Call Her Daddy

Anitta: Daddies, Dating & Dancing

February 20, 2026

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  • Anitta distinguishes between her shy, insecure real self, Larissa, and her confident, boundary-breaking public persona, Anita, which she uses to challenge societal norms. 
  • Anitta emphasizes the importance of appreciating success in the moment rather than constantly striving for 'more,' a realization spurred by a severe illness. 
  • Anitta provided explicit sexual advice, detailing techniques for female oral pleasure and suggesting the use of dental aligners during oral sex to enhance sensation. 

Segments

Podcast Sponsorships and Intro
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(00:00:00)
  • Key Takeaway: The initial segment of the Call Her Daddy episode features advertisements for Sonic, Ollie, Revolve, ZipRecruiter, Intuit TurboTax, White Claw, and Uber Eats.
  • Summary: The episode opens with multiple sponsor reads, including promotions for Sonic’s All-American Smasher meal and Ollie dog food. Later segments introduce sponsors like Revolve for fashion and ZipRecruiter for hiring. The episode also features ads for TurboTax, White Claw, and Uber Eats/Sephora.
Welcoming Anitta to Show
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  • Key Takeaway: Alex Cooper introduces Anitta as the most successful Brazilian artist ever, noting Billboard Magazine called her more influential than Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga.
  • Summary: Host Alex Cooper welcomes Anitta to Call Her Daddy and highlights her significant international success. Anitta is noted for her Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. The host recalls meeting Anitta at the Baby2Baby Gala, sharing an anecdote about their immediate, unfiltered conversation.
Anitta’s Humble Beginnings
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta grew up in a humble favela community outside Rio de Janeiro, where her mother emphasized education as the only path to a better life.
  • Summary: Anitta describes her upbringing in communities similar to favelas, characterized by humble living conditions. Her mother instilled the belief that studying was the sole way to leave that environment. Anitta began pursuing music early while also handling the business side of her career, acting as her own manager for ten years alongside her brother.
Childhood Ambition and Idols
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta possessed unwavering childhood certainty about becoming famous, predicting specific details of her future life, and cites Mariah Carey and Rihanna as early artistic inspirations.
  • Summary: From a very young age, Anitta was certain she would be famous, even telling people where she would live and what her life would entail. She recalls telling people near TV studios that she would work there one day. Her first musical idol was Mariah Carey, followed by Rihanna, leading to current collaborations like being sponsored by Fenty.
Reflection on Success and Burnout
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  • Key Takeaway: A severe illness forced Anitta to realize the industry’s pressure for ‘more’ is unsustainable, leading her to prioritize rest and happiness over constant achievement.
  • Summary: Anitta reflects that the industry pushes artists to constantly seek more success, making it impossible to enjoy current achievements. A period of being extremely sick made her question if she enjoyed her life while relentlessly working toward goals. She now values rest and recognizes that money and chart success do not equate to happiness.
Larissa vs. Anita Persona
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta adopted the stage name Anita, inspired by a character who embraced changing identities daily, to embody a persona completely against hypocrisy, contrasting sharply with her shy, insecure real self, Larissa.
  • Summary: Anitta’s birth name is Larissa, but she chose Anita because the character she admired enjoyed waking up and choosing which version of herself to be. Larissa is shy and insecure, while Anita is created to be the opposite, breaking boundaries related to sex and expression. Anitta uses the Anita persona to bring an entertaining, non-hypocritical character to the stage, which she sometimes channels as Larissa for confidence.
Language Skills and Collaborations
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta can sing in five languages (Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian, French), learning them through dedicated study with private teachers rather than dating, contrary to Anita’s persona.
  • Summary: Anitta states she can sing in five languages, though Italian and French proficiency is limited. She contrasts Anita’s persona—who would claim to learn languages through dating—with Larissa’s reality of hiring private teachers for two hours of study daily during commitments. She names Snoop Dogg and Cardi B as favorite collaborators due to their funny and good energy.
