Sofia Franklyn Revisits Her Break With Alex Cooper in New Memoir

Franklyn and Cooper co-created Call Her Daddy, which grew popular after launching under Barstool Sports. Their partnership ended in 2020 during negotiations over a new deal. Cooper continued the podcast alone, later taking it to Spotify and SiriusXM; Franklyn went on to host Sofia with an F.

In Daddy Issues, Franklyn recounts warnings from people close to Cooper, including former podcast collaborator Muji, whom early listeners knew as Milfhunter. She says he told her Cooper had a pattern of losing friends. Franklyn also describes an argument after a Barstool holiday party and says she later learned Cooper had secured an annual raise of $20,000 more than hers.

The memoir says the two initially wanted to stay together while seeking new contract terms, including an equal share of revenue and a $1 million annual guarantee for each. Franklyn writes that they even considered a separate show called The Fathers if talks failed.

Franklyn says Barstool founder Dave Portnoy later told her Cooper had spoken with him privately and suggested continuing without her. She also writes that Cooper hired her own lawyer, revoked Franklyn’s access to the social media profiles they shared, then uploaded a video explaining the split. The memoir is Franklyn’s extensive account of the fallout; she told Rolling Stone she wrote it after needing time to understand what had happened.