Call Her Daddy is a podcast hosted by Alexandra Cooper and Sofia Franklyn. The first episode aired on October 3, 2018, and there are 80 total episodes and 4 bonus/holiday episodes.^[1] The show is backed by Barstool Sports.

Their fanbase calls themselves "Daddy Gang" and refers to the girls as "The Founding Fathers."

On their podcast, they discuss all things pertaining to sex, explicit stories, and give sexual advice/tips.

Their show is meant to create an open space to speak frankly and freely about sex.

The show is often mislabeled as a female-only space, however the pair often address men directly and give them advice as well.

They have millions of listeners worldwide.

The idea for the show came when they were attending the South by Southwest in Texas, and they were with a group of friends talking about sex at a bar. Many people in the bar joined in and someone remarked how they'd make a good show.

The description on iTunes reads:

In late April 2020, rumors began circulating that Sofia Franklyn and Alexandra Cooper had a falling out. The pair were supposed to continue filming podcasts as per their contract, but haven't uploaded since early April 2020, violating their contract with Barstool Sports. ^[8]

The split was allegedly due to the girls contemplating other deals, potentially worth millions, and wanting to end their contract with Barstool Sports, who owns the trademark to their brand. An insider told the New York Post:

Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy addressed this in an episode of "Call Her Daddy" titled "Daddy Speaks".

According to Portnoy, when he initially signed Cooper and Franklyn in 2018, there were disagreements about the intellectual property.

He stated the women wanted to maintain the intellectual property for "Call Her Daddy", however, Barstool Sports owned the trademark. It was a three-year contract in which the two women would make around $70,000 a year plus bonuses, Portnoy said.

A few months after the podcast started on, Cooper asked Portnoy for a raise, citing the success of the podcast. She received a raise, and although Franklyn was given a raise as well, Cooper was making more money than her. Portnoy cited the reason being that Cooper does more of the work for "Call Her Daddy", including editing.

They bumped heads over the intellectual property and started negotiations with Barstool, with the hosts seeking to take back the intellectual property of the show and gain other benefits including a million dollar guarantee for each. According to Portnoy, Barstool Sports wasn’t offered anything in return, so he called off negotiations.

He stated “That is when they started the trail, and the trail is exactly what everybody thought it was.

They were shopping "Call Her Daddy" around, looking to go somewhere else, break their contract with us."

He described Barstool's stance as: "If you guys take "Call Her Daddy" and go somewhere else, we’re going to sue the f**k out of you. Like you’re under a three-year contract.”

He tried to negotiate with the two hosts but they wouldn’t, and they allegedly didn’t talk to him for months.

He said the two stopped coming into the office, and they finally stopped doing the podcast.

He said, “I cut them a deal that was so outrageously good in their favor, that I thought we’d get something done.”

He said the 50/50 deal included $500,000 guarantee for each host, extra merchandise revenue and a contract shortened by six months.

According to Portnoy, they had around 18 months left on their three-year contract with Barstool Sports. He said he would also give them the intellectual property for "Call Her Daddy."

He also spoke of Franklyn and Peter Nelson's relationship on the podcast, saying that Nelson was one of the main reasons the situation escalated. He said, “I was starting to hear whispers, and she (Cooper) confirmed it, and this is a big part of the story, her new boyfriend… Peter Nelson, HBO executive, probably greenlit a hitpiece on me not too long ago, [came] into the mix not too long ago. He was the one who brought in all these lawyers.”

He continued, “He was openly shopping "Call Her Daddy."

He was acting almost as a manager, and he got a deal with Wondery. They were going to call the podcast 'The Fathers'.”

He finally spoke with Cooper alone, who told him that they were never going to get a deal done because Franklyn was refusing. She said to h im that she wanted sign the new contract with Barstool Sports.”

According to Portnoy, Cooper is currently renegotiating contract, which will give her 75% of the intellectual property as well as other benefits.

He said, “Once we got ready to do a deal with [Cooper], I believe the Wondery deal clearly fell through because there was no longer "Call Her Daddy," I think [Franklyn] wanted to come back maybe. But it was too late. The fifty-fifty deal, [Cooper] didn't want to do it anymore.”

“We offered them mid-to-high six-figure salaries and a way for them to get the intellectual property,” Portnoy said. “We offered them substantial raises just to get them to honor their existing contract.”

There is a possiblity of Cooper filming podcast episodes on her own, although it is unsure. He ended the podcast by saying that the two hosts will continue to point the finger at each other.

On the CHD

account, a video of a shirt that reads "cancel suitman" was posted on May 18, 2020.

"Suitman" is the

code name

was using for

on the podcast, instead of naming him.

There are "cancel suitman" hoodies, crop tops, tee shirts, and tank tops on the

merchandise section.