More than a year after the influencer sparked rumors of a feud with Alex Cooper when her Hot Mess podcast was removed from the Call Her Daddy host's Unwell Network, she reflected on navigating the online drama and its subsequent fallout.

"I feel good about it," Earle exclusively told E! News' Erin Lim Rhodes at the Earle Meets World premiere in Los Angeles Sept. 1. "I know it's hard in the heat of the moment when you're so emotional about a situation, and then you have so many people also wanting to know what's going on. That was a really tough time for me." 

Luckily, the Dancing With the Stars runner-up had her loved ones—including sister Ashtin Earle, parents Thomas Earle and Alisa Maniaci, as well as stepmom Ashley Dupré—by her side through it all.

"I'm happy that my family kept me grounded and was like, 'Put your phone down. Don't do anything. Don't act out of emotion,'" she recalled. "You want to have a little bit more of a sound head on your shoulders. So, I'm happy with the way that I handled it."

The drama is further explored in the new docuseries dropping on Netflix Sept. 4, with Earle, 25, saying in a confessional that Cooper was "trying to paint it as if I'm just this crazy lunatic who is hating her for no reason."

For Cooper's part, she slammed the "fake narrative" Earle curated online through reposts, likes and comments. She urged her former client to "get specific and just say what you got to say" in an April 2026 TikTok video, noting that there is no NDA or anyone stopping her from speaking out.

As Earle leaned on her loved ones during her challenges—which, along with her drama with Cooper, included her breakup with Braxton Barrios—Ashtin also found support in her older sister. It was especially important when the pair had tested positive for the BRCA2 gene after their mother's breast cancer diagnosis.

"Oh, my God! I feel like I would freak out every five minutes," the 23-year-old admitted to E! at the premiere. "I would call Alix, and I'd be like, 'I don't want to do it.'"

And the Earles know just how important communication has been while navigating this experience.

"We all agreed that we were just gonna commit and be open and honest," Ashtin added. "So, I did it even though I had so much anxiety. I had a little bit of a vodka soda before, so it made me feel better."

She has no regrets opening up about her life on the reality show. As she put it, "I'm glad I did it. It was a fun experience."

While fans wait to see Earle share insight into her feud with Cooper, keep reading to see where it all began.

Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper launched The Unwell Network, signing on TikToker Alix Earle as one of the media production company's first talents to "develop a variety of multiplatform concepts and projects."

"Alix took the U.S. by storm with her 'get ready with me' videos, college lifestyle, and endearing personality," Cooper said in a press release at the time. "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."

Earle's Hot Mess podcast premiered the following month.

As her three-year contract with Spotify came to an end, Cooper inked a deal with SiriusXM reportedly worth $125 million to bring The Unwell Network—including Call Her Daddy and Cooper's Hot Mess podcast—to the broadcaster.

Shortly after Earle skipped Unwell's Super Bowl party in New Orleans despite being in town for the big game, news broke that her Hot Mess podcast had been dropped by the company.

In addition, SiriusXM reportedly renounced its rights to the show and stopped selling ads for the program.

Earle hinted at possible tension behind her departure from Unwell, announcing a "pause on podcasting right now for the foreseeable future."

"Don't really want to get into the details of it all, and I kind of can't get into the details of it all right now," she said in a March 26 TikTok, "but I've loved it so much, and I'm really proud of what I built with the podcast."

However, Cooper was quick to shut down speculation that Earle's podcasting hiatus had to do with Unwell, insisting that the influencer retained the Hot Mess property in the split.

"Idk why she can’t/what’s going on," Cooper wrote on Instagram Story that same day. "Unwell gave her everything back she owns her IP."

Earle continued to play coy about what went down in her exit from Unwell, teasing in a May 2025 interview with the WSJ. Magazine, "That was, behind the scenes, a little bit of a hot mess."

And when a fan begged her to "tell us what happened with Alex Cooper" in an August 2025 TikTok, Earle cryptically wrote back, "How much time do you have?"

Cooper slammed Earle for acting "passive aggressive" on social media, bluntly telling her in a TikTok video, "You're going to need to get specific and just say what you got to say about me. There's no NDA, no one is stopping you."

“What's the beef? Because I'm really tired of waking up and seeing you using this big drama to distract from other s--t going online for you," Cooper continued. "So talk, unless the fake narrative that you're creating happens to be way more interesting than the truth, I have nothing to hide when it comes to you and me."

In response, Earle simply commented, "Okay on it!!"

Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia, who worked with Cooper's former Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy on the BFFs podcast, threw her support for Earle once their feud went public.

"I was a fan of Alex Cooper before I knew the wrath of f--king Alex Cooper," she said in a TikTok video, "and what she does to people and how she treats people."

LaPaglia went on to allege that she had gotten the tea about the Hot Mess drama two years prior, saying, "From what Alix Earle told me, Alex Cooper is a very, very mean person."

Cooper clapped back at LaPaglia after being accused of being a "mean girl," writing on Instagram Stories, "Here are the facts. I have never met you in my life. The only communication we have ever had together is through dm."

To back up her point, the Unwell founder posted screenshots of their alleged private correspondence over the years, in which the two traded kind words, as well as exchanged numbers and party invites.

"What I just showed is the only interaction we've ever had. And you hate me?" Cooper added. "That has never been the nature of our relationship."

During a May 12 appearance on the Today show, Alix sidestepped any discussion of her rift with Alex.

"You know, well, I'm trying to keep things pretty positive today,” she said while keeping focus on her Sports Illustrated cover. “We don't actually have that much time here, honestly, and also, it's like, why ruin such a good day with something not so great. Let's keep the positive vibes going."

Meanwhile, a month after calling Alix out, Alex revealed on the May 13 episode of Call Her Daddy that misogyny on TikTok prompted her to leave the platform, noting she "deleted the app."