Rachel Bilson: From People Pleasing to Knowing Your Worth (FBF)

Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper

Comedy

4.4 • 166.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Father Cooper sits down with Rachel Bilson. The pair reminisce on Rachel’s days starring in the hit show, The OC, and Rachel shares what it was like to date co-star Adam Brody. Let’s talk about sex. Alex and Rachel discuss bringing a toy into the bedroom for the first time and how to combat when sex begins to feel like a chore. Rachel addresses the infamous headline for the first time…that her breakup with actor Bill Hader was more difficult than childbirth. Reflecting on her dating history, Rachel details her journey from people pleasing to knowing her worth within a relationship. To hear more of Rachel check out her podcast Broad Ideas.

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0:00.0	What is up, Daddy Gang?
0:04.7	It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy.
0:11.9	Rachel Bilsen, welcome to Call Her Daddy.
0:14.3	Thank you so much for having me.
0:16.2	I am a big fan of early 2000s TV shows, and not to freak you out. I am the biggest OC fan. Maybe not
0:25.5	ever, but like kind of ever. Are you serious? I, I still watch it to this day. You know those shows
0:30.7	you go back and like, we watch a little. The OC always through and through to the core. Love it.
0:36.5	That's so awesome. So I'm happy to have you on today.
0:38.4	Thank you. Very fun. Very fun. Thank you. I'm flattered. For my problematic listeners, you know who you are. If you've
0:44.8	never watched the OC, you have to watch it to give them like a little background. It's basically these
0:49.9	rich kids living in Orange County, California. Yeah. Drugs, sex, relationships, family drama, all the things.
0:58.6	And you're doing a rewatch podcast.
1:00.3	Yes, yes.
1:01.4	Which is amazing.
1:02.3	Oh, thanks.
1:02.9	What is it like going back to relive the OC phenomenon?
1:06.9	Oh my God.
1:07.3	So it's so interesting.
1:08.3	I was 21 when I did the show.
1:10.2	And it was my first real big job.
1:14.8	Watching it back, honestly, the first few episodes, I had such an emotional reaction. I got like depressed.
1:21.5	I was like, oh my God, because it's like 20 years later basically, right? And I'm like so much life has
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