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Sofia Franklyn accuses Alex Cooper of staging paparazzi photos of ex-Mets player boyfriend Noah Syndergaard to trap him
Sofia Franklyn alleges in her new memoir that her former “Call Her Daddy” co-host, Alex Cooper, arranged for paparazzi-style photographs of Cooper with then-boyfriend Noah Syndergaard. Franklyn says Cooper wanted the picture as potential leverage during a break in their on-again, off-again relationship.
Franklyn recalls Cooper asking her, while they were flatmates in New York, to photograph the pair at dinner in 2018. She says the image later appeared on a sports gossip site after an anonymous tip, but insists she did not share it and that only she and Cooper had access. Cooper has not commented, and her representative was contacted for comment; the memoir also revisits Franklyn’s 2020 departure from the podcast.
In short
- Franklyn alleges Cooper arranged a photo of herself with Syndergaard.
- The picture later appeared on a sports gossip site.
- Cooper has not commented on the memoir’s allegation.
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The case for
If Franklyn’s account is accurate, Cooper may have arranged the photographs to preserve leverage during an uncertain relationship, and Franklyn’s recollection of being asked to take them could support that interpretation. The account raises a legitimate question about whether the images were deliberately placed with a gossip site, though it does not establish who sent them.
The case against
The photographs’ appearance online does not by itself show that Cooper arranged their release or intended to use them as leverage. Franklyn says she did not share the image, but the reported account does not establish who submitted it, and Cooper has not commented; a fair assessment should therefore treat the allegation as unverified.