DWTS star dealt another blow with split a week

DWTS star dealt another blow with split a week | TV Shows

One of Dancing with the Stars’ most current runner-ups has announced her split, one week after dropping during the Season 34 finale.

The hit ABC dancing competitors show completed out its current season on November 25. Alix Earle and her accomplice Val Chmerkovskiy battled against Robert Irwin and Witney Carson for DWTS‘ coveted Mirrorball Trophy. However, Irwin and Carson ended up victorious.

Now, Earle has been dealt another harsh blow. She and her boyfriend, Houston Texans athlete Braxton Berrios, have split after two years of courting, a number of sources have confirmed.

“Majority of their relationship was long-distance and it was hard for them to navigate,” one insider told Us Weekly. “They mutually agreed on the split.”

Earle and Chmerkovskiy completed in second place, after Irwin and Carson, during the November 25 finale. Despite Berrios, 30, not being in attendance due to his NFL obligations, he despatched a video message voicing his help of his now-ex.

“I’ve watched you pour everything into this since the moment it has started, and I think it shows,” Berrios said in a prerecorded video. “Good luck. Have fun, babe.”

Earle and Berrios had been first seen together in public in May 2023, soon after Berrios split from Sophia Culpo, who accused him of dishonest.

Berrios denied his ex’s allegations, claiming on his Instagram Story in June 2023 that issues “weren’t working out” with them and their split “had nothing to do with anybody else.”

That September, Earle opened up about the state of affairs on the Call Her Daddy podcast, saying that Berrios and Culpo, 28, “were not together” when they started their romance.

She recalled that she was “bawling her eyes out to my friends” while studying feedback about the dishonest rumors.

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Earle denied that she and Berrios had been an merchandise on a number of events before finally confirming their relationship in November 2023.

“To the person who taught me to love wholeheartedly .. happy 1 year You have become so much more than my best friend and partner,” she wrote on Instagram of their November 2024 anniversary.

She added, “I didn’t know I was capable of this type of love and I feel like I have truly found my other half! I love you.”

Almost three months later, Earle spoke to Us Weekly about the seriousness of her relationship with Berrios.

“We always talk about our future,” she said in February. “Right now, we’re so focused on our careers that we live in the moment and don’t rush into anything. I think that’s the cool thing about being with Braxton, [he] is not scared of any type of future.”

Earle continued to joke about a potential engagement in January, but insisted it wasn’t on her and her boyfriend’s radar at the time.

“I think we are just kind of letting each other live right now, and we’ll see where we end up,” she explained.

When it got here time for Earle to make her Dancing With the Stars debut in September, Berrios didn’t attend due to his schedule as a broad receiver for the Houston Texans. However, Earle talked about that he was supporting her.

“Braxton has been so supportive, but I didn’t show him the routine or anything,” she told Us Weekly after the Season 34 premiere. “I wanted to keep it a surprise.”

Earle also famous that Berrios “kept asking” her to reveal her dance, but she selected not to show him before the episode aired.

“I told him he was gonna have to tune in and see,” she said. “I haven’t gotten the chance to talk to him yet just because we’ve been running around after the show. I’m excited to call him and see what he thinks.”

Weeks into the competitors, Earle revealed that Berrios had “been watching and voting.” She told the outlet in September, “[It’s] nice to be able to catch up with him at night, and he obviously also has a busy schedule right now. So it’s been nice having the support.”