Call Her Daddy - 82- The Funeral

Episode Date: May 27, 2020

A new era begins. A single father, a divorced father, moves forward with the show. But first - we must attend this funeral and mourn the loss. Then... WE PARTY! (Daddy Gang drinking game- drink every time Alex says the word f*ck… you’ll all be hammered).

Do you call him daddy? Do I call her daddy? Call her daddy. What's up guys? Welcome back to Call Her Daddy. It is your now single father Alex Cooper back at it again for another episode holy fucking shit that felt good it's been so fucking long damn I've been trying to sit down and record this episode and every time I've gone to do it genuinely I didn't know how to start it but I have to tell you guys and daddy gang I have never felt more fucking support from you guys this week has been one of the craziest fucking weeks of my entire life I feel as much as I am alone I'm not fucking alone at all and I want to let you guys know how much I appreciate that support because it has kept me going. It's the reason I'm in this fucking chair right now.

The only way I could take this on by myself, I've been doing 80 plus episodes with a co-host. How the fuck does one podcast alone? I don't fucking know. But I'm here because of you guys. Because you guys are saying I can here because of you guys because you guys are saying I can do it you guys are supporting me so here we fucking are I'm gonna talk a little bit about the overall situation what has gone down then I'm going to present you a huge new edition that is coming to this show that I am so fucking excited about.

And then I'm going to dedicate questions of the week for this episode solely to the entire situation. The funeral now. I asked the daddy gang before I came to record, what are questions that you still have about the situation obviously I'm aware this is fucking rocked everyone I mean it feels like the whole fucking world is involved in this shit so it's important to me that I give you guys as much clarity on the situation as possible the last back and forth big communication that Sophia and I had with each other was fucking awful she said some things to me that I can't imagine ever saying to a friend and I think you know you're best friends with someone and this shit happened so fucking quickly you don't expect it to go down like this I get so

many texts like how are you feeling I'm like I don't know how should I feel right now so I want to kind of get a little deep with you guys here and this isn't going to be a normal call her daddy podcast because I think that I would literally be a sociopath if I was like and today folks the Cooper special get down on that dick and slurp the fuck out of it. It's like, no, bitch, like you just lost your best friend. The whole show is different. So I need to take a minute and go through this with you guys. It's so crazy because when this podcast started, I remember going into it not knowing if one person was going to listen to it.

No concept of even where we were going to upload it. I didn't know what an RSS feed was. It was like I had no fucking clue. So when we went to record Call Her Daddy in the very beginning, we just said whatever the fuck we wanted. The industry is so crazy. When you start and you don't have anyone listening, you say whatever the fuck you want. There are no parameters. And it's weird because I'm sitting here today knowing that millions of people are listening to me. And it's fucking terrifying. It's what I live for, but it's also fucking terrifying. I'm 25 years old.

I've never had a platform like this. I mean, picture yourself, sit down in front of a microphone and every single word you say is going to be dissected and picked up by millions of people. And I'm aware that that is what I signed up for. And it's honestly the best fucking job in the world it really fucking is but it is also terrifying I just realized that people are gonna be like Kate bitch you literally talk about sucking dick why all of a sudden are you nervous to talk it's like I okay I I have shown the side of myself that is so outgoing social talk about sex crazy wild shit I've even told everyone I'm gonna release a blow job that's named after myself like bitch there is no limit but when I dropped that YouTube video guys

I had to obviously be the Alex that walks into business meetings and I've never shown that side of myself on this show probably because I think as the show got bigger it wasn't quote-unquote on brand I think obviously the worst thing is when you look at the industry and you see people become so inauthentic it's like people lose themselves and that's the last fucking thing I want to happen so in a weird fucking way although I lost my best friend and the show the show has literally gotten turned on its fucking head I can't help but think it was kind of a blessing and a reset moment I was in bed well not literally but I was in bed with someone that was literally in bed with the wrong people and I think there are so many people listening you guys don't even have to be in the

fucking entertainment industry you can be a teacher you can be a teacher. You can be a doctor. You can work at a fucking restaurant. You can be a bartender wherever this kind of shit can happen anywhere. You get involved with the wrong people and it affects everyone around you. But having a platform today on social media exploits it tenfold. So what I'm trying to say is I think as I've had time to process this over the past few weeks I'm like what what where do I go from here what do I do I think I didn't know I didn't know if you guys the listeners would accept the side of me about my education about the way I was raised about my friends outside of my co-host and the family I have.

And my fucking parents have been married for over 35 fucking years. I think if anyone looks at Alex Cooper, they're like degenerate whore, like literally crawled out of a sewer. But it's like, no, I, my parents are the most in love fucking couple. You know, you start a sex podcast in comedy. And it blows the fuck up. And every single week there is this enormous amount of pressure. Stay funny. Be funny. Say something crazy. Stay relevant.

