00:00From TikTok queen to TV star, this 24-year-old continues to take over headlines and her last
00:05gig on Dancing with the Stars has everyone wondering who is Alex Earle. Variety recently
00:11announced TikTok star Alex Earle would be joining Dancing with the Stars season 34 alongside
00:16celebrities like Robert Irwin, which is the son of the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin. It's a
00:22big leak from TikTok to the ballroom, but the social media star with over 7 million TikTok
00:26followers told Good Morning America, joining the cast was a very obvious yes. I used to watch it
00:32when I was so young with my grandma and she would always say to me like you know maybe one day you
00:37could be on there. According to People, Alex Earle is a 24-year-old University of Miami marketing grad
00:42and quickly became a TikTok sensation with her Get Ready With Me videos amassing millions of
00:47followers across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Originally from Mammoth County, New Jersey,
00:53Report State Earle grew up in a wealthy family with a stepmom Ashley Dupree, who was best known for
00:59being tied to a 2008 political scandal. Report State Ashley Dupree rose to fame as the infamous
01:05callgirl Kristen, who was involved in the 2008 scandal that led to then New York Governor Elliot
01:11Spitzer's resignation. After the scandal, Dupree went on to marry Alex Earle's father, T.J. Earle,
01:16in 2013. Fast forward to February 2020, Report State Earle, who was a freshman at the University
01:23of Miami at the time, posted her first TikTok video featuring her and friends wearing outfits
01:28made from trash bags. And USA Today reports Alex's influencer career really started to take off in
01:34the summer of 2022 after giving her followers an inside look at her struggles with cystic acne
01:40and her breakup from a professional Major League Baseball player that Earle called Baseball Boy.
01:45Beyond social media fame, Alex Earle's profile continued to rise, planning her on the cover
01:50of Sports Illustrated in June 2024 and in two Super Bowl commercials in 2025. However,
01:56it seems the influencer's rise comes with a little bit of drama.
02:00Vulture reports Earle's Dancing with the Stars casting follows her departure from Alex Cooper's
02:05Unwell Network. And according to InStyle, Earle and Cooper's fallout made waves when Cooper's
02:11Unwell Network dropped Earle's podcast titled Hot Mess in February 2025. At that time,
02:17Earle called the situation a hot mess behind the scenes, but Cooper insisted the mess was not the
02:22network's fault. And in August 2024, Variety reports Alex received major backlash after her old posts
02:29from 2014 resurfaced showing her making racist remarks. The report states Earle addressed the claims and
02:35admitted on her Instagram story that in 2014, the influencer repeatedly used a racial slur on the
02:41question and answer website AskFM. Earle then issued an apology, taking accountability for her past
02:47remarks and expressing regret for the harm she caused. Although it does seem her past has left
02:53some critics disappointed that Alex has been cast for Dancing with the Stars, as a longtime fan of the
02:58show, Earle has remained excited, announcing it's just one of the amazing opportunities she has in store.
03:04Like, I can't believe that I'm gonna be on this season. We're also announcing on air my Wall Street
03:09Journal cover, which I'm excited about. I haven't seen it yet. But what's your take? Share your thoughts
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