Callherdaddysnark

Do you guys think Barstool fucked AC over before? Let me explain:
Dave was desperate to keep Alex but I don't think after she went back to barstool he wanted to keep her long term. He maybe knew podcasting was gonna blow up and wait for a high offer to roll in or reach out to a big name since Scooter Braun wanted a piece.
Dave maybe saw it had the potential to go downhill since the chemistry is gone, but once they struck a deal with Spotify he could dust his hands off and be done with Call Her Daddy. I listened to the most recent Sofia interview with those two Canadian dudes. Thoughts?

I stopped listening to CHD a long time ago but I am a lil dicky fan so I thought I’d listen. How unoriginal to come out with unwell university merch when sofias first launch was sloot. It’s not a coincidence and you can’t say no one at Spotify didn’t know. Can’t say I’m not Suprised but you’d think that with her millions they could pay someone for original ideas

I tried to listen to listen because I like him but her unprofessionalism in talking about the medical condition of his penis was insane. How does this girl have a fucking job

I don't care what your political beliefs are and I don't care whether or not they were talking about conspiracies...the fact that they used the word p3d0... and then WERE LAUGHING about it... I DONT CARE IF ITS A "JOKE" THAT IS NOT A FUCKING JOKE. I've lost all the respect I've had left for Alex... this is outrageous. Im sick.
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EDIT: 21:40 on the podcast is where it starts

I highly recommend listening to the first 45 minutes and skipping through to some of the chapters they have in the video. It very clearly sort out Sofia perspective on what happened in sections if there’s anything specific you’re looking for, so you can skip around easy.
https://youtu.be/85UJZg4k740
I may come back and edit this later, but these are my notes form listening through.

• She and Alex meet, Sofia says she needs a roommate, Alex mentions she knows a girl who needs a roommate (Sofia later finds out that girl was Alex), they become instant best friends, they sign a lease and move in together that day
  
• They were bantering at SouthBySouthwest at a bar, had a crowd of people watching them talk and listening to them because of how outrageous they were talking. Sofia says that Alex always wanted to get into the entertainment/media space and that was when Alex said they should start a YouTube
  
• Alex knew some trust fund kid who was starting a podcast company with other trust fund kids. They recorded their first episodes with that company.
  
• Daves sees clip of podcast on Instagram and reaches out to them
  
• Throughout their podcasting venture sofia and Alex would always have conversations with each other “No Matter what happens, we’re going to stay friends”. Sofia says she meant it but “I guess her, not so much”. Sofia says she has the receipts that she was left on read and wanted to work things out with Alex. Alex didn’t want to
  
• Alex pushed for barstool, saying it was a huge opportunity. Sofia was working for finance, barstool offered more money than her finance job.
  
• There was a lot of shock value in the original podcast.
  
• On Sofia’s end, all of the stories she told were true, she may have exaggerated a bit but overall was honest.
  
• When she posted the first episode her mother was pissed at her for a long time. Sofia was happier with this new job because she was severely depressed and suicidal at her last job.
  
• There was overlap at the time they were beginning the podcast at the firm Sofia worked at. Sofia was filing legal action against her boss for creepy behavior. He went through her desk when she wasn’t there. Forcing her to go to lunch with clients, him petting her head and saying “Look at how cute she is”. Screamed at her in the middle of the office. He would wait for her when she would leave work.
  
• Alex would wear merch from head to toe whenever they went out
  
• Alex was having a lot of meetings with Dave behind Sofia’s back. Milf Hunter told her this because he was a producer of sorts for the show.
  
• Sofia helped where her strengths were, which was writing, story telling, jokes. Alex had MilfHunter write a lot of Alex’s material. Alex had a marketing brain, Sofia had a creative brain.
  
• Alex refused to give up control of the editing of the show.
  
• Sofia didn’t care that Alex was making more, she didn’t know and trusted Alex. Alex would make comments that seemed like she felt guilty about it.
  
• They were paid 2.5% off merch sales. They were going to bump it up to 12% for them to split. The merchandise made a lot of money, the “Unwell” hoodie sold over $1,000,000, which was a phrase that sofia popularized. They made over 100k.
  
• They were making over $11 million per year, they made $100k per episode. They were taking home $170k a year each.
  
• They would record from home a lot, Sofia had a minimal relationship with Dave, Alex had more of a relationship with Dave.
  
• She doesnt have a relationship with Dave. He calls people when they record with Sofia, asks “Why would you do that?”. Did that to mike Majilak (Logan Pauls hanger on).
  
• Sofia dated suit an during the time she was doing the show. He brought it to their attention that they were getting fucked financially. Made it very clear to both Alex and Sofia.
  
• The episode where Logan tells alex and Sofia they’re getting fucked with their deal was taken down.
  
• Suitman wasn’t going to make any money from the new deal.
  
• Barstool dragged her boyfriend through the mud so they could spin the story on the boyfriend
  
• Dave leaked their original contract
  
• Dave talks to New York Post frequently
  
• Sofia had hundred of thousands of threats and harassment from people. She “Numbed the pain” with drinking
  
• Reiterates she has text messages trying to work things out with Alex. MilfHunter informed Sofia that Alex was talking shit behind her back.
  
• When the divorce happened, Sofia was negotiating the deal but alex framed that as “Moving the goalposts”. Sofia says that there were things in the deal that make sense for her to not want to sign it. Says she would have signed the deal if alex and her had decided on it. Barstool wanted permanent alcohol right forever and they would get no royalties from it.
  
• Sofia releases “Sofia with an F” 2 months afterwards. She has a partner for ad sales. Small team of people shes close to. She is signed by WME agency, but Sofia has made all the money from her business.
  
