Alix Earle opens up about marriage fears, communication struggles and a lack of intimacy that contributed to her breakup with Braxton Berrios.
Alix Earle is opening up about the difficult end of her relationship with NFL star Braxton Berrios, revealing that concerns about marriage, communication problems and a growing lack of intimacy contributed to the couple’s eventual split.
The 25-year-old social media personality discusses the relationship in her new Netflix reality series, Earle Meets World, where she gives viewers a closer look at her personal life, career and experiences following the breakup.
The eight-episode series follows Earle as she navigates life in the public eye while balancing her work as an influencer and entrepreneur with changes in her personal relationships.
In the opening episode, titled “Alix’s World,” Earle is shown returning to Berrios’ Miami home with her best friend, Sally Carden, following the end of their relationship.
The pair arrive in a moving van to collect the remaining belongings Earle had left behind
The emotional moment gives Earle an opportunity to reflect on the relationship and explain some of the reasons it eventually came to an end.
While packing up her possessions, Earle described Berrios as her first serious love and acknowledged how difficult it was to walk away from a relationship in which she had once imagined a long-term future.
“Braxton and I were together for three years,” Earle said during the episode.
She described him as the first “actual, real love” she had experienced and recalled once imagining the two of them growing old together.
Despite those feelings, Earle explained that her vision of the future became complicated when marriage entered the conversation.
The influencer admitted that the possibility of Berrios being ready for marriage in the near future caused her significant stress.
At 25, Earle said she did not feel prepared to take that step.
“I’m only 25. I’m not ready for that yet,” she explained.
Her comments offer insight into the difference between loving someone and feeling ready for the same future at the same time.
Although Earle could picture herself with Berrios for years to come, the prospect of marriage created uncertainty about where their relationship was heading.
The couple also faced the additional challenge of maintaining their relationship while both were focused on demanding careers.
Earle said that the relationship had become increasingly difficult as their professional responsibilities grew and they spent periods of time apart.
“We were both busy in our careers and doing long distance at the time,” she explained.
According to Earle, communication between the pair also declined toward the end of their relationship. She said they were not talking as frequently and described a period when they were “barely communicating.”
The influencer also acknowledged that the couple experienced a decline in intimacy as their relationship progressed.
Earle said the dynamic between them began to change and that the intimacy they once shared had gradually started to disappear.
“It started to dwindle away a little bit,” she said.
Her comments suggest that the breakup was not the result of one isolated disagreement but rather a combination of circumstances that developed over time.
The pressure of maintaining a highly visible relationship, demanding careers, long-distance periods and uncertainty about the future all appear to have contributed to the difficulties the couple experienced.
Earle and Berrios first sparked widespread attention as a couple in 2023. They made their red carpet debut at the ESPY Awards that summer before publicly confirming their relationship later that year.
Their romance subsequently became a regular subject of interest among Earle’s large social media following.
The couple supported each other publicly, including at Berrios’ football games during his time with the Miami Dolphins.
Their relationship continued to develop as Earle became increasingly established as one of the most recognizable influencers of her generation.
In 2025, Earle moved in with Berrios, marking another significant step in their relationship.
However, the relationship eventually came to an end.
In December, multiple reports confirmed that Earle and Berrios had split.
The breakup was described as a mutual decision, although Earle’s discussion on Earle Meets World provides additional context about the difficulties they had experienced before separating.
Following the breakup, Earle’s dating life remained a subject of public attention
She was later seen spending time with former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in St. Barts around New Year’s Eve.
Reports in February subsequently suggested that Earle and Brady continued seeing each other casually after they were spotted together during Super Bowl weekend.
Earle has since become increasingly open about her experiences with relationships and dating, particularly through her new Netflix series.
That openness is central to Earle Meets World, which gives viewers access to aspects of the influencer’s life that are often discussed online but are rarely explored at such length by Earle herself.
Her discussion of Berrios also highlights the complicated reality of maintaining a relationship under constant public scrutiny.
For Earle, the relationship had once represented her first experience of serious love and a future she could imagine lasting for decades.
Yet she ultimately found herself questioning whether she was ready for the next stage of that relationship.
At the same time, the couple’s busy schedules and periods of long-distance dating made communication increasingly difficult.
By the time the relationship ended, Earle said the connection between them had changed significantly.
Rather than presenting the breakup as the result of a single dramatic event, her comments portray it as the culmination of several pressures that gradually affected the relationship.
Earle’s decision to discuss those experiences publicly also reflects the broader purpose of Earle Meets World: showing the person behind the highly visible social media persona.
The series explores her professional ambitions, family life, friendships and relationships while documenting a period of major personal change.
For fans who followed Earle and Berrios throughout their three-year relationship, her reflections offer a more personal explanation of what happened behind the scenes.
All eight episodes of Earle Meets World are now available to stream on Netflix.