Brianna LaPaglia Calls Out Alex Cooper Over Alix Earle—And Fans Are Picking Sides
Brianna Chickenfry LaPaglia adds fuel to the Alex Cooper-Alix Earle feud, saying Barstool staff were trading grim stories about one woman’s treatment of colleagues long before this drama erupted.
Podcast-land is on fire again: Alex Cooper vs. Alix Earle on TikTok, and Brianna 'Chickenfry' LaPaglia has fully jumped into the middle of it. If you lost the plot somewhere between reposts, DMs, and Coachella, here is what actually happened and why everyone is yelling.
How this kicked off
Earlier in April, Alix Earle, 25, started boosting shady videos about Alex Cooper, 31, on TikTok. On April 13, Cooper posted a video calling Earle out for what she framed as passive-aggressive reposting, likes, and comments, and basically told Earle to just say what the issue is. Earle responded that she was on it. As of a Monday labeled April 10 in the social swirl (yes, that date order makes no sense), Earle still had not told her side publicly.
Brianna weighs in (and does not hold back)
On Sunday, April 19, Brianna LaPaglia, 26, used her 'Plan Bri' podcast to unload. She said Cooper has had a bad reputation at the Barstool office long before this current drama, with people claiming she treated staff poorly back then. Brianna also argued that Cooper leans into a 'mean girl' image and does not care if people call her that.
Brianna’s main gripe: Cooper’s April 13 call-out video dropped while Earle was at Coachella, which Brianna called a final-boss-level mean move. She pushed the internet rumor that Cooper pre-recorded the clip and timed it for the festival, even speculating Cooper might have been interviewing an artist and held the post until it would not complicate that booking. Brianna says that kind of timing reads calculated.
She also claims Earle is 'sitting on' something about Cooper that Cooper does not know, and that not knowing is driving Cooper nuts. In Brianna’s telling, Cooper wants Earle to spit it out because she assumes it cannot be that bad.
Why Brianna thinks Cooper singled her out
Cooper publicly accused Brianna of piling onto a false narrative while the Earle feud took off. Brianna’s answer: everyone is discussing it, not just her. She says Cooper even posted old DMs from 2022 and 2023 to make a point, which Brianna calls weird because those messages predate what she says she has since learned about Cooper.
The Grace O'Malley piece of this
Brianna brought up her former best friend, Grace O'Malley, who launched the 'Disgraceful' podcast on Cooper’s Unwell Network in 2024. Brianna alleges Cooper tried to poach Grace when their friendship was falling apart, says Grace was vulnerable and easily swayed in that moment, and accuses Cooper of profiting off it while dressing it up as a 'girls support girls' moment. Brianna’s stance is that the feel-good branding did not match the reality.
The 'Call Her Daddy' accusations
Beyond this specific fight, Brianna painted Cooper as business-first with little empathy, and said Cooper genuinely does not understand why Brianna has a problem with her. According to Brianna, Cooper pointed out that they were friendly in DMs a couple years ago and claimed she never asked Brianna to come on 'Call Her Daddy.' Brianna says that misses the point: she wanted to tell her Zach Bryan story on her own turf.
That piece of context matters: in 2024, Brianna split from country singer Zach Bryan, 30, and on her 'BFFs' podcast accused him of emotional abuse. Bryan has not publicly responded to those allegations. Brianna says she would have been open to going on 'Call Her Daddy' afterward like many people do when something awful hits the news cycle, but argues Cooper capitalizes on those moments and that several guests she knows did not walk away with positive experiences.
What Brianna says Alix is keeping quiet
Brianna implies she knows what Cooper did to Earle and is frustrated Earle will not come forward. She even threatened to spill it herself if Earle stays silent, joking that she will be the one who gets sued and goes broke. She also told listeners that if they catch her at a bar, she will share everything and is an open book right now.
Quick timeline, because the dates are messy
- April 13: Alex Cooper posts a video calling out Alix Earle for passive-aggressive reposts, likes, and comments, and pushes her to say the issue outright.
- Same day: Earle responds that she is on it, but still does not post a full side.
- As of a Monday labeled April 10 in the discourse (the timeline labeling is chaotic), Earle has not told her story.
- Sunday, April 19: Brianna LaPaglia goes in on 'Plan Bri,' calling Cooper a mean person, slamming the Coachella-timed call-out, and floating the pre-record rumor.
- 2024: Grace O'Malley launches 'Disgraceful' at Cooper’s Unwell Network; Brianna calls it poaching during a vulnerable moment.
- 2024: Brianna’s Zach Bryan breakup and emotional-abuse claims air on 'BFFs'; Bryan has not commented.
- Meanwhile: Barstool founder Dave Portnoy publicly backs Brianna in the larger Cooper dust-up.
Bottom line: Brianna is daring Alix to talk, claims she will spill if Alix will not, and is painting Cooper as calculated and unkind. Whether Earle actually drops her side is the only thing that moves this from innuendo to receipts.