Sofia Franklyn’s book ‘Daddy Issues’ opens with alleged legal threat from Alex Cooper’s husband: sources

Sofia Franklyn's debut memoir 'Daddy Issues' was released on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, six years after her exit from the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast she co-founded with Alex Cooper. The book chronicles Franklyn's upbringing in Utah, her struggles with drugs and alcohol including three arrests, and her rise to podcast fame alongside Cooper, 32. According to Page Six, the memoir opens with an alleged legal threat from Cooper's husband Matt Kaplan, though the specific nature of the threat is not detailed in the available reporting.

People.com reports that Franklyn writes about being date-raped after a promoter she knew from Utah gave her cocaine at a hotel bar, causing her to black out and wake up alone without her phone or money, with her underwear inside out. She also recounts that her mugshot from a 48-hour jail stay was later printed on 'Call Her Daddy' merchandise. Franklyn alleges that Cooper asked her to secretly photograph her dinner with then-boyfriend MLB player Noah Syndergaard in 2018, saying "He's just such a s--t, and I want to have them in case I need to send them to his mom," and implies Cooper submitted the photo to the sports gossip site Busted Coverage.

Franklyn identifies a friend of Cooper's known to listeners as "Milfhunter" as Muji, claiming he told her he wrote the "Gluck Gluck 9000" joke and "basically pulled it fully from Black Twitter." She writes that her mother called her "in a panic" after early podcast episodes aired, telling her to "delete it right now" and later to "block everyone." After the professional split, Franklyn auditioned for Bravo's 'Summer House,' reaching the final round before being passed over, a decision Andy Cohen called "a miss on their part" during her November 4 appearance on 'Watch What Happens Live.'

E! News reports that Franklyn calls out Cooper and Kaplan for trying to "discredit" the memoir's allegations, while Yahoo states Franklyn fears they "could go after her family" over the book, saying "That actually scares me." Us Weekly notes Franklyn slams Cooper's past claims about their falling-out and involves Dave Portnoy in the narrative. The specific legal threat referenced by Page Six and the full scope of Kaplan's alleged involvement are not detailed in the current source texts.