Top last week's episode. And I'm sitting here right now and I'm like, I just want to talk about real shit. Not that it wasn't real before. I don't want to discredit anything. It was it was so fucking real. But I think what ended up happening is like it got too formatted. It was too forced. We felt like we had to have sex that week? What if I hadn't tried like a new move on a weenie? Like what the fuck? Why would I force it? Like literally I'm like, oh my God. Okay. Blowjob, blowjob. But what if I haven't sucked a dick in two weeks? What do you want from me? You know what I mean? So it's like, instead of forcing it, having to have a sex segment every week, it's like, why not talk instead about what I feel in that moment or whatever the fuck is going on in my life? But what if people don't want that? They want the crazy all the time. I don't know. It's fucking wild. And a part of me feels like I can take a deep breath right now because maybe this is a blessing. Maybe I can actually finally merge my entire life into this show and not just keep it so sexualized.

I feel like people are listening to them. They're like freaking out. They're like, is this bitch about to go Bible thumper on our assholes? Like, Alex, don't leave us. Listen, sex is always going to be at the forefront of our minds. I know there are men listening to this right now. ASMR, you're horny. I'm just kidding.

But like, I get it. We're all fucking horny. Sex is never going to be not a part of this motherfucking show. How could I abandon that? It's literally always on the tip of my fucking mind. I'm always horny I always want to talk about sloppy fucking blowjobs I love giving a goddamn blowjob but sorry but what else what else and I think this new era this new fucking like single father

I'm like call her daddy can be whatever the fuck we want it to be, whatever we need it to be. And I think I tried to not show a side of myself, the business side, the human side. And I want to change that. I think it's important to be real with you guys. I also apologize if this situation has hurt you, daddy gang, like obviously it fucking hurt me, but you trusted us. You did not see this coming. Like I had a little bit of a heads up here, like was dealing with this behind the scenes. Like I got to cry to my therapist for like a few weeks, like not great moments, but I

got to deal with it. I had my family supporting me and trying to get me through this. This was a surprise to you guys. And I got to deal with it. I had my family supporting me and trying to get me through this. This was a surprise to you guys. And I am very aware of that. So I guess why I'm bringing this up is because I want to hear from you guys. Do you want me to keep talking about this whole situation for a few more episodes? It literally is a breakup.

We're mourning the loss of someone basically and I know as women we need to talk about things I know the men are like bitch just give us the fucking sex tips just wrap it the fuck up but women we fucking love to talk about shit we can drag shit on I can drag shit on I could sit on this fucking podcast and talk for three motherfucking hours like I swear to god so I want to know do you guys want me to continue to talk about this so we can basically like virtually grieve together or do we say fuck it we're better off without those motherfuckers pick our shit up phase two this motherfucker and bounce out never talk about it again I don't know I don't know that's why I'm asking you guys I am sorry that shit changed and I feel like it's a really weird fucking situation because we're dealing with this and while the world is like in chaos too like none of us expected motherfucking corona but we are. And we adapt this whole fucking brand.

The daddy gang knows best is how to be savage and fucking finesse. And I haven't changed. I'm still fucking here. I'm sitting in this seat and you guys are giving me the courage to do that. So I want to fucking hear from you guys. I want to know, do we need more more time do we want to talk about this do we need time to process this all together we're grieving or fuck it I don't know let's think about it all right I'm like sweating like profusely like trying to keep cool getting into this fucking segment because there before I started recording this episode there was a new discovery, a new part of the story that came out.

If you guys saw on Dave's social media, Scooter Braun reached out to Erica and Dave calling on behalf of Sophia and Peter Nelson I've tried to be very um calm I've tried to be very appropriate I've tried to be very respectful I think if anyone listens to this show you know that I can be everything but that. But in this whole situation, people's lives are being affected and I've tried to be the complete opposite of with these big ass names in this industry are trying to adjust my contract i've never met you again go fuck yourself and now scooter fucking brawn beep beep motherfucker why are you here why are you also like it's not that i like fucking hate him i don't even know the guy but like fuck off you're putting yourself in a situation where you're trying to involve yourself in drama that you don't know about again i don't know if you guys know or you saw but sofia and peter nelson had scooter braun call on behalf of them and try to convince erica and dave give us a piece of

collar daddy we're willing to just take 50 oh you're willing oh you're willing no fucking shit I want to address this because it's like you know what I would love to ask Scooter Braun I would love to ask Peter Nelson what do you know about Call Her Daddy can you go ahead name me some uh terms what is the show really about? Below the surface, what is the Daddy Gang? Who is the Daddy Gang? Tell me. They can't because they don't give a fuck about this fucking brand. They want a piece of the pie. They know the thing makes a lot of fucking money. That's it.

