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Barstool founder Dave Portnoy<\/a> said former “Call Her Daddy” co-hosts Alex Cooper and Sofia Franlyn planned to falsely claim they were sexually harassed at the company in order to get out of their contracts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Call Her Daddy” quickly emerged as a wildly popular podcast when it was launched by Barstool in 2018. Cooper and Franklyn, who were also roommates, lured young female audiences with first-hand tales of their sexual experiences and dating lives until contract negotiations and a feud between the co-hosts caused a public breakup in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Portnoy\u2019s new book<\/a>,\u00a0“Cancel Me If You Can,” he wrote that Cooper was happy with an offer that would allow the co-hosts to keep their intellectual property, but Franklyn wanted to leave Barstool altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“\u2019Okay,\u2019 I said. \u2018You guys realize I\u2019ll sue you if you take the podcast to another network before your contract is out, right?\u2019 Alex claimed to me that they had a plan to say they were both sexually harassed at Barstool,” Portnoy wrote.<\/p>\n

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“That was it,” he continued. “That was their game plan to get out of their contractual obligation to Barstool Sports<\/a> in the event that I did not relinquish their IP to them and wish them well on their merry way as they jumped ship to a rival podcast network.”<\/p>\n

Portnoy, who has been accused of misogyny throughout his career, added that he has “never been accused of inappropriate workplace conduct.”<\/p>\n

“But had they decided to go that route, even though it was patently untrue, it would have been a tough fight for us to win in the court of public opinion. Nobody would have believed my side of the story,” Portnoy wrote. “I realize that this is a heavy accusation I just made: how Call Her Daddy was allegedly planning to break their contract with us by lying about sexual harassment at Barstool.”<\/p>\n

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Cooper and Franklyn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Portnoy also sat down with the WSJ Magazine<\/a> to promote his book and explained that retaining talent like Cooper and Franklyn is difficult if other companies are offering more money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“In practice, it\u2019s not always so smooth. Cooper, he claims, told him she and Franklyn had a plan to say they were sexually harassed at Barstool to get out of their contract,” WSJ senior writer Joshua Chaffin wrote.<\/p>\n

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“The dirty little secret nobody else knew about\u2026 the girls hated each other,” Portnoy told Chaffin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chaffin then moved on, noting that “Cooper and Franklyn didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cooper ended up staying at Barstool for long enough to keep her IP and then took “Call Her Daddy” to Spotify for a massive contract that reportedly paid her $20 million per year. Franklyn now hosts her own podcast, “Sofia with an F.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s David Rutz contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dave-portnoy-claims-call-her-daddy-hosts-planned-false-sexual-harassment-allegations-exit-contracts <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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