The public feud between Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper and social media star Alix Earle has taken an unexpected turn, with fellow creator Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia becoming the latest figure caught in the crossfire. The situation, which has been simmering for months, escalated significantly this week as the parties involved traded barbs across various digital platforms.
Taking to Instagram Stories on Wednesday, Cooper addressed the growing drama directly. “This girl on girl shit needs to stop,” she wrote, while explicitly accusing LaPaglia of contributing to a “fake narrative” and participating in a “dog pile” against her. Cooper challenged LaPaglia’s recent public comments, in which the latter labeled the podcast host a “mean girl.”
“Brianna, you coming online saying I’m a mean girl, that I’m going to get destroyed, in people’s comments saying I hate Alex Cooper. Here are the facts,” Cooper stated. “I have never met you in my life. The only communication we have ever had together is through DM.”
To substantiate her claims, Cooper shared a series of screenshots depicting her past direct messages with LaPaglia. In these exchanges, LaPaglia appeared to reach out to Cooper to mitigate potential fallout regarding comments made by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy on the BFFs podcast, which LaPaglia previously co-hosted. In the messages, LaPaglia expressed a desire to clear the air, noting that she had always spoken highly of Cooper and felt that clips of her own podcast had been edited to misrepresent her.
Cooper, who denied harboring any ill will toward LaPaglia, emphasized that she had previously defended LaPaglia to Portnoy. She further addressed the broader context of the drama, including LaPaglia’s high-profile breakup with country singer Zach Bryan and the transition of former PlanBri Uncut co-host Grace O’Malley to Cooper’s Unwell Network in late 2024. Cooper maintained that there had been no negative interactions between her network and LaPaglia during that period.
“So speaking of mean girls… I have never met you in my life,” Cooper concluded. “What I just showed is the only interaction we’ve ever had. And you hate me? Wow. Please go back and read the DMs.”
For her part, LaPaglia has pushed back against the notion that the public conflict is a manufactured publicity stunt. In her own video response, she claimed that her perspective was shaped by information shared by Alix Earle regarding events that allegedly transpired between Cooper and Earle two years ago. “From what Alix Earle told me, Alex Cooper is a very, very mean person,” LaPaglia asserted, though she declined to provide specific details, citing that it was “not my story to tell.”
As of now, representatives for Cooper, Earle, and LaPaglia have not provided official comments regarding the ongoing situation. The public remains divided as the creators continue to navigate the complexities of their digital relationships.