Scooter Braun calling on behalf of Call Her. Oh, we're willing. Yep, yep. First of all, why don't you go start by giving Taylor Swift her fucking music back I'm good daddy gang's fucking good we're good please stay the fuck away from us I'm sorry but like holy fucking shit I didn't plan on this being in the episode but like fuck off because at this point my old co-host is trying to have men come in and play penis games over a show that they do not know jack fucking shit about. They care about the money.

They don't care about the fucking fans. They don't care about the fucking daddy game. They don't know shit. Now seeing them calling in like these big names thinking this is gonna change our fucking minds i want to be very fucking clear to every single man in the industry that wants to try to come and take a piece of the daddy gang again if you're considering calling on behalf of p Nelson and Sophia Franklin. Suck my fucking dick.

We are not for fucking sale. You can't just call and be like, yep, we're ready to take 50% of the daddy gang. We don't want you. It's sad. But it's just reaffirming to me that I made the goddamn right decision. I need to drink water right now because I think I just pooped and peed my pants at the same time. I just got so mad. Let's all take a breath. All right. I need to take a water break. Goddamn. This shit is hard doing on my own. I'm used to having someone that like I take water. She talks. Give me a second. All right right I'm hydrated this is exciting this is gonna be like a more upbeat part of the fucking episode so sorry if this has been um sad but it's also a funeral you know so we gotta

be a little fucking respectful I hope all you motherfuckers are wearing black. The future of Call Her Daddy. I think everyone, I'm reading your DMs to me and it's like, where are we going with this? What are we going to do? The future of this show, and I risk sounding really fucking corny here, but just go with me. The future of Call Her Daddy, this show, is whatever the fuck we want it to be. And so I want to have a discussion with you guys about that right now because I'm so fucking excited trying to be respectful and not be too excited on this episode, but I'm so fucking excited. So I'm going to excited so I'm gonna

explain to you guys moving forward a segment that I want to bring into the show my plan is that a daddy gang member will be making an appearance almost every single episode over this next year and who fucking knows maybe i'll hit it off with one of you and we'll vibe and you can become my new co-host who fucking knows but this is how it's gonna work i want you guys the daddy gang to come on and tell us your story you're gonna send in your wildest stories your deepest stories any story that you think the daddy gang wants to hear for now with corona i'm gonna have to do um phone interviews with you so we don't die um but then i'm gonna play it for the daddy gang every single week in these episodes so you guys essentially get to pick

the content for a segment each week i think it's gonna be. I also think it's a way to get to know each other. I understand that there's so many people around the world. Like every time I see people DM me like, I'm in Australia or I'm in the UK. I'm like, oh, fuck. This is wild. Like sometimes I forget how far the reach is. So this is a worldwide show. Everyone is listening from fucking everywhere. So if you want to stay anonymous that's totally fine you can come on the show and we won't plug you and we won't say your name we will totally respect that if you choose to share your identity and who you are i will give the daddy gang all of your information not like creepy like phone number address hit them up um

no i mean like i'll give them your instagram and your twitter we'll post you on the caller daddy social media and so the daddy gang can hype you the fuck up and you're gonna get mad ass followers i think that this it's a way more inclusive show and that's what i want it to be because at the end of the day this show has a community of people that have basically become family i read on the internet when this whole thing was going down i remember reading people being like god damn if this show ends can we at least all stay connected like that's how much you fucking guys are like in this like you we are literally a fucking gang we still need a gang sign but I see the threads of people I see you guys trying to meet

daddy gang in your areas so why not help facilitate that through the biggest fucking platform that is the show I think it's really important being the voice right now of this show to emphasize I do not give a fuck what people look like what your gender is what your sexual orientation is if you listen to the call her daddy show and you see someone else you find out they do too you have a commonality you have something that you agree on and you both enjoy so with this new fucking segment to me i'm like let's fucking hang out let's ride this year out together let's meet let's fucking talk let's talk about weird ass shit let's talk about fun shit nasty shit amazing tips tricks like let's share it all together this is the coolest fucking listenership on the internet right now and if it was ever a fucking

doubt i think after this entire situation it's only proved to literally be the strongest i believe no other fucking podcast has this diverse of people that essentially pat ourselves all on the fucking back but like we legit speak a different language like if you're not in the daddy gang you're not gonna get some of these jokes you don't get our shit you don't get our lingo and it's not that we're obviously like non-inclusive but we are aggressive in embracing that we can be whoever the fuck we want to be and anyone that says otherwise can go fuck themselves i'm here and i'm using this platform for myself and others to build friendships, not tear them down. And if I've learned one thing from this entire experience, it's like, we all have a fucking story and I want to give you guys the platform to tell it. I'm not the

