Alix Earle opens up about everything from her battle with acne to panic attacks and family dynamics.
The TikTok star often shares a snapshot of how her parents — dad Thomas Earle, mom Alisa Earle, and stepmom Ashley Dupré — work together to raise her and her younger siblings.
Thomas and Alisa welcomed Alix and her younger sister Ashtin before separating when Alix was in second grade. In 2008, it was revealed that Thomas had an affair with Dupré, who also had a sex scandal with former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.
Alix said that her father’s affair was difficult for her when she was a child, but that her family has since moved on and remained close. Thomas and Dupré married in 2013 and have three children together.
“We definitely have a very modern family,” Alix said ELLE in August 2023. “It’s normal for me that my dad, my mom, and my stepmom all go on the same trips.” She noted that she and Dupré are “super close and we’ve gotten to such a good point.”
“Whatever happened in the past, we all got through it as a family,” the social media star added.
From starring together on TikToks to their family history, here’s everything you need to know about Alix Earle’s parents.
Thomas owns a construction company in New Jersey
Thomas “TJ” Earle.
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After graduating from Lynn University with a degree in business administration, Thomas took over the Earle family construction business. According to his LinkedIn, he is “primarily responsible for executive management of the asphalt and aggregates, environmental and transportation business units.”
Thomas’ company is based in Farmingdale, New Jersey, and Alix has often discussed growing up in the state. She posted TikToks of visits to local spots like Rook Coffee and D’Jais Oceanview Bar & Café.
Alisa is a stay-at-home mom who works with multiple charities
Alix Earle and her mom Alisa.
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Alisa also earned a bachelor’s degree from Lynn University where she studied marketing, according to her LinkedIn. Since then, she has focused on being a stay-at-home mom and raising her two daughters.
She is also passionate about working with multiple philanthropic organizations, including the CHASE for Life Foundation, which focuses on educating people about life-saving procedures in emergency situations, such as choking or drowning. According to her LinkedIn, she is “particularly dedicated to child safety issues and deeply committed to advancing the cause of CHASE.”
Alisa also joined TikTok, where she has over 70,000 followers.
Dupré was involved in a sex scandal with Eliot Spitzer
Ashley Dupre.
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In March 2008, Dupré was at the center of a scandal when the FBI investigated then-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer after he was caught spending money on escort services. It turned out that Dupré, who was 23 at the time, was an escort hired through the service and became the subject of national surveillance.
The scandal led to Spitzer’s resignation and his wife’s divorce a year later. Later that year, Dupré was involved in an affair with Alix’s father, drawing public attention to Alix’s family.
Alisa and Thomas broke up when Alix was in the second grade
Alex Earle celebrates his graduation from the University of Miami with his family.
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When Alix was in elementary school, she came home to find paparazzi in her house after news broke that Dupré and Thomas were having an affair, as she recalled in a September 2023 episode of the series. Call her dad. The influencer described how her mother quickly got her and Ashtin out of the house and they stayed at her cousin’s house for the next few days.
A year later, her parents told her they were separating. However, in the fourth grade, Alix saw on her iPad that the media was talking about her family – leading her to realize that she had been living a “lie”.
“The past two years of my life have been a lie,” she said. “I read articles about what happened, about the times when my dad took me for ice cream and it was actually because there were paparazzi outside my house and he was hiding us from them. I felt like my world came crashing down at that moment.”
She added that her mom was “super mature” about it, so they didn’t discuss the situation. However, the affair made school difficult for her when she started high school and her peers began to bully her – and some parents would even ban their children from spending time with Alix at her house, she said.
Her parents are close to her and often appear in her TikToks
Ashtin Earle, Alix Earle and Alisa Earle.
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Despite the hardships the family faced when Alix was a child, they are now close and often go out to dinner and celebrate holidays together. During her interview on Call her dadAlix shared that after her parents’ divorce, she felt like she didn’t have a “main” family, so now she’s grateful for their closeness.
“Now that my family is so well blended and they get along so well, I can participate in all these events in my life where my mom, my dad, my younger siblings and my stepmom are,” she explained. “It’s a new feeling because it’s a different family for me, but having a mom with a dad, it’s just the best feeling in the whole world.”
In September 2023, Alix took to TikTok to share her entire family getting together for a night out in New York, posing with all three of her parents and her three youngest siblings. In the video, Alix shared behind-the-scenes footage of her mom pretending to be filming and the whole family dancing together.
“Never a dull moment #earlegirls,” she captioned the video.
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Thomas and Dupré have three children together
Alix Earle and Ashtin Earle with their younger siblings.
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In addition to Alix and Ashtin, Thomas has three children with Dupré: Izabel Earle, Penelope Earle and Thomas James Earle II.
Alix is close with her younger siblings and they often appear in her TikToks. He also regularly shares content from their family gatherings, which includes group vacations and trips to fairs.
However, Alix still doesn’t want to share too much about her family online. “I mean, I share a lot,” she said ELLE. “Obviously, conversations with my friends and in relationships, and with my family, it’s all private.”
Dupré helped Alix deal with public criticism
Alix Earle with her family in New York.
Alix Earle TikTok
Alix previously spoke about how Dupré helped her overcome her feelings when she was overwhelmed by life in the public eye.
“Once I was delighted with something of my own and I called my dad,” she said ELLE. “He said, ‘You really should talk to Ashley about this. She’s already dealt with this stuff in the media.’ It brought us closer because she can guide me through it.”
As for the advice she got from Dupré? “Life goes on. Not everything is as crazy as it seems at the moment. People go through things.”
Alix and Ashtin used to play pranks on Dupré when they were little
During an episode of Alix’s podcast, A hot messthe Earle sisters talked about their dad’s affair with Dupré — and how much they didn’t like her at first.
“We were little kids and we didn’t want to meet anyone. Like, I didn’t want my dad to ever be with anyone else,” Alix said, admitting to pulling pranks on Dupré like filling her shoes with toothpaste and serving her chocolate-covered garlic cloves disguised as a chocolate covered strawberry.
“These are the things we laugh about now. Ashley is like a sister to us,” the TikTok star added.
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