Double The Fun!
For the first time I’m trying two newsletters in a week, making it a little lighter as I’ve got feedback that it’s a lot all at once. And sending in the evening! Let me know if you like it.
In this edition we have:
The Truth Behind The Alix Earle and Alex Cooper Feud
The Lowdown On The Biggest New TV Hit
The Stars Who Have Remained Cool and Instagram free
Taylor Swift’s Surprising Friendship Declaration
Behind The Scenes of Victoria Beckham’s First Statement on Brooklyn
A Sneak Peek At White Lotus 4
The Worst Ex In Recent Celebrity History
No, the Alix Earle and Alex Cooper Feud Isn’t Staged. But Here’s Why Everyone Thinks It Is
Left Alix Earle Credit: Instagram. Right: Alex Cooper. Credit: Instagram
When the New York Times runs a piece asking whether two female podcasters are actually fighting each other, it’s fair to say the story has officially escaped the algorithm and landed in the culture. So let’s get into it.
So What Happened? The public history is relatively straightforward. Alix Earle’s Hot Mess podcast left Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network last year following what multiple sources described as a significant business and financial fallout. For months afterward, the tension simmered in the background the way it tends to in this corner of the internet: vague posts, pointed silences, the kind of passive-aggressive social media activity that fans screenshot and forensically analyse at 2am. Then this week it broke into the open, with Cooper going on TikTok and publicly calling on Earle to stop manufacturing drama and just say what she has to say directly. Earle responded with a breezy “Okay on it!!” that managed to sound both innocent and loaded, and the internet has been running with it ever since.