only fucking one with a story. And that is the word from your goddamn father, a single father. God, it sounds, does it have a little bit of a ring to it? A single father. A divorce? I'm divorced. A divorced father. A lonely father. And I got fucking custody of a shit ton of children. I'm just fucking thankful I didn't birth all of you out of my motherfucking vagina because I need that goddamn thing locked and loaded for the end of Corona so I can give it to all my boyfriends. Oh my God. I can't wait to get back and talking about the Canadian and Slim Shady. If they listen to this, they're like, no. Oh, I'm fucking coming for all of you. Okay. So stick with me guys. Stick with me here. Hang in there in there Bruno I obviously know this is like fucking

different I trust me I have to get used to it too I don't know how to do a podcast alone I kind of feel like I feel a little narcissistic right now I'm just sitting here staring at a fucking wall talking granted I do think I can talk for hours but like I don't know it's a bit concerning I'm figuring it out that's why I'm like daddy gang get the fuck in here I'm gonna have guests on that's the whole the whole thing is like it's not gonna just be me I know all of you are like oh thank fucking god Alex we love you but like Loki fuck off I'm aware I don't want to hear my own voice because I have to edit the oh my god I have to edit this show we all fucking know own voice because I have to edit the, oh my God, I have to edit this show. We all fucking know that drama, but I have to edit the show and I don't think I would make it

through this next year if it was just me. So there are going to be guests, there's going to be daddy gang, et cetera. I'm going to have barstool people come through. Like, trust me, it's not just going to be myself. Oh my God. I just, this next segment, it's it just it's been so fucking long and i and i missed it i missed it so fucking much because you know already where i'm going with it some of you are cringing some of excited because let me introduce you to the new i just lost every fucking follower everyone that's like new to the show is like yo this girl's fucking annoying i'm sorry i had to okay questions of the week guys. All right. So questions of the week this week, I decided that we are going to be, well, I'm going to be answering questions from the daddy gang about this entire situation. I know a lot of you still need clarity and still

have questions. Um, so I'm going to do my best to go through these and explain everything as best as I can, because I'm very aware that you guys want to hear. So what did Sophia mean when she kept saying, I want to do the deal 50-50, and I tried to take the deal but couldn't under Alex's terms? Okay, I think this is where Barstool and I are pretty frustrated. Sophia did not take the deal. And when it got held up and there were no more points coming in from her side, we had to move forward without her. That's all it is. Everyone realized she's never going to be happy. There were more and more points. And then eventually she stopped sending points. And then she never sent her points. She said she wanted it. She never signed it. You know, you have a 50-50 deal in front of you in a partnership that's not 50-50. Genuinely, I'm like, how do you not take that? Like, I literally started to feel

crazy. I'm like, am I the fucking crazy one? Like, why am I agreeing to this? Hold on. So I think that's important to emphasize and I I want to make it very clear it seemed to me in my opinion Sophia's 50 50 was about money not labor again never an issue about the labor but the 50 50 she wanted was with regard to money um and I honestly I think that's why it was really frustrating for me I think anyone would be frustrated in that situation Sophia's asks were all more more more and I was the one doing the work work work it's like if someone should have been pressing for money not trying to be like an asshole here but if someone's gonna fucking do the brigade and push for more money, I think it should be fucking me, the one that does more of the work.

OK, now what is our living situation? That is one of the biggest fucking questions of this in my DMs right now is like, I know you two live together. Like, what the fuck are you going to do? That's awkward as shit. So actually, our lease is up in at the end of July so we were gonna have to move out soon anyways um and so I am going to move out and I'm going to move into a new place and I'm gonna live alone um I'm not sure what Sophia's doing um but on my end I'm really excited I actually am about to sign on this place that I'm like so fucking excited for and I'm so excited. I actually am about to sign on this place that I'm like, so fucking excited for. And I'm so excited to move in and like film in there. I want to vlog and like show you guys. And so that's, yeah, I'm moving out. Oh my God. This is, this is

the question that needs to be answered. And I need to fucking talk to you guys about this because i am very aware why did you guys pretend to be poor okay we made these comments as kind of like a fuck you guys like fuck barstool hello like why don't wake up like everyone's telling us we don't make enough fucking money why the fuck aren't you guys paying us and we were like angry like so we did these jabs and these digs in our episodes thinking like maybe someone will fucking hear us and like feel dumb that we're not getting paid more and it was stupid and it was immature and i want to apologize because i am very aware we put you guys in the middle of it like you guys live and breathe our lifestyle and we were making jabs at barstool through our content and it was so fucking stupid and immature and i am fully aware of that

and i apologize and i promise that will never fucking happen again i'm aware of the deal i just signed and i'm so fucking grateful because you guys are the reason that i'm able to sign that deal so we put you guys in the middle of basically a war we were trying to have with barstool and we should have just gone and had the conversation with dave and erica like that was just fucking stupid and i apologize do you plan on participating with barstool more from here on out the answer is yes i grew up in a household where my father has worked for the nhl so I did not when we went to like Christmas parties for my dad's work I was skating on the ice with the Flyers like I didn't look at my dad in a desk job as an accountant I grew up around athletes I was an athlete my dad was an athlete everyone in my family was athletes

