Alex Bennett
Podcaster who co-hosted Mean Girl with Jordyn Woodruff at Barstool Sports and then on their own company, Just Media House, and who now hosts Two Parents & A Podcast with her husband, Harrison Fugman.
Comedy · Instagram · Updated Nov 6, 2026
Alex Bennett is a podcaster known for co-hosting Barstool Sports’ Mean Girl podcast with Jordyn Woodruff. Dave Portnoy named the pair the “mean girls” of Barstool in January 2022, and in September 2023 Barstool chose not to renew their contracts, days after a TikTok in which they joked about surviving layoffs, per Mediaite. The show went independent under Just Media House, the company the two started, and ended on July 21, 2025. As of November 2026 she hosts Two Parents & A Podcast from Austin, Texas, with her husband, Harrison Fugman. She belongs to the Barstool Sports story as a former host, not a current one.
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Questions people ask
Who is Alex Bennett from Barstool?
Alex Bennett is a podcaster and former Barstool Sports personality who co-hosted the Mean Girl podcast with Jordyn Woodruff from January 2022 to July 2025. Per the notes of the show’s first episode, posted January 30, 2022, Dave Portnoy “coined Jordyn Woodruff and Alex Bennett the ‘mean girls’ of Barstool sports” that week, and the name became the show: relationship, dating and friendship talk from two new hires in New York, with guests such as Barstool’s Feitelberg in February 2023, per the Mean Girl feed. Before Barstool, she says on her podcast, she grew up in the Oklahoma City area, worked for Jennifer Welch, moved to Los Angeles and went viral on TikTok during Covid. Since 2024 she has hosted her own show, first as Just Alex and since January 30, 2025 as Two Parents & A Podcast with her husband, Harrison Fugman.
What happened to Alex Bennett? Why did she leave Barstool, and what was the drama?
Alex Bennett left Barstool Sports in September 2023, when the company chose not to renew her and Jordyn Woodruff’s contracts, and as of November 2026 she is not at Barstool. Mediaite reported on September 13, 2023 that Dave Portnoy announced it on Barstool Radio after 85 episodes of Mean Girl, said the hosts were not fired, said he was inclined to give them the show’s IP, and said, “I don’t really have a grudge.” It came days after the two posted a TikTok of themselves walking into the office after Barstool’s layoffs, captioned “When you show up to work Monday not fired even though all the Stoolies wish you were.” Some Barstool employees called the video insensitive, and Woodruff said she posted it: “I’m sorry & it was insensitive.” Per In The Know by Yahoo, the post was deleted, Kelly Keegs wrote a blog titled “I Officially Hate The Mean Girls,” and in March 2023 both hosts had already drawn backlash for saying on air that they do not wash their hands after using the bathroom; the show addressed that week in “Discussing The Hate” on March 27, 2023. On September 12, 2023, Alex posted, “I love you forever @barstoolsports!!! Thankful for the past two years that I’ll never, ever forget.” Mean Girl kept its name and feed under Just Media House and told its side in “Why We Left Barstool Sports” on October 16, 2023; we have not verified what is said in that episode, so we do not characterize it.
What happened between Alex Bennett and Jordyn Woodruff?
As of November 2026, there is no public falling out between Alex Bennett and Jordyn Woodruff on the record: they co-hosted Mean Girl for about three and a half years and ended it together on July 21, 2025. They started the show at Barstool in January 2022, left together in September 2023 and, per the show’s October 30, 2023 notes, launched their own media company, Just Media House. An April 8, 2024 episode discussed Alex’s new solo show, Just Alex, and what it meant for Mean Girl, and in January 2025 the two answered the listener question “are we still friends?!” On July 7 and July 14, 2025 they took questions about the show ending, and the final episode thanked listeners for “these past four years” and said, “we’ll always be here for you on our other platforms.” We have not verified what they said about why it ended, so we do not characterize it. Woodruff posts on Instagram as @jordynwoodruff.
Why did Alex Bennett get divorced? Why did Alex Bennett and Graham get divorced?
Alex Bennett announced her divorce on her own podcast in November 2023: Mean Girl posted “Alex’s Relationship Status” on November 6, 2023, about the end of her marriage, and she has told the story on her shows since, per the Mean Girl feed and her solo show’s feed. She has not given a short reason we can quote, and no outlet we accept reported one, so we do not characterize it.
Is Alex Bennett engaged? Who is Alex Bennett’s husband, Harrison Fugman?
