Sofia Franklyn Is Writing a Memoir About the ‘Call Her Daddy’ Fallout

In 2020, Sofia Franklyn ’s life as she knew it fell apart completely. She had experienced a meteoric rise in entertainment — turning the sex and relationship podcast Call Her Daddy , which she launched in 2018 with her best friend and college roommate Alex Cooper , into a hit with millions of listeners. But when it was time to renegotiate their contract with distributor Barstool Sports and its founder, Dave Portnoy, a public fallout over contracts left Cooper with the podcast as a sole host and, after she split with Barstool a year later, a $60 million deal with Spotify.

Franklyn, on the other hand, left the show, and says she had to move home because of the stress of losing her company and public goodwill. Since her departure from Call Her Daddy, Franklyn has created her own podcast, Sofia with an F , where she talks pop culture, reality stars, and gives heartfelt advice about growing up.

But she’s remained notoriously selective about discussing that 2020 split. Now Franklyn is ready to talk through the breakup that changed her life on her own terms — and she’s doing it in a book. Coming Nov. 10, Franklyn’s memoir Daddy Issues will delve not only into her time on Call Her Daddy but the emotional and physical result of her fallout with Cooper, feelings of betrayal, and learning how to reinvent herself.

“The decision [to write the book] was one I came to on my own,” she tells Rolling Stone . “Six years ago, I was reeling from an experience I didn’t understand. I needed to grow up and be free of ego as much as humanly possible.”