Alix Earle recently celebrated her one year anniversary with Miami Dolphins wide receiver Braxton Berrios, but the popular social media influencer admitted this week that her NFL boyfriend didn’t exactly respond by saying “I love you” when she said it early in their relationship.
Earle, who is also the host of the popular podcast “Hot Mess,” talked about it her relationship with Berrios and the awkward sideline between the two when she confessed her true feelings for him.
Alix Earle is seen during a game between the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on October 8, 2023 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
The 23-year-old New Jersey native said she made the three-word confession before the Dolphins’ first game of the season.
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“It was before his first football game last year. It was the first time I saw him play. Me and my friends were outside tailgating and I thought, ‘Tequila shots, this will be so much fun.’ And I went up to him on the field and I was like, ‘Hey, have fun,'” she recalled on the radio. “Great company” podcast this week.
“You get about five seconds, and then he runs away, and I’m like, ‘I love you.’ And he looked at me – he was hugging my boyfriend while he was processing what I just said – and then he looks at me and we’re both laughing, and then he runs into the locker room and doesn’t say I love you too.”
Earle said she spent the entire game thinking about the interaction and what it possibly meant.
Braxton Berrios, #0 of the Miami Dolphins, and Alix Earle talk prior to a game against the Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium on September 12, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
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“The whole game I was thinking, ‘I have to go.’ I just said ‘I love you’ to this man, and he didn’t say anything back to me.
After the match, Earle tried to cover herself, claiming she said it “accidentally”. She said Berrious responded, “I thought maybe you were drunk, and it was like an accident, so I didn’t say it back.”
Earle said just a day later, Berrios finally said it back – but the situation does make for an interesting love story.
“I was first, and it wasn’t reciprocated.”
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Braxton Berrios, #0, during warm-ups against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on October 22, 2023. (Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports)
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Earle and Berrios celebrated their one-year anniversary last month. She celebrated the day with a heartfelt post on social media.
“I didn’t know I was capable of this kind of love and I feel like I have truly found my other half! I love you,” she wrote in a caption on Instagram.
Berrios, 29, and Earle both attended the University of Miami. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft and spent most of his NFL career with the Jets from New York. After being released in 2023, he signed a one-year contract with Miami before resigning the following season.
The All-Pro wideout was placed on injured reserve in October after suffering a torn ACL.
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