Sofia Franklyn, the former co-host of the podcast Call Her Daddy with Alex Cooper, has signed with Verve for representation.
Franklyn now hosts the podcast Sofia with an F, and is planning her memoir Daddy Issues, about a business and friendship break up with Cooper after parting ways in 2020, set for a release in Nov. 2026 via Simon & Schuster.
“I’m excited to join Verve at such a pivotal moment in my career. They understand the scope of what I’m building, and I’m proud to partner with a team that shares my ambition for Daddy Issues and what comes next,” Franklyn said in a statement.
Verve will represent Franklyn in all areas and will handle media rights for Daddy Issues. Simon & Schuster says Franklyn will voice the audiobook for her memoir about her exit from the Call Her Daddy podcast.
Her memoir is being pitched as Franklyn for the first time sharing past events with Cooper from her perspective.
“My story has only been told for me. And if you asked me to write this book five years ago you would have gotten a different story — fearful, vengeful, insecure, wounded with something to prove. I couldn’t live truthfully until I told it in my own words, on my own terms, and in the most radically honest way I know how,” Franklyn adds in a statement.
A synopsis from Simon & Schuster for Daddy Issues reads: “Long before the internet was watching, Sofia Franklyn learned to disappear. Dysfunction was normal and escape was instinct. New York City offered reinvention, and there she met Alex Cooper. They moved quickly: roommates, best friends, business partners.”
Launched in 2018, Call Her Daddy featured Cooper and Franklyn as joint hosts. The show was quickly acquired by Barstool Sports, where it became a virtual overnight success. Then Cooper parted ways with Franklyn and in 2021 took the podcast to Spotify.
“In hindsight, the warning signs were everywhere. Secrets, omissions, things left unsaid. Millions watched as Sofia went from one half of a beloved duo to the villain in the internet’s messiest breakup. She found herself at rock bottom again, not by the familiar hands of men, but by the unexpected betrayal of another woman. What followed was a private collapse that forced a reckoning, leading Sofia to interrogate her ambition and the cost of being understood as a headline,” Franklin’s memoir synopsis adds.
After splitting with Cooper, Franklyn launched her solo podcast Sofia with an F, which is now in its sixth year.
Daddy Issues, a book by Sofia Franklyn.
Simon & Schuster
