Brett Cooper (commentator)

Brett Tombul (née Cooper; born October 12, 2001) is an American conservative political commentator and actress. She hosted the YouTube channel The Comments Section with Brett Cooper, produced by The Daily Wire, from March 2022 until December 2024. Since January 2025, she hosts The Brett Cooper Show, produced independently on her new channel. Cooper is also a contributor to Fox News and its sister channels, having signed with them in summer 2025.

Cooper was born on October 12, 2001, in Bellingham, Washington. She has Dutch ancestry. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2007, one of her older twin brothers died from cardiac arrest during rowing practice at McCallie School. When she was ten years of age, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she began to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Cooper was homeschooled for most of her childhood. At fifteen years of age, she emancipated herself, owing to her parents' divorce and her older brother's drug addiction and schizophrenia diagnosis; she hired her own lawyer and supported herself by working at Trader Joe's. She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), graduating with an undergraduate degree in English literature. She also obtained a minor in business from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.^{[better source needed]}

For almost ten years, Cooper had roles in the entertainment industry. She participated in films and television series.^{[example needed]} She first gained attention as a UCLA student who criticized COVID lockdowns.

As an actress, Cooper starred in three films and five television series before signing with The Daily Wire, a conservative media company co-founded by conservative activists Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing. Cooper has written for the Foundation for Economic Education and was an ambassador for PragerU and Turning Point USA.

In January 2022, Cooper signed with The Daily Wire to start a new podcast called The Comments Section. Grayson Quay, in a March 30, 2022, piece for The Week, described Cooper's show as "aim[ing] to capture a Gen Z audience on TikTok and YouTube." Rachel Leishman, writing for The Mary Sue in October 2023, argued that "The trailer for the show sets it up as if she is reading comments and making a statement on what 'leftists' are saying or pushing back against liberal ideals, but in reality, she just picks a topic of conversation and shares her opinions." Also in October 2023, Jeremy Boreing, then a co-CEO of The Daily Wire, announced that Bentkey, the company's new kids‑streaming platform, would produce a live‑action film titled Snow White and the Evil Queen with Cooper starring as Snow White. A teaser was released around the same time.

On October 26, 2024, Cooper's producer, Reagan Conrad, was a guest host on her show. Conrad's guest hosting duties increased steadily, and she went on to replace Cooper as regular host of The Comments Section after the latter's departure on December 10, 2024. Cooper stated that the decision to leave the media group was her own.

Within a few weeks of her exit from The Daily Wire, Cooper spoke at Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest (AmFest) Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. During her speech, she thanked fans and attendees for their support of her career. Afterward, she hosted a meet-and-greet with fans.^{[non-primary source needed]}