{"id":2300000,"date":"2026-02-25T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2300000"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:57:11","slug":"sofia-franklyn-savagely-cuts-alex-cooper-from-cover-of-upcoming-tell-all-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sofia-franklyn-savagely-cuts-alex-cooper-from-cover-of-upcoming-tell-all-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia Franklyn savagely cuts Alex Cooper from cover of upcoming tell-all memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sofia Franklyn savagely removed Alex Cooper from the cover of her upcoming tell-all memoir.<\/p>\n<p>The cover of the novel, titled \u201cDaddy Issues,\u201d features a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Br0IrB_Hf9X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">throwback photo of the former besties<\/a>, who previously co-hosted the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast together, from December 2018.<\/p>\n<p>However, Cooper\u2019s face has been cut out with scissors \u2014 with only her blond locks and outfit peeking out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sofia Franklyn savagely cut her ex-pal \u2014 and former \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast co-host \u2014 Alex Cooper out of the cover for her upcoming tell-all memoir. <span class=\"credit\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The cover of the novel, titled \u201cDaddy Issues,\u201d features this throwback photo of the former besties from December 2018 \u2014 but with Cooper\u2019s face cut out of it. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/callherdaddy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a new interview promoting the tome, Franklyn explained that she had a few different ideas for the cover before landing on the one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the cover, we played with the idea of using a picture of me from childhood to emphasize the way my story is deeper than what the internet knows, but that didn\u2019t feel right,\u201d the influencer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/sofia-franklyn-memoir-daddy-issues-podcast-fallout-1235521893\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Rolling Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed the cover to tell a story beyond the title \u2018Daddy Issues.\u2019 It\u2019s jarring, and it\u2019s meant to be. Think of a book like \u2018The Social Network,\u2019 but it\u2019s all hot girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franklyn also confirmed that the tell-all \u2014 which hits bookshelves on Nov. 10 \u2014 will delve into the public fallout between her and Cooper, including why she really stopped co-hosting \u201cCall Her Daddy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Franklyn (pictured here during a Page Six House tour last year) said the cover is meant to be \u201cjarring\u201d in an interview with Rolling Stone published Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">Brian Zak\/Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She also revealed that the book will delve into her side of the blowout \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d drama between her and Cooper. <span class=\"credit\">Brian Zak\/Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSix years ago, I was reeling from an experience I didn\u2019t understand,\u201d she said, referencing when she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/23\/call-her-daddy-drama-update-alex-cooper-to-host-podcast-solo\/\">left her podcast duties in 2020<\/a>. \u201cI needed to grow up and and be free of ego as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franklyn, 33, and Cooper, 31, skyrocketed to fame in 2018 with their \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast, owned by Barstool Sports, that was centered around candid conversations about sex and relationships. <\/p>\n<p>Tension between the duo \u2014 who were also roommates in New York City at the time \u2014 started ramping up as they began renegotiating their Barstool contract in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Barstool owner Dave Portnoy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/18\/barstool-sports-dave-portnoy-talks-call-her-daddy-podcast-drama\/\">publicly bashed both women<\/a> for being \u201cunprofessional, disloyal and greedy\u201d during contract negotiations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In 2018, the former roommates (seen above at Foley\u2019s sports bar that same year) gained success with their sex and relationships podcast. <span class=\"credit\">Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>But by 2020, they had a falling out over contract negotiations and Franklyn exited, leaving Cooper to host the podcast solo. <span class=\"credit\">Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May of that year, things really came to a head when Cooper accepted Portnoy\u2019s final offer, which included ownership of the podcast, but Franklyn declined. Franklyn announced her exit while Cooper continued to host \u201cCHD\u201d solo.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Franklyn started her own podcast, \u201cSofia with an F,\u201d and the two internet personalities have continued to take jabs at each other online.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, for example, Franklyn <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/09\/sofia-franklyn-will-never-reunite-with-former-co-host-alex-cooper\/\">said there was a \u201czero percent\u201d chance<\/a> she would ever reunite with Cooper during her appearance on \u201cThe Morning Toast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, if she wants to Venmo me $30 million,\u201d she scoffed at the time, referencing\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/15\/call-her-daddy-inks-60m-spotify-deal-after-barstool-host-feud\/\">Cooper\u2019s $60 million deal with Spotify<\/a>\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The two women have continued to throw jabs at each other over the years since the public friendship breakup. <span class=\"credit\">Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In 2022, Franklyn said there was \u201czero chance\u201d she would ever reunite with Cooper. <span class=\"credit\">Brian Zak\/Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The following year, during an appearance on Barstool Radio, Cooper claimed that her and Franklyn\u2019s dynamic was actually \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/08\/celebrity-news\/alex-cooper-sofia-franklyn-friendship-was-so-bad-behind-the-scenes\/\">so bad behind the scenes<\/a>\u201d \u2014 despite their so-called friendship being at the forefront of their formerly shared podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The Unwell founder also alleged that their partnership \u201cwas going to end\u201d regardless of their blowout contract disagreement.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Cooper described her side of the story in her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/09\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-new-alex-cooper-documentary-call-her-alex\/\">Hulu documentary, \u201cCall Her Alex,\u201d<\/a> released last June, in which she claimed the two always had a strained relationship and were very different when it came to running a business. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sofia Franklyn savagely removed Alex Cooper from the cover of her upcoming tell-all memoir. The cover of the novel, titled \u201cDaddy Issues,\u201d features a throwback photo of the former besties, who previously co-hosted the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast together, from December 2018. However, Cooper\u2019s face has been cut out with scissors \u2014 with only her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2300001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[304783,21994,304753,357888,24003,24511,23522],"class_list":["post-2300000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-alex-cooper","tag-books","tag-celebrity-feuds","tag-celebrity-memoirs","tag-celebrity-news","tag-influencers","tag-podcasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sofia-Franklyn-savagely-cuts-Alex-Cooper-from-cover-of-upcoming.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2300002,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300000\/revisions\/2300002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}