Alix Earle and Houston Texans Wide Receiver Braxton Berrios Break Up Following 2 Years Together
In a move that shocked approximately zero people who follow the NFL schedule, TikTok star Alix Earle and her football-playing beau, Braxton Berrios, have officially called it quits. Sources confirmed the split, citing the age-old nemesis of celebrity couples: distance. It turns out that maintaining a relationship is tough when one person is doing the cha-cha in Los Angeles, and the other is getting tackled in Houston. Who knew?
Breaking Down the Situation
The writing was on the wall, or rather, not on the “Dancing With The Stars” attendance sheet. Fans, who apparently double as private investigators, noticed Berrios was conspicuously absent from the audience during Earle’s entire run on the show, including the finale. It was the celebrity equivalent of your partner “forgetting” your birthday, anniversary, and that you exist.
Earle tried to play it cool, though. When the breakup whispers grew to a dull roar, she hopped on TikTok for a classic “Get Ready With Me” video, a format she could probably do in her sleep. While expertly applying enough concealer to hide a multitude of sins, she casually dropped that her man couldn’t make it “bc of football :(.” The sad face emoji was a nice touch.
It is a tough look when your boyfriend, a wide receiver for the Houston Texans, sends his support via a pre-recorded video message for the finale. It’s like getting a breakup text, but with higher production value. “I’ve watched you pour everything into this,” Berrios said with the enthusiasm of someone reading a grocery list. “Good luck. Have fun, babe.” That “babe” felt about as genuine as a three-dollar bill.
What Happened To Alix Earle and Braxton Berrios?
Let’s be real: the schedule was a killer. Berrios was busy with the Texans, and Earle was grinding it out on DWTS, eventually landing a respectable second place. The logistics were a nightmare from the start. A source close to the couple basically said the long-distance was too much to handle and the split was “mutual.” That’s the celebrity PR-approved term for “we both realized this was going nowhere fast.”
While Earle was mastering the Viennese waltz, Berrios was running routes, and their paths just stopped crossing. It is the classic story of two ships passing in the night, if one ship was covered in glitter and the other was wearing shoulder pads.
A Look Back At Earle and Berrios’ Relationship
Their romance started with a bit of drama, as all good celebrity relationships do. They were first spotted together in May 2023, right after Berrios’s messy split from Sophia Culpo, who threw out some cheating allegations. Berrios and Earle denied everything. Earle even went on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast to set the record straight, insisting they were just friends until he was officially single.
They eventually made things official in November 2023, and for a while, it was all Instagram love posts and sweet anniversary messages. Earle gushed about finding her “other half” and learning to “love wholeheartedly.” It was cute, if a bit predictable. But as the seasons changed, so did their relationship status.
While Earle was partying it up at Art Basel in Miami post-breakup, the NFL season rolled on, and so does life. Another high-profile couple learns the hard way that love, much like a football, can be fumbled.