I fucking love sports I date athletes let's just be, fuck you all. But it's the truth. I love sports. So I think Barstool, yeah, I want to engage more. I would love to talk about sports and just do more shit with people. And I think that I want to apologize to everyone at Barstool. I think that they felt like we were too good at times. I think that they thought that we didn't want to be a part of it. But really, at the the end of the day it was because we wanted to focus on this brand and we didn't want to spread ourselves and go on all these different shows and we chose to stick with Call Her Daddy so I think it's important to you know I want to have conversations with that people at Barstool and just be like listen let's have a private conversation and talk about this or I'll go on their shows whatever they want this is a question that I want to address and it's difficult but I think it needs to be addressed someone said

was she was Sophia and Peter's relationship toxic that you could tell and when I read this question because it was one of the most highly requested questions I didn't think it's fair for me to comment on the inner workings of someone else's relationship but I do feel like I need to address it a little bit because it directly affected me and it directly affected the show obviously now you can see so from what I witnessed from day one, the relationship was extremely controlling. And Sophia had expressed serious concern about it, being in a controlling relationship. And I watched Sophia slowly isolate herself with him. I will never forget because this is work related. So when Sophia and I went on our first big trip to LA you guys

may remember it we went on Logan Paul's show we went on Fighter and the Kid and we went on Nick Vial's show and it was our first big trip for Call Her Daddy and we like I literally was so excited it was like a dream come true like you know the it's like the whole we're going to L.A. and like we're going on shows like that's a fucking dream. So we're getting ready to go to L.A. and during this time before we leave. And this was very early in Sophia and Peter's relationship. He just so happened to also schedule a business meeting trip that weekend to L.A. And Sophia, prior to the trip, said the trip said hey you know this is like Alex and my first work trip so I may not be able to see you and from what I was told by her is he

essentially threatened her and said you will regret that decision if you do not see me you will regret that like what the fuck what are you gonna like what so I remember Sophia being so fucking stressed and I remember us getting there and she was she was like not present she was texting she was texting and I felt bad but I was also so fucking excited that I was like bitch wake up like we just we made it motherfucker like we're here like this is so exciting and Sophia was just not present she was so stressed and I remember um before we went on one show we were um getting ready and she made up some dumb lie that after she was getting her hair done she pretended she was like still getting her hair done at this blowout bar and what she really did is she went to quickly see him and I'm

over here like this is a work trip this is our first work trip I was so excited as best friends more so to just like live this up together and also trying to jam in as many meetings as possible and Sophia kept going MIA and and she would leave the hotel room and like it was so sketchy and she like didn't want to tell me because I think she knew like I was upset and she would run and get in his car and then come back. I remember the last night before we left Logan and Mike and everyone invited us to go out and Sophia wanted to go see Peter. And it fucking sucked because like I wanted to go party with them but I also knew like we needed to be a united front people saw us as the call her daddy girls so if I went after that show with them and I just show up alone like it's not the way we wanted to present ourselves in the industry so Sophia left the hotel room and I spent my last night of our trip alone in my hotel room um and then the next morning i went to the airport alone the trip was ruined by peter another question is how my first impression what was your

first impression of suit man he was fucking weird like there's literally a video of sophia it's like in our vlog one of our vlogs for call her daddy sophia legit says that for the first few dates she thought the dude was a serial killer like he's fucking weird but whatever to each his own i guess um how was dave's rooftop oh my god like the infamous fucking rooftop i saw people were like rooftop roof deck roof like what is it it's a roof top deck right is that what it's called i don't know honestly dave shout out it really it really wasn't as nice as i was expecting for how rich he is it was it was a little it was like a little grungy but no it was fine i mean i don't have a fucking rooftop so alex can you please tell people to leave sofia alone there is so much poisonous hate being directed towards her right now, and it's so horrible to see.

