Alix Earle and her stepmom, Ashley Dupré, were said to be feuding after the latter dissed “Dancing With the Stars” guest judge Cheryl Burke – but that may not be the case.
Dupré, 40, came under fire last week when she “body-shamed” the pro dancer for giving Earle, 24, a lower score than the other judges for her “f–king amazing” Halloween tango routine.
“She looks weird,” Dupré, who accused Burke of taking Ozempic, said on social media. “She doesn’t even look like that.”
But she ultimately apologized for her “insensitive” comments after facing backlash for the surprising remarks.
“In the heat of the competition, my step-motherly instincts got the better of me,” she explained in a TikTok video. “Never ever do I ever want to make another person feel bad. In fact, I try to do the opposite.”
“I always try to pick others up,” Dupré added. “If you follow me, you know that – I hope – and that’s how we raise our children. I’m sorry that my actions did not reflect that.”
Still, the singer’s harsh comments about Burke, 41, reportedly created problems between Dupré and her social media star stepdaughter.
“The Earles keep family issues private, but lately there has been noticeable tension between Alix and her stepmom Ashley,” an insider told Daily Mail on Friday.
“Ashley likes attention just as much as Alix, so she’ll say and post whatever she wants without thinking about the repercussions,” they continued. “This smack talking of Cheryl Burke was a scenario where she crossed the line.”
The source further claimed that Dupré only posted the apology video to Burke out of respect for her construction company heiress stepdaughter.
“Alix would have talked to her stepmom about it immediately and told her what she did was wrong,” the insider said.
“I’m sure Ashley wasn’t thrilled about posting an apology, but she did it for Alix,” they added. “She loves Alix and would not want to get on her bad side.”
However, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Page Six that there actually isn’t any drama between Earle and Dupré.
“There is no tension at all,” the insider told the outlet Friday. “Alix is happy that Ashley corrected her comments.”
Dupré, a former escort, first made headlines in 2008 when her role in Eliot Spitzer’s prostitution scandal led to his resignation as the governor of New York.
Five years later, she tied the knot with the TikTok star’s father, Thomas Earle. The pair allegedly had an affair while Earle’s dad was still married to her mom, Alisa Maniaci.
Since their 2013 wedding, Dupré and Thomas Earle have welcomed three children: daughter Izabel, 10, daughter Penelope, 8, and son Thomas James Earle II, 6.
