Justin Sylvester has Alix Earle‘s DM in the brain to the Critics Choice Awards 2026 on the heels of their separation from Braxton Berrios.
“Welcome back to E! live from the Critics Choice Awards, where we kick off the 2026 awards season,” Sylvester, 39, said on the red carpet Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. “Don’t forget this all leads up to the main event.”
He continued: “And no, I’m not talking about Alix Earle’s DMs, I’m talking about the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards hosted by Chelsea Handler.“
Sylvester’s comment comes less than a month after multiple sources exclusively confirmed it Us Weekly that Earle, 25, and Berrios, 30, he called it after two years together.
Alix Earle is addressing the speculation that New York Giants rookie Jaxson Dart slipped into her DMs following her split from Braxton Berrios. “What is this fake photoshopped DM you’re posting,” Earle, 24, wrote via TikTok on Sunday, December 7. “1. That never happened. 2. That wouldn’t be in my story.” Hours after the news (…)
“Most of their relationship was long distance and it was hard for them to navigate,” an insider said we in December 2025. “They mutually agreed to the split.”
Earle continued share your side of the story in a tearful TikTok later that month.
“Braxton and I are no longer together. We’ve been long distance since basically June and we don’t get to see each other that often,” Earle said at the time. “It’s been really hard for me. I think it scared me to realize, because it meant we weren’t in the same place.”
She continued, “Part of me also wants to focus on myself right now. I 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 really didn’t expect that from me… I felt guilty all the time.”
Braxton Berrios has defended himself after fans called him out for skipping his ex Alix Earle’s Dancing With the Stars performances before their split. Taking to Instagram on Thursday, December 11, Berrios, 30, appeared to poke fun at the drama surrounding his breakup by posting a series of photos of himself and captioning it: “What did (…))
Earle moved to California earlier this year while competing Dancing with the stars season 34 with partner Val Chmerkovskiy, finishing in second place. (Robert Irwin i Whitney Carson he finally took home the mirror ball trophy.)
Berrios, meanwhile, resides in Florida when he’s not playing for the Houston Texans.
“It feels like we’re on two different paths right now and it sucks,” Earle said. “We’re on good terms and I don’t want anyone to come after him or be mean to him. I think ultimately I just wanted to trust my feelings. This has been really hard… It’s not that he’s done anything wrong or I’ve done anything wrong. It just didn’t feel like it was working at the moment.”
Weeks later, Earle was spotted cozying up Tom Brady at a New Year’s party.
Alix Earle had a subtle reaction to being featured in Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour documentary with her now ex Braxton Berrios. When Earle, 25, appeared with Berrios, 30, on the third episode of Disney+’s Taylor Swift: The End of an Era, a user took to TikTok to discuss his brief cameo from one of Swift’s tours (…)
“Alix and Tom were together all night on New Year’s Eve partying at a party hosted by the Palm Tree Crew in St. Barths,” a source exclusively said. we. “They met through mutual friends who were also in St. Barths and had an instant connection. There was a lot of chemistry between them.”
While the insider explained that Earle was “really into” Brady, 48, the influencer isn’t looking to get into another relationship right now.
“It’s nothing serious between her and Tom,” the source shared. “They were together laughing, dancing and partying, having fun.”