There have been so many cyberbullying-related comments. Please tell people to give her her space. Guys, Daddy Gang, please listen. That is not okay at all, ever. I don't support cancel culture. None of us should. We don't need to agree with Sophia and her decisions, but should we don't need to agree with sofia and her decisions but we absolutely don't need to be bullying her there's no excuse for that point

blank fucking done don't eat it okay why do you think sofia was so against the barstool rooftop deal some people have speculated that sofia and suit man were going to go behind your back with the wondery deal and get some slice under the table and get more money than you in the long run. So it's so fucking crazy because from day one when Peter got involved, my entire family kept warning me like, listen, we want to be supportive. We don't want to get involved in your business, but just be aware. People don't do shit for free. Okay. Like he may love her. They're not even fucking married. Like it's a little weird how invested he is because the amount of documents we were sent, the amount of fucking shit that was sent to us, pages and pages, business plans, how to start our own company he would always mention and you're

gonna need a business manager so that it was weird and I think um Sophia had even told me along the way that like he was gonna leave HBO and go start some new podcast with his or no start a podcast company with his friend so as months went on she went shit like that started to come out, I'm like, oh, wonderful. We're just fucked. Good evening, Peter Nelson. Like, it was just so obvious that he was there for not just out of the goodness of his princess's heart. Like, oh, it was like, bitch, you want a fucking piece of the pie? Just say it.

I don't want to say more respect if he could just fucking admit it. But it's like, love of my life life i will get you the best deal it's like no and you're gonna get yourself the best fucking deal um i remember also dave even told me that his friend was in a meeting um that peter came into in like the industry and the first fucking thing that peter said apparently um when he walked into the meeting was to this guy he like shook his hand and he was like do you know caller daddy my girlfriend is sophia franklin like what fucking creeper what the fuck is that like hi um i know i'm hbo whatever but also like do you know caller daddy like flex on flex on like okay dude we get it you get your fucking dick sucked like shut the fuck up sorry okay can you guys tell I love him like holy shit um okay on a more serious note everyone keeps asking why did we play a part of a Kesha song in the beginning of an episode. So during the time when we were getting all of

the input and feedback that we were getting exploited, you girls are getting exploited, you're getting exploited. I kind of talked about it in my YouTube video. During that time when Sophia and I thought we were going to leave, This was prior to us meeting with Dave. We were very emotional and we were not in the right headspace. No, we were in a bad headspace. And we made a poor choice. We made a poor decision to represent a frustration

that we had completely lost perspective on. And I don't want to come on here and make an excuse for it but I do apologize to all of you I'm sorry and I can only imagine that you guys took that probably the wrong way so I really do apologize guys have you guys been growing apart for a while it's hard for us listeners to understand how could you guys be so extremely close like sisters but then not be able to move past this yes um that's a really good question since day one Sophia and I of becoming friends there were a lot of personal things that strained the relationship and made the business relationship difficult um we had very different relationships to our career and when suit man got involved socially Sophia disappeared um she wouldn't really come out with me a lot because Peter I mean from what she told me Peter

didn't feel comfortable with her going out without him um and Sophia would rarely come out if Lauren and I wanted to have a girls night she would sometimes come but then like she would leave from dinner and just go to his place and like not come out and hang out and party with us and so yeah I think it ever since he got involved it sucked because our relationship socially we didn't really hang out and I had to go find like more friends and just kind of make my own way in New York because socially my friend wasn't there anymore I know a few nights she was gonna like lie to him so that he didn't think that we were out and like I remember us being at the club and her like freaking out he was gonna find out and him so that he didn't think that we were out and like I remember us

being at the club and her like freaking out he was gonna find out and I'm like who gives a fuck take the vodka soda let's rage so yeah it fucking sucks I mean I think all of us can relate you have a friend that gets a controlling boyfriend and then all of a sudden they're like and the fuck I am and it and it definitely takes a toll on your relationship all right this is the last question and it's going to be the longest fucking answer and this is going to wrap up this whole fucking episode but i think this needs to be said okay can you please elaborate on this partnership not being 50 50 sofia says in her video it was 50 50 you said it wasn't can you please elaborate so I'm going to get into the weeds here um actually not even the weeds I'm gonna get into

the roots of this because I think that it is the only way that I can fully answer this question, Daddy Gang, on this topic because of how fucking detailed it is. And I think it's important, even though it's about to be a little long, so you guys can like be in it with me and experience what the experience was. In the beginning of Call Her Daddy, Sophia had no experience in the industry, no experience with social media, etc. And I want to be very clear, I don't blame her for this at all. But in the beginning, when it came to posting on social media, coming up with strategies, campaigns of how to get people to subscribe, how to get people to listen, how to get people to engage in our posts, I did a majority, if not all the work when it came to social media and then I did the editing and for the first few episodes I came with all the notes of an outline of the show and Sophia showed up empty-handed but was a great fucking talent no denying that so yes she didn't know how

