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Alix Earle’s “Hot Mess” podcast has been dropped by Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network, Us Weekly can confirm.
Variety broke the news on Tuesday, February 25, that SiriusXM will no longer sell ads for “Hot Mess” and that the Unwell Network has renounced rights to the podcast.
The news comes amid social media speculation of a falling out between Earle, 24, and Cooper, 30 — and sources tell Us that there is some truth to the rumors.
Most recently, Earle, who rose to stardom on TikTok while a student at the University of Miami, was noticeably absent from Unwell Network’s Super Bowl party earlier this month despite being in New Orleans.
Alix Earle is clearing the air after she made headlines last year for candidly discussing her split from Tyler Wade on TikTok Live. “Everyone was saying, ‘Alix Earle breaks up with her boyfriend because he would not post her on Instagram,’ and I was so embarrassed because that wasn’t even the reason we broke up,” […]
Earle and Cooper have yet to address an alleged feud. Us reached out to reps for Earle, Cooper and the Unwell Network.
Cooper launched her Unwell Network in August 2023, initially signing Earle and “Pretty Lonesome” host Madeline Argy in an effort to appeal to Gen Z audiences with “unique voices that embrace social challenges and personal insecurities through honest conversation.” (Cooper has since brought on other names, including “Boyfriend Material” host Harry Jowsey and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia’s ex-BFF Grace O’Malley to host the “Disgraceful” podcast.)
“We live in a world where we are inundated with content, but The Unwell Network will be the source everyone can go to for unique perspectives exploring what’s top-of-mind today for this generation,” Cooper said in a statement at the time, per Variety.
When announcing Unwell Network, Cooper gushed that Earle and Argy “both have a unique presence that captivates an audience, but I love how they approach content in very different ways… I feel honored to be at a place in my career where I can pass along knowledge and advice for a new generation of creators to flourish.”
The Unwell Network is a subsidiary of Tending, the media company Cooper founded with her now-husband, Matt Kaplan, in 2023. Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast is also produced under the Unwell Network. (After meeting on a Zoom call in 2020, Cooper and Kaplan got engaged in March 2023 and tied the knot the following year.)
Two months after the launch of Unwell Network, Cooper gushed over Earle in an interview with TIME. “She is a beast,” Cooper said at the TIME 100 event in October 2023, per TikTok. “I think people think that she makes it look easy. That girl has a work ethic that I’ve never seen and I’m just so proud of her. I love any help that I can give her. Bow down to her, she’s amazing.”
