{"id":89003,"date":"2026-05-02T11:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/lauren-burnham-explains-why-she-doesnt-like-alex-cooper\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:59:43","slug":"lauren-burnham-explains-why-she-doesnt-like-alex-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/lauren-burnham-explains-why-she-doesnt-like-alex-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Burnham Explains Why She Doesn\u2019t Like Alex Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Lauren Burnham<\/strong> is clarifying why she\u2019s not a huge fan of \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast host <strong>Alex Cooper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Posting via her TikTok account\u00a0on Friday, May 1, <em>The Bachelor<\/em> alum, 34, said she wanted to \u201cclear the air\u201d and \u201cgive you the short and not-so-sweet information\u201d about why she had a strong dislike for Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>Burnham says the beef stems from when the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast previously had a recurring segment to make fun of her then-unborn daughter Alessi, 6, whom she shares with husband <strong>Arie Luyendyk Jr.<\/strong> (The couple are also parents to 4-year-old twins Senna and Lux and 7-month-old daughter Livvy.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had this regular segment ongoing and they thought it would be funny to make fun of our unborn baby,\u201d Burnham explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alixalex.jpg?crop=0px,0px,2000px,1131px&amp;resize=400,225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Alex Cooper Breaks Her Silence on Alix Earle Feud Rumors\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alixalex.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Alex Cooper Breaks Silence on Alix Earle Feud: &#8216;Nothing to Hide&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAlex Cooper is finally speaking out about those feud rumors by publicly calling out Alix Earle. Cooper, 31, shared a TikTok video on Monday, April 13, in which she questioned Earle, 25, allegedly insinuating that there was drama between them, saying, \u201cYou guys know I don\u2019t usually address this kind of stuff because it feels [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Burnham said she didn\u2019t care if she and her husband were mocked, but her unborn child was crossing a line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake fun of us, don\u2019t care. But they took it too far. They made a regular segment before she was born and after she was born where they were sexualizing our child and talking very inappropriately and disgustingly about her,\u201d Burnham added.<\/p>\n<p>The reality TV alum said the comments reached the point that she and Luyendyk considered taking legal action against Cooper but ultimately chose not to.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4325339\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4325339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2188252101Lauren-Burnham-Explains-Why-She-Doesnt-Like-Alex-Cooper.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Alex Cooper.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">(Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe thought it would blow over. She just kept going on forever. Eventually she stopped and we kind of forgot about it and now that it\u2019s resurfacing again, it still makes me so furious,\u201d Burnham added. \u201cI just hope that all of this controversy that\u2019s hanging around her right now causes her to rethink the level that she is willing to stoop to to get attention, views, whatever it is that she\u2019s looking for because it\u2019s not okay and that\u2019s all I have to say about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> reached out to Cooper\u2019s representative for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Alix-Earle-Breaks-Silence-1-1.png?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Alix Earle Responds to Alex Cooper's Request to Air Their Drama Publicly: 'On It!'\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Alix-Earle-Breaks-Silence-1-1.png?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Alix Earle Responds to Alex Cooper\u2019s Request to Air Their Drama Publicly<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAlix Earle is ready to share her side of the story amid drama with Alex Cooper. \u201cOK on it!!\u201d, Earle, 25, wrote in the comments section of Cooper\u2019s Monday, April 13, TikTok video where she asked the influencer to publicly address their feud. Hours earlier, Cooper, 31, made headlines when she questioned Earle for allegedly [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Burnham previously spoke about her fury over the comments during an episode of the \u201cUnplanned\u201d podcast in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really upset because they would mention her and then make inappropriate comments right after. It was so classless,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Burnham continued, \u201cArie was like, \u2018Don\u2019t do anything about it.\u2019 I was about to hire a lawyer. Honestly, they should be in big trouble for doing that. It\u2019s not OK. I never said anything because he felt like if we addressed it publicly, it would only make it bigger. That\u2019s what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Burnham declared she was throwing her support behind <strong>Alix Earle<\/strong> amid the influencer\u2019s drama with Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeam @alixearle all the way,\u201d Burnham wrote via her Instagram Stories on Thursday, April 30. \u201cIt\u2019s about time Alex Cooper gets called out. &amp; yes, it\u2019s personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Burnham is clarifying why she\u2019s not a huge fan of \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast host Alex Cooper. Posting via her TikTok account\u00a0on Friday, May 1, The Bachelor alum, 34, said she wanted to \u201cclear the air\u201d and \u201cgive you the short and not-so-sweet information\u201d about why she had a strong dislike for Cooper. 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