Twerking Culture Differences
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  • Key Takeaway: Brazilian partying, including dancing, is less concerned with social status or appearance than American parties, focusing purely on the collective experience of dancing.
  • Summary: Anitta explains that in Brazil, parties lack the ’table situation’ seen in America, with everyone mingling together without concern for status. Brazilians prioritize dancing, sometimes even when they do not understand the lyrics, simply wanting to move. She then demonstrated her signature twerking moves, which involve knee control and circular motions.
Dating Status and Sexual Habits
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta is currently single, has not had sex with men in months, and attributes her comfort with solitude to a recent health crisis that prompted self-reflection.
  • Summary: Anitta confirms she is single and happy, having gone many months without sex, which contrasts with her past behavior of being highly promiscuous as the Anita persona. She is now rethinking the motivation behind her sexual encounters, wanting them to be driven by desire rather than fear of loss or neediness. She notes that she has had sex with women during this period of abstinence from men.
Attraction and Deal Breakers
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta is most attracted to men who are funny and confidently aggressive (in a non-abusive way), with the primary deal breakers being feeling suffocated, neediness, and jealousy.
  • Summary: Anitta values humor and confident aggression in a partner, though she has experienced abusive relationships, learning to spot manipulative signs quickly. Her biggest turn-offs are feeling suffocated, neediness, and insecurity from a partner, especially when they claim actions are for her benefit but are actually self-serving.
Sexual Techniques and Advice
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta advises slow, circular, and smooth movements when performing oral sex on women, and suggests men use a specific technique involving lubricant and controlled hand movements during intercourse to maximize pleasure.
  • Summary: Anitta prefers slow, wet movements when performing oral sex, comparing the tongue’s movement to cold ice cream being too aggressive. For male partners, she recommends using lubricant and a specific hand technique involving circular motions near the base and controlled up-and-down strokes to vary pressure. She also advocates for using dental aligners on the bottom teeth during oral sex to create a smooth sensation, claiming dentists dislike this advice.
Dick Pics and Intimacy Preferences
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta dislikes receiving unsolicited explicit photos, preferring imagination over explicit visuals, and finds extremely large penises intimidating for anal sex.
  • Summary: Anitta does not share nudes and finds receiving unsolicited dick pics unappealing, responding only with an emoji to maintain mystery. She prefers suggestive intimacy over explicit sexting, valuing the ‘real thing’ in person. She admitted that an extremely large penis attempting anal sex is intimidating, causing her to decline the act.
Cheating and First Date Sex
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta has been cheated on twice, once confirmed by a fan and once confirmed via a dream she had, and she is unconcerned with first-date sex as long as she is secure in herself.
  • Summary: Anitta discovered infidelity twice; once through a fan message and another time after dreaming about the event, which she later confirmed. She believes fear of rejection drives concern over first-date sex, and if one is secure, the outcome of a date is irrelevant. She cited a past boyfriend’s terrible kissing as a reason she dodged worse sexual experiences.
Body Odor and Signature Scent
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta developed a signature perfume line to combat the natural odor of sweat in intimate areas after long performances, ensuring her vagina and butthole smell good throughout the day.
  • Summary: Anitta created a perfume line because she dislikes the smell of sweat in intimate areas after performing for hours in hot conditions. The product ensures that both her vagina and butthole smell pleasant, even after intense activity. She notes that men often smell the panties she leaves behind and are pleasantly surprised by the scent.
Final Message to Fans
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  • Key Takeaway: Anitta wants new fans to know she is an artist who actively fights against hypocrisy by openly discussing taboo subjects like sex, plastic surgery, and bodily functions.
  • Summary: Anitta identifies her artistic mission as fighting against hypocrisy prevalent in society. She intentionally brings up subjects like sex and bodily functions that people usually pretend do not exist. She encourages listeners to reject the ‘fake world’ of constant glam and embrace authenticity.