On Monday, Alex Cooper of “Call Her Daddy” fame challenged influencer Alix Earle to the trendy equal of a duel, accusing her one-time worker 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 mentioned in a TikTok directed at Earle. “There’s no NDA.”
Cooper’s broadside got here just some days after Earle reposted a video on TikTok of a creator calling the “Call Her Daddy” host an “ambulance chaser” trying to seize girls within the worst public moments and “profiting” from it. Rumors of pressure between the pair have swirled since Unwell dropped Earle’s podcast “Hot Mess” final 12 months, and whereas Earle has by no means publicly detailed the rationale for her exit, Unwell moved rapidly to form the press narrative across the cut up.
Whether the drama between Cooper and Earle is actual or manufactured for publicity—as some on TikTok have speculated—folks acquainted with the matter informed Status…
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CNN’s Paramount Pickle: CNN discovered itself on the defensive Wednesday after Semafor’s Max Tani reported {that a} booker declined to ebook friends vital of Paramount’s acquisition of their father or mother firm Warner Bros. Discovery. After an open letter was signed by 1000’s of Hollywood stars and professionals, the community reportedly determined to move on interviewing key gamers, together with Mark Ruffalo and Norm Eisen, citing authorized dangers. CNN denied any editorial mandates stopping interviews or protection about the subject material, with a community 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 community did cowl Hollywood’s public opposition to the merger Tuesday on air…
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