Overview
- In June 2026 Dave Portnoy published Cancel Me If You Can and told multiple outlets that Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn told him they planned to say they were sexually harassed at Barstool to void their contracts.
- Portnoy says the hosts’ thinking shifted after a meeting with Logan Paul in April 2019, which he depicts as planting doubts about their pay and ties to Barstool.
- He recounts a 2020 rooftop meeting where he offered what he calls a generous deal that Cooper accepted while Franklyn declined, a split that preceded Franklyn’s exit and the public breakup of the duo.
- After leaving Barstool Cooper kept the Call Her Daddy intellectual property and secured large distribution deals, while Franklyn launched her own podcast and has announced a memoir to tell her side.
- The allegation is sourced to Portnoy’s book and interviews and remains uncorroborated, so it mainly shifts how the contract fight and Barstool’s workplace culture are being retold rather than changing the verified record.