Braxton Berrios Reveals Why He Skipped Ex Alix Earle’s Dancing With the Stars Performances
After weeks of speculation, NFL wideout Braxton Berrios finally broke his silence on skipping ex Alix Earle’s Dancing With the Stars performances—and his reason is igniting fresh debate just as the TikTok star cements herself as a season standout.
If you were wondering why Braxton Berrios never popped up in the Dancing with the Stars audience for Alix Earle this season, he finally answered. Spoiler: it wasn’t drama, it was logistics — at least according to him.
Where things stand with Berrios and Earle
Per People, Berrios and Earle have split after roughly two years together. They started dating in 2023, and by the time DWTS season 34 wrapped, they were officially done.
Earle, for her part, had a legit run on the show with pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy. She turned into one of the season’s standout contestants and finished as the runner-up on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. The mirrorball went to Robert Irwin and Witney Carson.
The Instagram moment that kicked this off
On Thursday, December 11, 2025, Berrios — the Houston Texans wide receiver and return specialist — posted a carousel of game-day fits on Instagram with the caption: 'What did I miss?'
Fans immediately filled him in: he hadn’t shown up to support Earle at any DWTS tapings. One commenter basically summed it up with: every single one of Alix’s shows. People had been clocking his absence all season.
His answer
Berrios jumped into the comments to explain why he wasn’t there.
'I would’ve loved to be. Sadly I wasn’t able to travel like that in-season.'
Translation: NFL schedule. If you’ve watched how tightly teams keep players locked into travel and prep during the year, the reasoning tracks. In other words, he’s saying it wasn’t a snub — it was the calendar.
Quick timeline
- 2023: Berrios and Earle start dating.
- Fall 2025: DWTS season 34; Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy become one of the season’s standout pairs.
- Tuesday, November 25, 2025: Finale — Earle finishes second; Robert Irwin and Witney Carson win the mirrorball.
- All season: Fans notice Berrios isn’t in the ballroom audience.
- Thursday, December 11, 2025: Berrios posts his game-day looks on IG; after a fan calls out his absence, he replies that he couldn’t travel during the NFL season (per People).
If you were hoping for messy breakup theatrics, this wasn’t that. Just a simple excuse dropped in an IG comment, which feels very 2025. Earle’s DWTS run still ended strong, and Berrios is back to tunnel-fit programming.