalarna.com. April 24, 2024.
- ↑ Cooper, Brett (November 8, 2024). "Why I Voted For Donald Trump". YouTube. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ↑ "Bobbi & Gill (2017)". imdb.com.
- ↑ Hibberd, James (16 October 2023). "Daily Wire Is Making a Rival 'Snow White' Movie, Trolling Disney". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ↑ "The Daily Wire Is Making A Live-Action Snow White Movie Starring Conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper, Watch Teaser". Deadline Hollywood. October 16, 2023.
- ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (September 21, 2023). "Conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper Among Cast Revealed For Daily Wire Series 'The Pendragon Cycle'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Brett Cooper in The Daily Wire
- Brett Cooper on IMDb
- TheCommentsSection - YouTube channel of her former show
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