As of November 2026, Alex Bennett is married to Harrison Fugman, her co-host on Two Parents & A Podcast. She introduced him on her solo show on April 11, 2024 (“Meet my man”), the show announced their engagement on September 18, 2025 (“We’re engaged!!!”) and their marriage on April 20, 2026 (“We’re married!!!”), and its July 1, 2026 notes say they married at the courthouse, per the show’s feed. On August 24, 2026 they said they had started planning a wedding. Per the same July 2026 episode, Harrison grew up in Vancouver, went to McGill, spent more than seven years in finance in New York and Hong Kong and started The Naked Market, and the couple count November 4 as their anniversary. He posts as @harrisonfugman.
Is this Alex Bennett the radio host? Is Alex Bennett still alive?
No, this entry is about Alex Bennett the podcaster from Barstool Sports and Mean Girl, not Alex Bennett the veteran talk radio host, who has his own podcast, Life In The Passing Lane. The podcaster is alive and working: as of November 6, 2026, Two Parents & A Podcast posted a new episode that day, and it publishes three days a week.
How old is Alex Bennett?
Alex Bennett is 33 as of November 2026: the July 1, 2026 episode of Two Parents & A Podcast opens with “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!!!” and calls the day “Alex’s 33rd birthday,” per the show’s feed.
What is Alex Bennett’s real name? What is her full name?
Alex Bennett is the name she used at Barstool, on Mean Girl and on her solo show Just Alex, whose 2024 notes credit “Hosted and Executive Produced by: Alex Bennett.” As of November 2026, Two Parents & A Podcast credits its hosts as “Alex & Harrison Fugman,” and the show’s TikTok bio tags her as @justalexfugman. She has not published a longer first name that we could find.
Where is Alex Bennett from?
Alex Bennett grew up in Edmond, in the Oklahoma City area, per the July 1, 2026 episode of her podcast, which recaps her “Oklahoma City (Edmond!!) childhood” and competitive volleyball. She moved to Los Angeles, then to New York for Barstool, and as of November 2026 she is based in Austin, Texas, where the show says she and Harrison Fugman moved from New York and plan to stay.
Where can I watch Alex Bennett? What is her Instagram?
Alex Bennett’s current show, Two Parents & A Podcast, posts three days a week on YouTube at @twoparentsandapod, which has about 45,000 subscribers, and on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, with clips on TikTok, about 188,000 followers, and Instagram. Mean Girl’s archive, 162 episodes from January 2022 to July 2025, is on Apple Podcasts and the Mean Girl YouTube channel, about 98,000 subscribers. She posts as @justalexbennett on Instagram, @justalexfugman on TikTok and @Justalexbennett on X.
What is Alex Bennett’s net worth? Is Alex Bennett rich?
Alex Bennett does not publish a number and neither do we.
Is Alex Bennett a Trump supporter or a Republican? What about her family life or the Alex Bennett Reddit threads?
Not something we cover.
Who represents Alex Bennett?
As of November 2026, no agent or manager is named publicly for Alex Bennett; her shows are produced by Just Media House, the company she and Jordyn Woodruff started after Barstool, per Mean Girl’s October 30, 2023 notes and its site. Ames Create does not represent her; we cover her because people still search why she left Barstool and what happened to Mean Girl, and most of the answer is on the record. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with Alex Bennett. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. Best-friend talk with a mic on. Mean Girl was two friends trading dating stories, listener questions and pop culture once a week, with a name Dave Portnoy handed them in their first week. Two Parents & A Podcast keeps the same voice with a new co-host, her husband, and a new rhythm: three shorter episodes a week about home life, relationships and whatever is trending.
Why it travels. Her biggest public moments were Barstool moments: the nickname, the hand-washing backlash, the layoffs TikTok and the exit, each one covered by press and argued over by Barstool fans. Her own reach now lives in short clips: the Two Parents TikTok has about 188,000 followers against about 45,000 YouTube subscribers, and the Mean Girl channel still sits near 98,000.
Brand fit. Her shows already carry the lane: Mean Girl read ads for BetterHelp, SKIMS, Cozy Earth and Quince and was presented by Monster Energy in 2024, and Two Parents reads ads for Nurture Life, GOODLES and Fast Growing Trees. That points to home, food, apparel and wellness brands aimed at women in their late twenties and thirties. Brands that want the Barstool sports and betting crowd are not the fit; that audience was never hers.
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Sources: The Mean Girl feed, Apple Podcasts page and YouTube channel; the Two Parents & A Podcast feed (formerly Just Alex), Apple Podcasts page, YouTube and TikTok; Just Media House; Mediaite, September 13, 2023; In The Know by Yahoo, September 2023; for the radio host, his podcast. Subscriber and follower counts read from YouTube and TikTok, November 2026.
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