{"id":1931932,"date":"2026-05-12T15:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931932"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:34:47","slug":"alix-earle-awkwardly-dodges-alex-cooper-feud-question-on-today-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931932","title":{"rendered":"Alix Earle Awkwardly Dodges Alex Cooper Feud Question on &#8216;Today&#8217; Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/92\/16by9\/2026\/05\/12\/921dd95538b9461c92efff9f42b05b7f_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Alix Earle Awkwardly Dodges Alex Cooper Feud Question on &#8216;Today&#8217; Show<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Alix Earle<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I Don&#8217;t Wanna Ruin a Good Day &#8216;Today&#8217;<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; By Talking About Alex Cooper!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T08:34:47-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202605\"><br \/>\n                May 12, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            8:34 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-b0dbac87b1dfd18eb38956ad76803272\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-907dfd72-d25c-4fdc-abc7-5d1d04e7dcdb-1721114902-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/39\/16by9\/2026\/05\/12\/39ea87c4c4f148749f9cf2a06c1d3691_md.png\" alt=\"051226_alix_earle_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-907dfd72-d25c-4fdc-abc7-5d1d04e7dcdb-1721114902-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">DODGING THE DRAMA???<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/alix-earle-avoids-alex-cooper-question-05-12-2026\/\">Video: Alix Earle Avoids Question About Alex Cooper Feud on \u2018Today\u2019<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">NBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1ddfdd82deeaa8c3097a6f9a01e61e79\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/alix-earle\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Alix Earle<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s feud with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/alex-cooper\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Alex Cooper<\/strong><\/a> is hot on everyone&#8217;s lips &#8212; even the folks on daytime TV are grilling her about it &#8230; and her response was VERY telling!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-34692dd88f43aed8f1029d4b238a9e64\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/craig-melvin\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Craig Melvin<\/strong><\/a> wasted zero time bringing up the messy back-and-forth drama surrounding her and Alex on &#8220;TODAY&#8221; Tuesday &#8230; and she tried to laugh it off, explaining she didn\u2019t want to ruin a good day talking about something not so great.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-20e13b57652bad7f7a225a3d65818630\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>When Craig pushed further and asked whether the whole thing had been exaggerated &#8230; Alix confirmed it was, before sarcastically adding, &#8220;I love everyone!&#8221; Yeah &#8230; nobody was exactly buying that!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ef66ab90ef29a6a779ef1c3757a92c50\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/14\/alix-earle-alex-cooper-variety-of-issues-lead-to-feud\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>we reported<\/strong><\/a>, Alix &amp; Alex used to be closely tied after Alix launched her &#8220;Hot Mess&#8221; podcast under Alex\u2019s Unwell Network banner &#8230; but things appeared to go south after the podcast was dropped in Feb 2025 &#8230; sparking rumors there was bad blood brewing BTS.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b3eca6801781d705afb5ff5f71cc16f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260413_84aa114bad494b2f8588ad3b2a6a3315\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3fc45a17-f474-4f70-b288-868fc60c3bf1\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/84\/4by3\/2026\/04\/13\/84aa114bad494b2f8588ad3b2a6a3315_md.jpg\" alt=\"Alix Earle and Alex Cooper 2023 getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bf6325f0b6f8737ffba1f8df3d5eb1aa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The drama only escalated earlier this month when Alix started reposting shady TikToks seemingly aimed at Alex &#8230; eventually forcing Cooper to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/13\/alex-cooper-calls-out-alix-earle\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>address the situation<\/strong><\/a> publicly herself.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e5aff7f18c2738e1a79e210cffba77d1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Since then? 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