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HOTMESS

HOT MESS is a lifestyle podcast with influencer Alix Earle. The podcast was announced on September 14th, 2023. The first episode aired on September 21st, 2023. Since the release of the first episode, new episodes are put out weekly on Thursday's. Episodes can be streamed on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music.

ALIX'S BACKROUND

Alix Earle is a 23 year old beauty and lifestyle influencer from New Jersey. She has an extremely large following with over 6.6 million TikTok followers and over 3.5 million Instagram followers.She attended in University of Miami and graduated in 2023 with a degree in Marketing. Alix shares the same parents, Thomas "TJ" Earle and Alisa Earle (Maniaci) with a sister Ashtin, who is 21 years old. Alix also has three half siblings from her father's second marriage to Ashley Earle (Dupré), Izabel, Penelope, and Thomas who are all substainsly younger than Alix. Alix shares a lot about her family through her social media and her podcast, they are a very close blended family.

START OF CAREER

The first thing Alix Earle did after stardom from TikTok was start a podcast. Her podcast is produced through the Unwell Network, owned by Alex Cooper.Alex Cooper is very well known for her podcast Call Her Daddy. In 2023, Cooper created her own podcast network signing on Earle along with others. Alix Earle's podcast "HOT MESS" is a lifestyle podcast.She talks boys, college, and friends. While Earle tries to keep it lighthearted, she's also discusses touchy subjects. Earle talks about her experience with an eating disorder in one of her episodes. She goes into detail about how this made her feel and how she dealt with it.

WHAT GOES ON

Like mentioned before, HOT MESS is about Earle's life experiences. The podcast has roughly 50,000 monthly listeners on YouTube alone. She has delved in on topics young girls would be interested in like her negative experience with sorority recruitment at the University of Miami. In another episode, she discussed her experience with getting a breast augmentation. On her YouTube account, Earle will have her podcasts made in a video blog style, (vlog), giving her audience an even closer feel on her private life.

Another topic that Earle is really passionate about is talking about her acne. The reason Earle blew up in the first place was because she made girls feel more comfortable about their skin. Earle struggled with acne her whole life. She preaches that acne is normal and beautiful. Acne is something lots of young girls struggle with, Earle doing this really makes her a role model. Alix went on Accutane and recorded her journey throughout making TikTok vlogs. She talks about her acne in her podcast as well.

She gives her insight and advice during the "What Would Alix Do" section of her podcast. This is a segment where viewers can write in and tell Earle stories about things that are happening in their lives and she will share her opinion on what she would do if she was in that situation.