Alix Earle makes her first public remarks about her feud with Alex Cooper, the host of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. In comments published around the season finale of Earle’s new TV show “Earle Meets World,” she says she “stayed quiet for so long” because she was “scared,” and she characterizes Cooper’s behavior as harmful.

Across the outlets, Earle’s statements include allegations that Cooper is “toxic” and that her approach to business is “disgusting.” Variety reports that Earle first worked with Cooper in 2023, when she launched her podcast “Hot Mess” under Cooper’s media network, Unwell, and that Cooper’s network later dropped Earle’s podcast. Rolling Stone focuses on Earle’s explanation for why she did not comment earlier, while the New York Post highlights Earle’s claim that Cooper “threatened” her before the dispute became public.

The accounts converge on the timing—Earle’s first public break from silence—and the framing of the dispute as one that involves both personal and professional fallout.