to do a lot in the beginning but two years later when it came time to potentially start a new show and we thought we were gonna have to leave because Dave wasn't willing to negotiate and didn't want to give us our IP Sophia kept saying how great it was gonna be to go start a new show Alex we can do this it's gonna be great we got this oh my gosh we can do it we can do it we can do it and Sophia knows this for a few months when we were considering leaving, Sophia and I had very heated conversations where I needed to get very real with her. I would tell her, Sophia, honestly, I'm really fucking concerned about leaving because you keep acting like this is going to be a walk in the park,

like this is going to be a walk in the park like this is going to be so fucking great but it's concerning because you don't know a majority of the work that went in and goes into starting a brand and I think you're being way too idealistic about this and I feel like I'm having to be the realistic one because I lived it. I was essentially alone for the first year building those social media channels while she would be asleep, while she was talking to a boyfriend. And for two years, when you said you were going to learn, she always said, oh, I'll go take a social media course. I'm going to try to figure it out.

She never did. Multiple times, I would confront Sophia asking her to pull more weight and she would say okay yeah I'm gonna um I'm gonna get more into it and sometimes she would come through and she would like post a meme on the caller daddy Instagram and then another month would go and she would fall off and I remember a specific day her coming into the living room in our apartment and she sat down and she apologized um saying hey I know a few months ago I said I would help more with social media and I know I haven't done that and I'm sorry and then like literally nothing changed after that conversation nothing happened like she apologized but nothing happened

and I so I told Sophia like no shit I don't really want to go start something new because I know what it takes and I have a feeling I'm gonna have to build it again and so why would we go do that if we can just keep it if we can get call her daddy if we can have one more conversation and Dave Portnoy offers us something why would we go and start a new show? And Sophia just didn't get that. Why would she? In the beginning, understood. But when two years goes on and you continue to let your partner do a majority of the work, a majority of all the social media, the editing of the show, and you go take your smoke breaks and you go call your mom and you go call Peter.

It was hard for me because, guys, it felt like not only was I doing a majority of the work, I felt like I fucking cared more. We were, we were constantly on Sophia's time and obviously on the internet trying to present a united front, a partnership, but it's like when Sophia started dating Peter she would go on vacations with Peter so we would have to pre-record episodes totally fine you know like okay great we can totally go on vacation but Sophia would never offer to do extra because we were having to do more in one week because of her schedule we would have to double up on recording episodes I would have to edit two episodes in one week and I will never forget when she flew to Italy it was either Italy or Bora Bora

and um she left for the airport and the episode wasn't even fucking finished and I had to sit and finish the episode by myself while she got in a plane with her boyfriend and left to go across the country. I'm not a fucking victim. I've never been a victim. But I think it's important for this to be said, Daddy Gang, because it's the facts. And the comments about from Sophia saying it was always 50-50 and the backstabbing comments. Here is my question. How do you backstab someone when you have been carrying them on your back? Look, at the end of the day, working with a friend, extremely fucking difficult. When you have such different work ethics for a while, you try to make things work. You try to make things because what what else do you have you

don't have another fucking option so that is just me um scratching the surface guys just when you are probably all like okay we are not even at the deepest point it gets deeper um when it got worse is when Sophia came to me. It was at the end of our first year. And she said, Alex, I figured out how to make it 50-50. I'll take care of the business side of things. And what she meant by that was that Peter was going to take care of the business side of things. She would copy and paste his text about business, about us going and starting, how to start a new business, how to create an LLC and how to do a new company, etc. And she would copy and paste his texts and send it to me

while we're sitting in the living room. I would read it and then I would ask her questions about it. And then she would be like, oh, hold on. Let me ask Peter. So really, it still wasn't 50-50 because I essentially was getting into business now with Peter. It was kind of like, just have Peter send me those texts. Those aren't your original thoughts. I think it's really important to note that I right now I'm referring to our business relationship, but because our friendship was tied into work, it obviously affected our relationship. She was my best friend, but this at the end of the day affected, was affected by our work relationship because our

work relationship was so unhealthy and it flowed into our friendship. I think this is important just to make a grand comment to anyone listening that I don't know where you guys work or what you're doing, but I know there are a lot of young people that are getting into their careers. And I think it's really important that hopefully this can help you. You need to be mindful of who you are getting into business with. And if it does not work for mindful of who you are getting into business with. And if it does not work for you, if you are doing something and it feels very unfair to you, you are not getting recognition for what you do. You need to readjust and you need to reevaluate your situation because it literally, I promise

you, will affect your mental health. Like it is the most draining, exhausting fucking experience, especially if you are in business with a friend. In the last year of Sophia, this past year of meeting Peter, Sophia became so hyper focused on this one saying, and I was like, I will literally start screaming if I hear it one more fucking time. Sophia kept saying to me how the goal is she wanted to make money in her sleep. I want to make money in my sleep. I want to make money in my sleep. I want to make money in my sleep. And I'm like, sweetheart, you got to first work to make money in your sleep. Like we got to be realistic here. Like, come on. And I think that just through things like this and through everything I'm explaining to you guys it just became clear month after month we wanted

