Alex Cooper’s Unwell Diagnosis
On Monday, Alex Cooper of “Call Her Daddy” fame challenged influencer Alix Earle to the modern equivalent of a duel, accusing her one-time employee of stirring up “fake drama” over her departure from Cooper’s Unwell Network. “You’re going to need to get specific and just say what you’ve got to say about me,” Cooper said in a TikTok directed at Earle. “There’s no NDA.”
Cooper’s broadside came just a few days after Earle reposted a video on TikTok of a creator calling the “Call Her Daddy” host an “ambulance chaser” attempting to capture women in the worst public moments and “profiting” from it. Rumors of tension between the pair have swirled since Unwell dropped Earle’s podcast “Hot Mess” last year, and while Earle has never publicly detailed the reason for her exit, Unwell moved quickly to shape the press narrative around the split.
Whether the drama between Cooper and Earle is real or manufactured for publicity—as some on TikTok have speculated—people familiar with the matter told Status…
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CNN’s Paramount Pickle: CNN found itself on the defensive Wednesday after Semafor’s Max Tani reported that a booker declined to book guests critical of Paramount’s acquisition of their parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. After an open letter was signed by thousands of Hollywood stars and professionals, the network reportedly decided to pass on interviewing key players, including Mark Ruffalo and Norm Eisen, citing legal risks. CNN denied any editorial mandates preventing interviews or coverage about the subject matter, with a network spokesperson saying, “The email to the coalition was incorrect, and no one advised any editorial employee at CNN not to pursue this story.” While the network did cover Hollywood’s public opposition to the merger Tuesday on air…
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