TikTok star Sarah Cooper opens up about viral Trump skits - and where she draws the line - USA TODAY

Charles Trepany USA TODAY

Published 8:13 PM EDT Jul 21, 2020

You might not know what Sarah Cooper sounds like, but there's a high chance you'll recognize her face from social media.

Since the start of the White House's coronavirus press briefings, the New York-based writer-comedian has made a series of viral videos in which she lip syncs to some of President Donald Trump's most memorable quotes.

In a Vanity Fair article published Monday, Cooper, 42, opened up about her viral Trump impressions, plans for the future and what she says she's gleaned about the president's psyche from memorizing his speech patterns.

Cooper originally began posting her impressions to TikTok, where she's garnered almost half a million followers and over 4 million likes on her videos. One of her videos on Twitter, where she spoofs Trump bragging about his cognitive abilities, has over 11 million views on the site.

“I like the idea that I’m inspiring the next generation to make fun of our president,” she said.

According to Cooper's website, she began her comedy career while working for companies like Yahoo! and Google. Her Trump impressions have landed her spots on Jimmy Fallon's "The Tonight Show" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and have earned praise from celebs like Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld and Halle Berry.

Cooper says not all her fans are liberal and Trump supporters also find her videos entertaining.

“I really thought I was going to get a ton of hate mail," she said. "That hasn’t happened because, on some level, they’re entertaining to his supporters as well. I don’t know how to feel about that.”

Cooper added she even suspects Trump may be a secret viewer, despite blocking her on Twitter for calling him "unfit for office" in 2017.

“I think he thinks I like what he’s saying,” she said. “Maybe! If you’re a sociopath, you don’t get emotional cues.”

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Cooper told the magazine that memorizing and filming a video can take up to four hours. During this process, she claims to have gained insight into the president's inner life.

“Any time he had to talk about grief, or loss of life, he stumbled," Cooper said. "He’s not comfortable with empathy. He’s not comfortable with grief. He’s not comfortable with anything that makes him feel bad or look bad.”

But she does have her limits regarding what she considers appropriate to parody.

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"He messed up several words at a Memorial Day speech and people were like, ‘You should do that!’ " Cooper offered as an example. "But no. It’s still a sacred day."

In the future, Cooper hopes to expand her talents beyond social media and make her way into television. She says she's currently writing and pitching an original series about an overly confident boss who “(screws) up all over the place and still somehow fails up.”

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