• Advertisers eager to work with her.
  
• All guests are on her own accord, she doesn’t have anyone booking guests for her. Never paid for a guest.
  
• She’s put out episodes she didn’t want to put out. She cringes at the first few episodes of her shows.
  
• Sofia is single. She is not with Joey.
  
• She wasn’t surprised by the Spotify deal. Barstool took a lot from the $60 Million.
  
• Her only regret was that she wishes she had been more vocal in her side of the story, but she didn’t know what to do in the beginning. She waited on doing a tell all because she was afraid of what she was up against.
  

TLDR
Most detailed retelling of story. Alex is a snake, Sofia thought they were best friends and Alex would lie to her face about it, suitman would have made no money/benefitted in no way from the deal he arranged for them, Alex had a lot of meetings with barstool that Sofia was completely unaware of during the final contract negotiations, sofia never wanted to leave the show, Sofia would have stayed with the original deal and wanted to work things out with Alex in the time before Alex signed the deal with barstool, claims she has texts proving that Alex had left her on read when Sofia was trying to reconcile contract negotiations with her, barstool intimidated people who had Sofia on their podcasts.

I’d respect her a lot more if she just admitted that the whole break up was handled terribly and I hope that Sofia and I could just shake hands one day and just move past this. Instead she just continues to say she went through so much growing up and she worked so hard to build what she has. Don’t get me wrong, she’s worked to get to where she’s at. But if you were bullied and it was so traumatizing to you, then be an adult and clear the air with Sofia. Y’all were both bullied right after the break up and you continue to make it seem like she was in the wrong. You allowed Dave to make merch that bullied Sofia and her boyfriend. Alex is just fake to me at this point and she can never be honest with herself or anyone else. It’s not even a team Alex or team Sofia at this point. It’s team be honest with yourself and be honest with everyone else.

This is still mindboggling to me. The podcast would’ve never gotten as big as it did with Alex alone and was valued at an astronomical sum by Spotify. Sofia and Alex created something worth tens of millions and Sofia never seeing anything of that but the ridiculous salary they got while at barstool is beyond me.
Like was the pod actually owned by Alex and Sofia technically only had a guest status or something? What even is/ was the legal personality of CHD? It’s only hosted by Spotify, not owned by it so I’m assuming it was the same for barstool?
I know nothing about how this works, but would Sofia have had any legal claim to the value created?

I listened to the entire interview and it was actually pretty insightful abt the breakup but you kind of need to read between the lines. I feel like a lot of this is already known but I'll recap it here for those who don't want to listen.
- Alex always wanted to be a film / tv show / content producer from a young age, was inspired by her dad who was a sports show producer, and was always making movies and homemade shows with her friends for fun while in school
- Alex and Sofia didn't really know each other when they started the show. Alex and her childhood best friend needed a 3rd roommate in NYC, randomly met Sofia, and asked if she wanted to move in
- They were only living together for a few months when Alex asked Sofia to do the podcast with her. At the time, neither of them was thinking about the future and didn't expect the podcast to be as big as it became
- By the 3rd episode the podcast was already blowing up so they're finding themselves suddenly in this situation where they're working together, living together, and appearing to be best friends
- Says their dynamic was like drinking buddies who are now doing this super successful show together and while this type of job is what Alex always wanted, her and Sofia never discussed what each other's true passions and long-term goals were
- Says that her and Sofia have completely different passions and opinions
- This led to an unhealthy dynamic quickly as living together and working together began to take its toll on their relationship
- Also says they were both codependent on each other at one point
- Alex acknowledges there was a time she was leaning on Sofia heavily because Alex was struggling with relationship issues stemming from childhood bullying trauma
- Alex kinda alludes here that Sofia had a problem with drugs/alcohol because she basically says she was having to get her out of bed for work, having to manage drugs and alcohol, and trying to be a "fixer"
- Alex says she is a people pleaser and spent a long time trying to do everything can to appease everyone involved so the daddy gang audience, execs at Barstool, and Sofia bc she loves the show and wants to do whatever she can to keep it going
- So Alex cared a lot about the show and felt like Sofia wasn't putting in equal effort for a long time, but sucked it up in order to keep doing what she loves
- Ultimately, they are two very different people who made different decisions in business and in life and that's okay
- Alex struggled to come to terms with this for a while and decided to go to therapy a few months after the breakup
- She says it was her decision to go to therapy because she realized she needed it but also says something about her mom making her go and being resistant to the sessions at first but eventually something clicked and it became very useful and insightful
- She does say she realized that it's not worth losing yourself and your morals to get the prize but it's unclear whether she's talking about herself or not
- Says that she thought she came off as the villain in the breakup scenario and that it bothered her a lot because she's a people pleaser and cares a lot about public perception
- She was tempted to tell the full story about what was happening behind the scenes in order to clear the air so that people wouldn't think she was a bad person for choosing to take the deal
- But she doesn't think anyone needs to know what happened behind closed doors and how dark it got
- Her mom, bf, and therapist all say to her that her and Sofia know the full story and that's all that matters
- Says she knows she is a good person and did everything she could but ultimately had to make the healthier decision for herself
- Says it's not a bad thing that her and Sofia ended up like this because they both made their decisions and it's probably better and healthier that they're each doing their own thing now
The host ends off asking her if it was her last day and she had to pick up the phone to call Sofia, would she do it? Alex says no because at this point both sides have solidified their own perception of what happened and if they were to talk it would just continue to go on and basically keep disagreeing so it would be pointless. She says if she had to she would only say that she hopes Sofia is healthy and that she is well. Ultimately says it was the right decision and Sofia and her are both better off separately than if they had stayed together because it was too unhealthy to continue.