Call Her Petty

In the fall of 2018, Alexandra Cooper and Sofia Franklyn released the first episode of Call Her Daddy by introducing themselves. “To be honest, I’m probably here just to ride Alex’s coattails,” Franklyn said. Cooper, more confident on mic in sound and delivery, declares herself a “stay-at-home, try-hard vlogger by day and an Insta-hoe by night.” The show, which at the time focused on their sex lives, drug habits, and bad decisions, exploded in popularity. They signed a three-year deal with Barstool Sports that year.

Call Her Daddy was so popular that the duo tried to renegotiate that contract in 2020, and their friendship quickly deteriorated and became a mess of tabloid headlines and legal threats. Franklyn claimed that Cooper went behind her back and betrayed her. Cooper claimed that Franklyn was uncooperative in negotiations and deployed her boyfriend Peter Nelson (who was an HBO Sports executive at the time) to make things more difficult.

The podcast’s IP remained controlled by Barstool, and Cooper took the reins fully in May of 2020. If you look at the Call Her Daddy YouTube page, that is the beginning of history. The episodes with Franklyn, the first two years of content, are gone. Cooper has moved on. In 2021, she left Barstool and signed a $60 million contract with Spotify. In 2024, she signed a $125 million contract with Sirius XM. Call Her Daddy has evolved from a sex chat romp to one of the biggest podcasts in the world. Cooper has interviewed Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, and dozens of other major celebrities. The podcast, along with her persona, is softer, less raunchy, and more grown-up.