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Sofia Franklyn's memoir hints Alex Cooper leaked a photo of her pitcher ex

In her memoir "Daddy Issues," Sofia Franklyn suggests Alex Cooper fed a sports site a dinner photo of Noah Syndergaard. She also doubts their old bond.

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Sofia Franklyn smiling with long dark wavy hair in a red pinstripe jacket on a studio set

Alex Cooper might want to skip Sofia Franklyn's new book.

Franklyn's memoir "Daddy Issues" paints her former partner in a less than glowing light. The two hosted "Call Her Daddy" together from 2018 until 2020. Cooper has run the show by herself ever since Franklyn left.

One story in the book centers on Noah Syndergaard. The MLB pitcher was Cooper's on-and-off boyfriend back then, though they were broken up at that point.

The secret dinner photo

Franklyn writes that she had only just met Cooper when Cooper asked her for a favor. She wanted Franklyn to quietly take a picture of Cooper out at dinner with Syndergaard.

According to the book, Cooper called the ballplayer "such a s***." She allegedly said she wanted the pictures in case she needed to send them to his mother.

Franklyn says she went along with it and passed the shot to Cooper. In January 2018 the images showed up on a sports website. Franklyn hints that Cooper was the one who handed it over, noting that nobody else had the picture.

Cooper has not responded to a request for comment, according to reports.

Was it ever real?

Franklyn kept the subject going on Tuesday during a podcast appearance. Six years after the split, she says she still wonders about the bond they had.

"Obviously, I question, like, was the friendship ever real?" Franklyn said. "Maybe it was real for her in how she thinks friendships should be. I don't know."

She said the pair never sat down to talk it through after they parted ways in 2020. She still sounds floored by how fast it all fell apart.

She remembered learning that Cooper had quietly signed on with Dave Portnoy's Barstool Sports while leaving her out. She said she was stunned watching her closest friend carry on with the podcast alone.

"This is my best friend," she remembered thinking. What hurt even more, she said, came later.

She pointed to Cooper's first solo episodes. Franklyn agreed with the host that those shows felt like a "funeral" for her time on the podcast, even saying Cooper was basically "murdering" her in public.

Where they landed

The split came amid an ugly contract fight with Barstool. Cooper kept "Call Her Daddy" while Franklyn started her own show, "Sofia with an F."

Now with "Daddy Issues" out, Franklyn is telling her side of the breakup. Her latest words suggest she is still not sure she ever truly knew her old best friend.

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