Sofia Franklyn savagely eliminated Alex Cooper from the quilt of her upcoming tell-all memoir.
The quilt of the novel, titled “Daddy Points,” encompasses a throwback photograph of the previous besties, who beforehand co-hosted the “Name Her Daddy” podcast collectively, from December 2018.
Nonetheless, Cooper’s face has been minimize out with scissors — with solely her blond locks and outfit peeking out.
In a brand new interview selling the tome, Franklyn defined that she had a number of totally different concepts for the quilt earlier than touchdown on the one.
“For the quilt, we performed with the thought of utilizing an image of me from childhood to emphasise the best way my story is deeper than what the web is aware of, however that didn’t really feel proper,” the influencer advised Rolling Stone.
“I wanted the quilt to inform a narrative past the title ‘Daddy Points.’ It’s jarring, and it’s meant to be. Consider a e-book like ‘The Social Community,’ but it surely’s all sizzling women.”
Franklyn additionally confirmed that the tell-all — which hits bookshelves on Nov. 10 — will delve into the general public fallout between her and Cooper, together with why she actually stopped co-hosting “Name Her Daddy.”
“Six years in the past, I used to be reeling from an expertise I didn’t perceive,” she stated, referencing when she left her podcast duties in 2020. “I wanted to develop up and and be freed from ego as a lot as doable.”
Franklyn, 33, and Cooper, 31, skyrocketed to fame in 2018 with their “Name Her Daddy” podcast, owned by Barstool Sports activities, that was centered round candid conversations about intercourse and relationships.
Rigidity between the duo — who have been additionally roommates in New York Metropolis on the time — began ramping up as they started renegotiating their Barstool contract in 2020.
Barstool proprietor Dave Portnoy publicly bashed each girls for being “unprofessional, disloyal and grasping” throughout contract negotiations.
In Might of that yr, issues actually got here to a head when Cooper accepted Portnoy’s closing provide, which included possession of the podcast, however Franklyn declined. Franklyn introduced her exit whereas Cooper continued to host “CHD” solo.
Since then, Franklyn began her personal podcast, “Sofia with an F,” and the 2 web personalities have continued to take jabs at one another on-line.
In 2022, for instance, Franklyn stated there was a “zero p.c” likelihood she would ever reunite with Cooper throughout her look on “The Morning Toast.”
“I imply, if she desires to Venmo me $30 million,” she scoffed on the time, referencing Cooper’s $60 million cope with Spotify in 2021.
The next yr, throughout an look on Barstool Radio, Cooper claimed that her and Franklyn’s dynamic was truly “so dangerous behind the scenes” — regardless of their so-called friendship being on the forefront of their previously shared podcast.
The Unwell founder additionally alleged that their partnership “was going to finish” no matter their blowout contract disagreement.
Most not too long ago, Cooper described her facet of the story in her Hulu documentary, “Name Her Alex,” launched final June, wherein she claimed the 2 at all times had a strained relationship and have been very totally different when it got here to operating a enterprise.
