'Unbothered' Host Speaks Out After Ex-Co-Host Accuses Her of 'Stealing' Podcast Without Her Consent

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22-04-2025

Chloe Madison released an episode of her podcast to refute claims made by her former co-host, Emma Paige.
Last week, Paige shared her side of the story on the podcast, claiming that Madison had locked her out of their shared accounts and unlawfully continued creating content on the platforms.
In her response, Madison stated that she and Paige never had an "implied partnership," as her ex-collaborator alleged, therefore giving Madison the right to continue posting on the accounts created for their joint project, which was titled .
Chloe Madison is pushing back on claims her ex-collaborator Emma Paige made about her and their previous joint project Unhinged.
In Madison's Unbothered podcast episode released on Tuesday, April 22, the influencer spoke out for the first time about the ongoing podcast drama, amid Paige's claims that she was "locked out" of their joint project. In the episode, Madison insisted that she was locked out of their account first and that they no longer had an "implied partnership" at the time, as Paige claimed.
Instead of an agreement that would award both creators equal ownership, Madison said they "operated under separate LLCs with a clear intention to maintain distinct business entities." After Paige's departure from the project, Madison continued posting on the Unhinged platforms, which she renamed and rebranded for her Unbothered podcast.
In her newest episode, Madison alleged that even if they had such a business deal, Paige was not living up to her agreement and leaving Madison to do the majority of their work. She showed screenshots of texts where she appears to ask Paige to help communicate with brands as evidence of their inconsistent efforts. Madison also claimed she was creating and sharing "eight out of 10 of the filler graphics" on their shared social media page.
She also noted that when Paige launched her own podcast, Too Much, she said she started working on it seven months earlier, seemingly backing her claims that the co-host was putting time and effort into a solo project during the time when she was expected to be working on Unhinged.
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"Even if there was an implied partnership — which again, I deny — her choice to stop doing 50 percent of the workload to work on a competing business behind her partner's back would have materially breached it," Madison argued in her newest episode. "There was no implied partnership. Mind you, she was collecting 50 percent of the revenue with no problem."
She also pushed back to address how Paige changed the passwords to their accounts, though Paige did acknowledge that action in her Too Much recap of the fallout. In the tell-all episode released on April 15, she claimed she changed the passwords after Madison ignored her communication attempts for 25 days.
"The legal advice I received was to change one to two passwords while offering to share the passwords directly to my co-host in efforts to initiate a conversation, to get her attention, and hopefully try to just get a response," said Paige.
"What I stated was that I would happily give her the new passwords if she would give me a phone call to ensure secure transfer of information. And while we're on the call, we could discuss the future of Unhinged," Paige added in last week's Too Much release.
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Instead of taking her up on the offer, Madison allegedly responded by changing the passwords to all of their shared accounts.
"There was no offer of regaining access, and I have been locked out ever since. So as you can imagine, I was stunned. I was completely shocked," Paige said.
She also explained that after days of "ghosting," Madison finally contacted Paige to say she planned to continue making the Unhinged podcast. She allegedly offered to buy Paige out by giving her 15 percent of the show's revenue for three months.
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"I have never been so insulted in my entire life," said Paige. She said that all of the work had followed a "50-50 split," an argument that clashes with Madison's later claims. Paige alleged that they did indeed have an implied partnership, therefore giving both women joint ownership of the content.
Paige — who "wanted to dissolve the platforms completely" — claimed she sent Madison a cease and desist letter on Feb. 12, and their respective legal teams have been "going back and forth" for two months in an effort "to come to a settlement that would be fair for both of us."
The Too Much podcaster insisted Madison actions were in line with the definition of "stealing."
"The platforms Unbothered is operating on, they are my property," Paige explained in her initial episode. "Unhinged and all of my intellectual property was deleted without my permission. What they are doing is wrong, in my opinion."
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