Call Her Daddy, Alex Cooper Split

Key Points:

• Sofia Franklyn's new memoir, Daddy Issues, reveals her side of the 2020 breakup of the popular podcast Call Her Daddy, co-hosted with Alex Cooper, detailing their rise, contract disputes, and fallout.
• Franklyn discusses her struggles with substance abuse during her early years and how meeting Cooper in 2018 led to their friendship and podcast partnership amid a chaotic lifestyle.
• The memoir exposes tensions including Cooper allegedly trying to get Franklyn fired after a Barstool Sports party and later demanding a raise to continue working with her.
• Contract negotiations revealed Franklyn and Cooper sought a $1 million annual salary each and a 50/50 revenue split, but Barstool Sports owned the podcast IP, complicating their control over the brand.
• After the split, Cooper retained Call Her Daddy with Barstool while Franklyn was offered her own show but felt burned by the company; the fallout led to personal struggles and legal threats from Cooper’s camp over Franklyn’s memoir.