Alix Earle is deep in her feelings after crossing paths with ex Braxton Berrios for the first time since their split — and attempting to comfort herself with Taylor Swift music.
Earle, 25, initially opened up about seeing Berrios, 30, for the first time since their breakup on Wednesday, February 25, when she shared via TikTok that it was “really hard.” She referred to her seeing Berrios again as “really weird.”
“I was really emotional the first night,” she shared. “We were, like, in the same place, but we didn’t say ‘hi’ to each other, just ’cause I didn’t want to, like, go up and annoy him, I don’t know.”
Earle ultimately “briefly” walked up to speak with Berrios, adding, “It’s weird when you go from someone being, like, your best friend to being a stranger in the corner of the room. So that was tough — and by tough I mean, terrible.”
In the comments section, a fan compared the interaction to Swift’s 2017 song “New Year’s Day” from her album Reputation. Earle replied with a video on Sunday, March 1, where she was sobbing after listening to the song for the first time.
“I didn’t know that song and then I just looked it up and guys, what the H?” she said. “I’m literally purple from crying. I look like Barney.”
Earle added text over the video, which read, “‘Alix Earle hasn’t been posting much.’ Probably bc this is me spiraling every night.”
Us Weekly reported in December 2025 that Earle and Berrios called it quits after two years of dating.
“[The] majority of their relationship was long-distance and it was hard for them to navigate,” an insider exclusively told Us at the time. “They mutually agreed on the split.”
The influencer broke her silence on the split in an Instagram video, telling her followers, “Braxton and I are no longer together. We have been doing long distance since, basically, June and we haven’t got to see each other that often. It’s just been really difficult for me.”
Earle noted that competing on Dancing With the Stars in Los Angeles “really motivated” her, which caused her to consider moving. (Berrios did not attend any of the DWTS live shows due to his football schedule.)
“I think that was a scary thing for me to realize because it meant us not being in the same place,” she continued. “A part of me also really wants to be focusing on myself right now. I just feel like I can’t be what Braxton needs. I want him to have someone who can be there for him 24/7 and support him. He wasn’t really expecting that of me … I constantly felt guilty.”
Earle went on to say that she and Berrios were on “two different paths.”
“We’re on good terms and I don’t want anyone to come for him or be mean to him,” she concluded. “I think I ultimately just wanted to go with trusting my feelings. This has just been really hard. … It’s not drama. It’s not because he did anything wrong or I did anything wrong. It just didn’t really feel like it was working out, in the moment.”
Following their split, Earle was linked to Tom Brady after they were spotted at a night club in St. Bart’s for New Year’s Eve. A source told Us last month that Earle and Brady, 48, are “hooking up, but it’s not serious.”
