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Alex Cooper is nipping this rumor in the bud.
After Alix Earle told her followers she “can’t” podcast for unexplained reasons following her departure from Cooper’s Unwell network, the Call Her Daddy host cleared up speculation that she has anything to do with it.
“Hi I see ur comments,” Cooper wrote in a March 26 Instagram Story post. “Alix not being able to podcast has nothing to do with Unwell. Idk why she can’t/what’s going on. Unwell gave her everything back she owns her IP.”
And the 30-year-old alluded to her own 2021 departure from Barstool Sports, tagging its founder Dave Portnoy and adding, “Learned from the best.”
Indeed, following Earle’s Feb. 25 drop from Unwell, a spokesperson from SiriusXM told Variety that the network “renounced all rights” to Hot Mess.
Cooper’s statement came just a few hours after Earle told followers she is unable to continue her show elsewhere for unexplained reasons.
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“I have to put a pause on podcasting right now for the foreseeable future,” Earle said in a March 26 TikTok video. “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, but I’ve loved it so much, and I’m really proud of what I built with the podcast.”
But, as the the 24-year-old noted, fans will still be able to keep up with her.
“I don’t want to just leave you astray and not leave you with anything,” she continued. “I also think I would lose my mind. So, good news is I’m gonna be putting out weekly vlogs for the foreseeable future.”
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Earle and Cooper’s updates come amid rumors of a rift between the influencers—which began when Earle did not attend an Unwell Super Bowl party in New Orleans last month. Speculation of bad blood only grew when Earle abruptly cut ties with Unwell.
Cooper, for her part, has not addressed the feud. Earle meanwhile made a cryptic statement pertaining to the alleged beef in a TikTok video shortly after she was dropped from Unwell.
“Obviously, there’s been a lot of chatter online this week about me and work,” she said in the Feb. 28 video. “And I also have no idea what’s going on.”
Whatever the case, Cooper and Earle have proved themselves to be the cream of the crop when it comes to the online market. Keep reading for more of the highest paid influencers….
Sophie Rain
The OnlyFans model revealed that she made over $43 million in just one year on the adult subscription platform. In fact, she even shared screenshots of her earnings from November 2023 to November 2024, which included a $4.7 million paycheck from one subscriber alone.
JoJo Siwa
The Dance Moms alum revealed that she made “six digits a month, easy” on YouTube videos as a 13-year-old. She added in the 2024 documentary Child Star that she now posts up to 300 times a day on Snapchat as part of her influencing career.
Chris Olsen
The TikToker revealed he has a net worth of over seven figures.
“You guys can keep calling me annoying,” he quipped in a July 2024 video. “Being annoying has made me a millionaire.”
Jeffree Star
The makeup artist revealed he earns $50,000 when he hosts a TikTok live—which he does four or five times a week—through selling cosmetics and gifting from fans.
“I’ll make bacon in the morning and make $50,000,” Jeffree told the Cancelled podcast in November 2024. “There’s some times where I don’t sell at all, and I’ll just make bacon in my kitchen, in my bathrobe, in my little slippers, we’ll just hang out and I’ll just chat and I’ll do a Q&A.”
Other times, he’s making bank by offering discounts on his own branded makeup products.
“It’s a niche market but it’s massive,” he added. “We’re the No. 1 or 2 beauty store.”
Lily Phillips
The OnlyFans model—who made headlines in December 2024 for sleeping with 101 men in one day—told E! News that she earns a “good amount” off of creating NSFW content on the subscription-based platform.
As for a ballpark figure, she said, “Oh, we’re in the millions.”
Markell Washington
Markell—known for his dance videos—told Salary Transparency Street in 2023 that he earns between $500,000 and $700,000 a year, mostly from brand deals and Snapchat’s mid-roll program.
Deepti Vempati and Natalie Lee
After appearing on Netflix’s dating show Love Is Blind in 2022, the pair pivoted to social media stardom and said they each made $500,000 in less than two years as influencers.
Julia
The ASMR influencer—known as @itsblitzzz on YouTube —admitted in January 2024 that she scores about $56,400 a year on ad revenue from old videos, without creating new content.
She’s made over $610,000 in 14 years on the platform in ad revenue alone, with less than a million subscribers.
King Caitlin ASMR
The ASMR creator shared that she made $3,948.05 on TikTok in September 2024 (with nearly 400,000 followers) and $910.95 on YouTube in the same month (with nearly 27,000 subscribers).
Makayla Samountry
The Minnesota YouTuber made over $193,000 on the adult platform OnlyFans from January 2020 to December 2022, she shared in a Medium article.
Morgan Presley
As explained on The Really Good Podcast in 2023, the content creator has scored $50,000 on a single sponsored video.
Gigi Robinson
The chronic illness advocate told Salary Transparency Street in 2023 that she earns about $150,000 a year with less than 40,000 Instagram followers.
Ben Brainard
The comedian charges between $5,000 and $10,000 for a sponsored video, he told Salary Transparency Street.
Kamillah Rae
The YouTuber shared that she made $4,746.94 from monetization on the platform from August 2023 to January 2024 (from a total of 923,700 video views), with under 30,000 subscribers.
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