# How Alex Cooper secretly went behind Mets star Noah Syndergaard’s back to boost her career: sources

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-alex-cooper-secretly-went-behind-mets-star-noah-syndergaards-back-to-boost-her-career-sources/
- Published: 2026-11-12T14:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T15:34:26+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://pagesix.com/2026/11/12/hollywood/alex-cooper-secretly-staged-paparazzi-shots-with-her-mets-star-ex-during-their-brief-2017-fling/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, World

## Key points

- Sources allege Cooper arranged paparazzi photos with Syndergaard.
- Franklyn recounts a request to photograph the couple.
- The pair dated sporadically in 2017.

## Summary

Sources quoted in the article allege that podcaster Alex Cooper arranged paparazzi photographs of herself with her then-boyfriend, former New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard, without his knowledge. The claims have resurfaced through a memoir by Cooper’s former friend Sofia Franklyn and add a new account to their brief, intermittent relationship in 2017.

Franklyn’s memoir says Cooper asked her to take a picture of the couple, saying she wanted it in case she needed to send it to Syndergaard’s mother. A paparazzi source alleges Cooper also knew when photographers were present and played up to the cameras. The article says Syndergaard’s family opposed the relationship; Cooper’s representative was contacted for comment.

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