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Alix Earle is entering her bangs era.
The influencer, 25, debuted a fresh hairstyle ahead of her appearance at Paris Fashion Week on Sunday, Jan. 25. In a video shared to Instagram, Earle showed off her freshly chopped “wispy bangs” with the simple caption, “Whoops.”
She then took her new look to the Jacquemus menswear fall/winter 2026/2027 show in Paris, where she wore a voluminous black cropped jacket, fitted black pants with tassel details along the hem and black pumps.
Sources confirmed to PEOPLE on Dec. 6, 2025, that Earle had split from Houston Texans wide receiver Braxton Berrios.
The pair had been together since early 2023, after the two were spotted together in a TikTok video of a fan meeting Earle at a restaurant in Miami. Online, Earle had been referring to Berrios as “NFL Man.”
In September 2025, Earle made her Dancing with the Stars debut as part of the show’s 34th season. Earle and her pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy made it all the way to the finals, though they placed behind winners Robert Irwin and Witney Carson.
Fans were quick to pick up on the fact that, over the course of the 11-week competition, Berrios was not present at any of the live episode tapings.
Days after the breakup was made public, Earle opened up about her headspace in the wake of the split.
In a vulnerable post on TikTok on Jan. 20, the influencer admitted that things felt “weird” since the breakup but she felt like she was in a period of growth.
“I feel like the weirdest thing with my breakup and just going through it and being alone is just, being alone,” she said. “Obviously, I have friends, family, whatever. I feel like just having that stability of a male partner or even just someone to talk to or distract me is so weird.”
She continued on, calling herself typically a “boyfriend hopper” added: “This is, like, growth or something, but I’m sad.”
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In a new YouTube interview series titled Get Real with Me, Earle opened up further about her relationship with Berrios.
During an episode earlier this month, which featured content creator Jake Shane, Earle asked if he had ever gone through anyone’s phone. Shane then turned the question on Earle.
“Of course, everyone’s,” the influencer said before rethinking her answer and clarifying, “Except I’ve never gone through Braxton’s phone.”
She went on to say that she recalled going through “every other boyfriend’s” phone, but that she had never gone through Berrios’ because “I trusted him,” she said simply.
