Alix Earle opens up on the early days of her relationship with NFL star Braxton Berrios in HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’ Dolphins series as the couple spend their first Holiday season together

Alix Earle has opened up about the early days of her relationship with Dolphins in Braxton Berrios on 'Hard Knocks' as the couple gets ready to spend their first holiday season together.

The fifth episode of the HBO series currently follows the Dolphins this season and features Earle and Berrios decorating a Christmas tree at his Miami home, where the TikTok star, 23, reflects on the beginning of her romance with the 28-year-old. one-time Super Bowl champion.

“When I first started hanging out with Braxton, he was still with the Jets,” Earle said. “Probably after about a month of hanging around, you get traded to the Dolphins, and I'm like, 'Oh, that's convenient, I happen to live in Miami.'

Berrios signed a one-year contract with the Dolphins in March after being released from the Jets.

Earle clarified that she didn't watch much football before meeting Barrios in March, eight months before the couple made their relationship official.

The Dolphins are this year's team on the TV series as the 2023-2024 season comes to a close

Berrios, 28, and Earle, 23, have been dating since March but confirmed their romance in November.

“I probably only liked two football games in my life before I started dating Braxton,” Earle said. “Just seeing people bumping into each other made me think, 'Oh my God, don't touch him!'

When asked to point out a trait they both share, Berrios joked, “She doesn't like to lose, which I can appreciate because neither do I.”

Earle previously told her TikTok followers that she would be appearing on “Hard Knocks” in one of her famous “get ready with me” videos, which she posted to social media on Friday.

“Big Al & NFL guy on camera,” she wrote in her caption, referencing her nickname and the nickname she gave Berrios.

“They filmed Braxton's 'day in the life' and today we're going to work on it together,” Earle said as she did her makeup. 'We're going to get a Christmas tree and make Christmas decorations. I don't know if they're going to ask me football questions, I have no idea.

''I try not to drive myself crazy. I just think of this as a little reality TV moment. “It's a super fast turnaround, so they're going to be putting this in in the next week or so.”

Earle confirmed that Berrios was her boyfriend on an episode of Alex Cooper's Call Me Daddy show

Berrios gave Earle a Cartier bracelet with the message: '11.11.23 I Love you BB'

According to The New York Post, the couple was interviewed by “Hard Knocks” before Earle's 23rd birthday. Earle shared details of her festive surprise dinner with Berrios in an Instagram post last week.

He served her sushi at his home in Miami, where a white, set table was surrounded by a bunch of balloons. Earle also received a pink cake with pandas on it.

“We call each other panda,” she captioned a video recapping her birthday night. Berrios also presented Earle with a Cartier Love bracelet with an engraved message on the inside that read, “11.11.23 I Love You BB.”

The couple first appeared on each other's Instagram profiles early last month after a holiday in the Bahamas. Earle later confirmed that Berrios is her boyfriend during an appearance on the Unwell tour with 'Call Her Daddy' host Alex, Cooper on November 12.

Rumors of their romance first surfaced in March after Berrios split from model Sophia Culpo.