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His every move is now tracked by the paparazzi and the bloggers, so you know what's going on with David Cook since he won American Idol almost two weeks ago.

But what's been going on with Cook's family in the Metro in the aftermath of the Idol madness?

David's mom Beth Foraker and younger brother Andrew Cook know things will never be normal again for him, but will things be normal for the rest of the family? The jury's still out.

Andrew says the post-Idol media circus in LA and New York has taken it's toll on his big brother.

"Every single time I've called him, I usually wake him up. He's tired, but he's still loving it," Andrew said.

While David works on an upcoming album and the American Idol summer tour, Andrew is now back at his summer job at a Metro area retail store but he says he's not completely removed from the spotlight, either.

"I don't mind the attention, I like the attention," Andrew said. "But it is kind of weird to be walking down the street or be walking through the store or something, and you hear those whispers, 'That's David Cook's brother.'"

David's mother Beth Foraker said seeing her son as an A-list celebrity is now just a touch bittersweet.

"It's probably the only time I see my son anymore is on TV or in a magazine, because it's not like I can just drive to Tulsa, or he's going to come up for the weekend to spend the weekend here," Foraker said.

As Foraker tried to get back in her normal work routine at Aquila, the company set up a Q&A session so all her co-workers could get their Idol questions out all at once. Beth may still take a few more questions, but there's one comment that's off limits.

"I did tell the women that I work with that they can say a lot of things about my son, but they should never come up to me and tell me think my son is sexy! That's just something you don't tell a mom," she said.

Dave Froehlich, FOX 4 News