Barstool’s Dave Portnoy reveals 22-minute call with Alix Earle after Alex Cooper podcast drama

Dave Portnoy, Alix Earle
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A few hours later, Portnoy set a record directly on his phone call with Earle. “Update-I didn’t call her. I just thought it was fun,” he wrote in the comments section of the Instagram post.
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Founder of Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy No time wasting Alex Cooper and Alix Earle.
back type The report said that on Tuesday, February 25, Cooper’s unstable network officially sent Earle’s “Hot Mess” podcast from 47-year-old Portnoy to social media, revealing that 24-year-old He and Earle had a 22-minute phone conversation.
Portnoy shared a screenshot through his Instagram story and the Instagram grid that made a call for “Alixearlenew” at 4:47 pm that day.
The founder of Barstool Sports was Cooper’s boss, when she was hired by the company and helped Cooper launch the “Talk Her Dad” podcast in 2018, then it went on to Spotify and later Sirius XM and captioned the Instagram Grid Post, “You can stop tagging me. I know what to do.”
In two posts by Portnoy, the businessman was seen drinking from a jar and then shaking his finger into the camera The Lion KingFurnace’s “Circle of Life” and fundamentals that play in the background. He also pulled a few faces, sometimes frowning, sparking a series of speculation in the comment section of the grid outpost.
US Weekly A Portnoy representative has been contacted for further comment.

Dave Portnoy
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images by H.Wood + DraftKingsAlthough Portnoy did not confirm what he and Earle discussed in the conversation, fans participated in the comment section to weigh their theory.
“I think it’s her [Earle’s] The podcast stopped and Barstool tried to recruit her.grace [O’Malley] Left BARSTOOL and joined Alex Cooper’s unstable network. Now, Alix Earle is said to have left the uncomfortable network, and now Dave is trying to get her to Barstool. ” (Omali used to work in Barstool Brianna chicken wings Before leaving the company in December 2024 and joining Cooper’s Discomfort Network, she launched her podcast “Dodgraceful” on Thursday, February 20. )
Earle is out of the uncomfortable network, social media speculation about her relationship with Cooper. When Earle was noticeably absent at the uncomfortable Super Bowl party in the cyber at the beginning of the month, speculation reached a fever despite the event’s New Orleans.
Cooper Madeline Argy To appeal to Gen Z audiences, “a unique voice that embraces social challenges and personal insecurity through honest conversations.”
Cooper and Portnoy are in trouble in a dispute announced in 2020, while “Call Her Father” is still sitting in Barstool Sports. The dispute leads to Cooper’s host, Sofia Franklinwhen Cooper continued to leave the podcast without her. The following year, Cooper signed a podcast deal with Spotify.