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Slate's Scaachi Koul reviews Dave Portnoy's Cancel Me If You Can, calling it largely a self-serving, money-driven memoir that settles scores, defends past missteps, and amounts to hagiography for a controversial media figure — with only one cogent thought about Barstool’s original purpose standing out.
Dave Portnoy revisits the 2020 split of Barstool’s Call Her Daddy, claiming Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn plotted to allege harassment to exit their contracts and keep the IP. He describes a tense renegotiation over IP rights, notes that Cooper fought to secure the Call Her Daddy brand while Franklyn launched Sofia with an F, and says Cooper later built her media empire The Unwell Network as the two co-hosts publicly parted ways.
In a Wall Street Journal profile accompanying his upcoming memoir, Dave Portnoy claims that Call Her Daddy hosts Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn planned to accuse Barstool of sexual harassment to get out of their contracts, saying they were willing to burn bridges to advance. The piece revisits their 2020–21 split over IP and the paths each took afterward (Cooper to Spotify, Franklyn leaving Barstool), with Portnoy’s memoir 'Cancel Me If You Can' due June 30.
During a WNBA game, Caitlin Clark was involved in a controversial altercation with Jacy Sheldon, leading to calls for better officiating and criticism from Dave Portnoy, who highlighted Clark's importance to the league and criticized the referees for not ejecting Sheldon after a cheap shot. The incident sparked a broader discussion about player safety and league management.