Sofia Franklyn Criticizes Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan Over Their Response to Her Memoir.
Think of her as unbreakable. That's how Sofia Franklyn, a former co-host of Call Her Daddy, felt until she found out that Cooper and her husband Matt Kaplan had supposedly objected to her memoir behind closed doors. Franklyn's public falling out with Alex Cooper caused her to leave the podcast in 2020.
"I have heard that some people mentioned in the book, some main characters in my book, are working very hard to discredit this story," on November 9, Franklyn disclosed on The Bossticks podcast. "I thought I was bulletproof, and then I started to think how dirty are they gonna play?"
The 34-year-old wasn't hesitant to specifically criticize her former creative partner, who co-manages the Unwell podcast network with Kaplan.
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Franklyn joked, "I'm talking about Alex and Matt, hi. And if you're listening, hi."
The podcaster claimed that after learning what Cooper and Kaplan allegedly said in private regarding Daddy Issues, she began to wonder what they may do in public to refute her version of events.
"Are they gonna go after people I love?" Franklyn asked. "That, I do not like. If my family, my husband, becomes collateral, that actually scares me."
According to Franklyn, the worries have weakened her as she publishes her book.
"I thought I was gonna go into this process being like, two middle fingers in the air," she went on, admitting, "We'll see how that plays out."
In her Hulu documentary series Call Her Alex, Cooper previously explained why she carried on with CHD under Barstool Sports as Franklyn sought a new network. "Sofia didn't want to take the deal, but I did, so I stayed. I realized the 'Daddy Gang' was bigger than both of us."
Regarding Franklyn's accusations, news organizations have contacted Cooper's representatives for comment, but they have not yet received a response.
However, Franklyn hopes that Call Her Daddy admirers who disregarded her viewpoint six years ago could think differently this time.
"It's going to be a lot harder to discredit me now because the audience is smarter now," the author said, adding that she has seen online that "people are slightly more aware of how media PR headlines work."
Alix Earle, a former employee, has accused Cooper of "sick and twisted" behavior since he added other podcasts under the Unwell banner. When the Florida influencer cosigned a TikTok stating that her former boss's success stemmed from her "ambulance chaser" attitude with vulnerable podcast guests, the animosity surrounding Earle's canceled program Hot Mess became public.
Cooper encouraged Earle to talk candidly about her accusations rather than using "passive aggressive reposts" on her own TikTok in reaction to the video.
As a result, Franklyn thinks she understands how Cooper would utilize her media acumen to get revenge during the publication of her book.
"If someone's playing really gnarly, they are reaching out to your college roommates, people you worked with, people that you've had two, maybe one experience with," she clarified, "and they're asking them, 'What can you tell me about this person?' And then I don't know exactly how they'll try to flip it."
In light of this, Franklyn took care to tell her life story in a brutally honest manner.
She declared, "I'm going to be real as f--k," even if the truth is "embarrassing," "shameful," or "horrible" to look back on.
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