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Call Her Daddy

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

08 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

1.28 - 14.232 Alex Cooper

What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy. Rachel Bilson, welcome to Call Her Daddy.

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14.292 - 16.217 Rachel Bilson

Thank you so much for having me.

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16.265 - 35.885 Alex Cooper

I am a big fan of early 2000s TV shows. Oh boy. And not to freak you out, but I am the biggest OC fan. Maybe not ever, but like kind of ever. Are you serious? I still watch it to this day. You know those shows you go back and like re-watch a little? The OC always through and through to the core.

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Chapter 2: What was Rachel Bilson's experience like on The OC?

36.105 - 36.485 Alex Cooper

Love it.

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36.566 - 37.386 Rachel Bilson

That's so awesome.

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37.406 - 38.447 Alex Cooper

So I'm happy to have you on today.

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38.487 - 39.128 Rachel Bilson

Thank you.

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39.188 - 39.689 Alex Cooper

Very fun.

39.749 - 40.99 Rachel Bilson

Thank you. I'm flattered.

40.97 - 66.844 Alex Cooper

For my problematic listeners, you know who you are. If you've never watched the OC, you have to watch it. To give them a little background, it's basically these rich kids living in Orange County, California. Drugs, sex, relationships, family drama, all the things. And you're doing a rewatch podcast. Yes. Yes. Which is amazing. Oh, thanks. What is it like going back to relive the OC phenomenon?

67.025 - 90.495 Rachel Bilson

Oh, my God. So it's so interesting. I was 21 when I did the show and it was my first real big job watching it back. Honestly, the first few episodes, I had such an emotional reaction. I got like depressed. I was like, oh, my God, because it's like 20 years later, basically. Right. And I'm like, so much life has happened. What did I do? What did I do?

91.237 - 97.51 Alex Cooper

And when you say what did I do? Like, do you mean like in terms of like the show or just like just life, just life? Yeah. You're just like, whoa.

Chapter 3: How did Rachel's relationship with Adam Brody evolve on and off-screen?

724.112 - 730.727 Rachel Bilson

Yeah. Especially like working on another project and it was a film feeling like, okay, like let's, this is ending. Like what's happening.

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731.008 - 731.629 Alex Cooper

Totally.

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731.93 - 732.231 Rachel Bilson

Okay.

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732.532 - 733.594 Alex Cooper

We're moving on.

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Okay.

734.937 - 742.928 Alex Cooper

We are both the daughters of therapists, but in your case, you were raised by a sex therapist.

742.948 - 757.952 Rachel Bilson

Yes. So my mom's always like, I'm not a sex therapist. I'm more like a sex counselor and whatever. The woman will talk about sex to your blue in the face. Like as a daughter, like I know your mom's a therapist. Yeah. Yeah. But. Just like really coming with it. No problem.

758.032 - 771.205 Rachel Bilson

I'm like, I remember going on the Wendy Williams show and I think I used cunnilingus and they like blurred it like they had to bleep it out. I'm like, is that a bad word? Like, what did I say? You know, because my mom's always like cunnilingus and, you know, like all the proper terms. Right.

771.185 - 772.527 Alex Cooper

And you're like, that's what I grew up around.

Chapter 4: What insights does Rachel share about dating and relationships?

1473.458 - 1491.843 Rachel Bilson

And you literally can only sit in a house. with your child that you're taking care of. You can't even take care of yourself first. And just sit with life and everything that comes along with it. Totally. So it was just about being isolated and going through the pandemic with all the things in life.

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1492.404 - 1499.172 Alex Cooper

When you broke up, because it was a pandemic, was it like a phone call? Did you even get to see this person in person when you guys broke up?

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1499.693 - 1518.851 Rachel Bilson

Yeah, it was not in person. Yeah. Well, because, you know, in the beginning, when you're so isolated and you're so scared because you don't know, like you're like, oh, my God, I looked at someone like, am I going to die? And, you know, he has his own family he has to think about. I had my own family to think about. And like, obviously, Briar's dad, like, you know, it was like our bubble.

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1518.931 - 1526.358 Rachel Bilson

So like, we're not going to see anyone. He's not going to see anyone. So it was definitely done and not like your normal, like in person way.

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1526.618 - 1531.322 Alex Cooper

What helped you ultimately heal from the pain of that heartbreak with Bill?

1531.302 - 1553.867 Rachel Bilson

you know, what was so interesting having, it was almost like a blessing in disguise. So having to be alone with all of the shit and your thoughts and not leave the house, like I had to look at everything and I'm like, okay, I w I've been in therapy for years, which I love big fan, big advocate. Um, and like do therapy, like

1553.847 - 1571.689 Rachel Bilson

write if that helps you like i was reading books i was doing things that i i never had time to do um and it gave me that time to just really do things for myself like yes i'm looking after my kid but there was obviously shared time so i would have time absolutely alone alone alone yeah And I got to do the things that I always wanted to do. And it really helped me.

1571.709 - 1594.39 Rachel Bilson

And it was like, oh, I'm focusing just on me. And it's not about the guy or, you know, the relationship. It's literally just about me as a human. I was happy that I was forced to sit in like the pain or the hurt or, you know, all the feelings that come along with it because I got to get through it. Some people will hold on to that for years, like because they'll distract themselves.

1594.731 - 1597.033 Rachel Bilson

So you don't actually face those feelings or feelings.

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