fucking different things with the daddy gang with the brand with call her daddy with our careers and I am very aware you can't blame someone for not wanting something as bad as you. You can't make someone see value in something the same way you do, nor should you have to. When people keep asking on the internet, what happened? What happened? This is a huge part of the issue that I'm outlining right now. This changed things for me slowly, but it changed things and it weighed on me. And when we got close to losing Call Her Daddy specifically, I needed to make a personal decision for my career and what I genuinely thought was best for the Daddy Gang and the Call Her Daddy show. I feel like, well, I don't feel like I know. I've been living and breathing this show right now for two years. And I want someone to be a part of it that also feels the same. The fans deserve it. You guys, I'm very aware.

You guys live and breathe for fucking Wednesdays. You guys wake up and you know what the fucking day of the week is because the show drops on Wednesday. Like I do the same. I know that Monday and Tuesday are my biggest fucking days. I put in the hours, I record the show, put out the podcast, and I know millions of people are looking forward to it. Whether you guys are listening to laugh, to smile, to help you distract you from whatever the fuck is shitty going on in your life, whatever it is, I enjoy that responsibility.

Is it tough at times? Is it stressful? Fuck yes. Fuck yes. Fuck yes. Like it's fucking hard. But this is what I've always wanted. And I couldn't be more grateful that you guys have allowed me to have this platform. I think it fucking sucks because as this got bigger, in my opinion, I don't know if Sophia wanted this as badly as I did I think when her boyfriend got

involved oh fuck he wanted it Peter Nelson fucking saw it he fucking saw the value he knew he wanted a goddamn piece of this pie so this past year to me it felt like it was me and Peter Nelson and it felt like my friend was checked out almost every single time I would ask Sophia a question about call her daddy she had to pick up her phone pick up her laptop and call or text her boyfriend to ask him like picture how frustrating that was every single time we rarely would be able to have a business conversation about our brand, the brand we were in together without asking Peter first. Hold on. Let me ask Peter. Let me ask Peter.

I don't give a fuck about Peter Nelson. I don't care what he has to say about call her daddy. Peter Nelson is not a talent in the industry. Peter Nelson does not have a public platform. Everyone behind the scenes can say that they get it. You don't get it until your face is on the fucking internet and you are the one exploiting your life. You don't get it. So when Peter Nelson became the person it felt like I was in business with and no longer my friend the game changed obviously Peter Nelson to me he didn't give a fuck about the daddy gang why would he his job

is literally in business and money so I'm so fucking thankful I was able to wake up and I could see that and I was able to separate my personal relationship with Sophia from the business side and the people she was allowing to influence the brand and making it all about money I'm sorry I'm ranting but it's this is the truth and I think it's important to present this to you guys and outline this for you guys because none of this business shit that I'm talking about can take away from the fact that Sophia and I were friends. We had a unique relationship. We were fucking hilarious together. We had some great times together.

It was so fun at times. but for a very long time I never knew if I would tell this full story and still there are some details being left out but I wanted I hoped I would eventually get to tell the story because it weighed on me for so fucking long and the only fucking people in the world really that knew this whole time about this story day in and day out was my family my dad being in the industry is like listen you've got this you grind through it you do your fucking thing you keep your head down and it's gonna pay off one day people will finally see the truth you just got to be patient and now I'm fucking sitting here on this podcast by myself it's it is wild it is unfortunate daddy gang holy shit okay hello it's me um that was heated that was a lot and I think that I feel 10 pounds lighter I feel like I just took a little poo and we're ready to move on.

I'm really, really, really looking forward to next week. I'm looking forward to this next year. I am looking forward to trying my goddamn hardest to making this the best show it possibly can be. And by doing that, I believe it is including the Daddy Gang into the show. Next week, I'm going to have a really, really amazing guest on. Dave Portnoy. Dave Portnoy, I want him to come on the show. I think it'll be a nice little cap off to this new season, this new era. And so I want you guys to send in any questions you want me to talk about with Dave. We're obviously going to talk a little bit about the

situation, but I have some other questions I want to talk to Dave about. So make sure you tune in next week, guys. Also, if you want to be a part of the show, if you want to be on Call Her Daddy, go to our Call Her Daddy instagram or twitter or my personal instagram or my twitter i'm going to post the link of where you can submit your story to be on the show i'm so excited to meet you guys um and i think this is going to be fucking awesome so daddy gang i think all that's left to say is i love you and I'll see you fuckers next Wednesday.