Alix Earle dishes on awkward sideline exchange with NFL boyfriend after saying 'I love you'

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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 did not exactly reciprocate saying "I love you" when she said it early on in their relationship. 

Earle, who is also the host of the popular podcast "Hot Mess," opened up about her relationship with Berrios and the awkward sideline interaction 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 Oct. 8, 2023 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

The 23-year-old New Jersey native said she made the three-word admission before the Dolphins' first game of the season. 

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"It was before his first football game last year. It was my first time going seeing him play. Me and my friends were outside tailgating, and I’m like ‘Tequila shots, this will be so fun.’ And I went down to see him on the field, and I was like ‘Hey, have a good game," she recalled on the "Great Company" podcast this week.  

"You get like five seconds, and then he runs away, and I was like ‘I love you.’ And he looked at me – he was hugging my friend while he was processing what I just said – and then he looks at me and we both laugh, and then he runs off into the locker room and didn’t say I love you back." 

Earle said she spent the entire game thinking about the interaction and what it potentially meant. 

Braxton Berrios, #0 of the Miami Dolphins, and Alix Earle talk prior to a game against the Buffalo