For months, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship has dominated headlines and brought a whole new fan base to the NFL.
Where before they didn’t care, Swifties now tune into Chiefs games to catch a glimpse of their hero cheering from the stands or to see her husband in full flight toward Kansas City.
But now Swift and Kelce have rivals for the title of the NFL’s hottest power couple.
That’s because Miami Dolphins receiver and return specialist Braxton Berrios and his TikTok star girlfriend Alix Earle are officially dating and have quite a fan base on social media.
Although they don’t have the A-list status of Swift and Kelce, Berrios and Earle have been called the “world’s most attractive couple” by some fans. Quite a statement.
Dolphins receiver Braxton Berrios and TikTok star Alix Earle are taking social media by storm
The new couple recently shared a series of photos from their romantic trip to the Bahamas
Their recent romantic trip to the Bahamas during the Dolphins’ bye week and the subsequent flood of Instagram snaps and TikTok videos have certainly boosted their credentials for that title.
The pair started dating earlier this year following Berrios’ bitter split from model Sophia Culpo in March after two years together.
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship has dominated headlines for months
The former Jets star was accused of cheating with Culpo, whose older sister Olivia is the fiancée of NFL star running back Christian McCaffrey.
It wasn’t the best start to a relationship as there was speculation that Earle and Berrios were involved while the curator was still dating Culpo.
However, Earle quickly refuted these claims and denied that she was a “homewrecker.”
“When I read these comments, I cried my eyes out to my friends and they said, ‘Hey, Alix, things like this don’t normally get to you,’” she said on “Call Her Daddy.”
‘Most of my childhood I thought this was the worst thing you could do to another human being, so why on earth would I do that? No, they weren’t together.’
Now months have passed and during their recent idyllic trip to the Caribbean, they officially became boyfriend and girlfriend.
The 22-year-old TikToker asked Berrios at the end of one of her hour-long YouTube videos if she wanted to be her boyfriend, to which he said, “Yes, absolutely. I’d like to be. It took a long time. Are you my girlfriend?
Earle replied, “Uh, yeah!” with a nervous laugh.
Earle has 6.1 million followers on TikTok and Berrios has now been in the NFL for five seasons
The couple shared many snaps of themselves frolicking in the ocean and sitting on the beach
The video was also captioned “the end of the NFL man” – the nickname she used to refer to Berrios.
It was after that video aired that her loyal fans gave the couple their approval, as the comments came flooding in.
“I don’t even know you but you deserve the world,” one person wrote. “This is literally the cutest thing ever.”
‘Obsessed. Cheerful. Uhm. Jealous. You are perfect. He is perfect. I’m crying,” another posted.
It was here that they were also labeled ‘the most attractive couple in the world’, in a bold statement that will no doubt have left some Swifties scratching their heads.
Earle’s claim to fame is her TikTok popularity, with the 22-year-old amassing six million followers on the platform and a further 3.2 million on Instagram. She is also known for hosting the podcast ‘Hotmess’.
Her astronomical social media audience saw a TikTok of her and Berrios doing the “Titanic Challenge” rack up a whopping 11 million views a day.
Its content on holiday in the Bahamas also regularly racked up over four million views.
Earle flew to Frankfurt, Germany to watch Berrios take on Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs
Berrios has racked up 194 yards on 20 receptions and scored one touchdown this season
Earle was also asked about her relationship with Berrios during a surprise appearance on Alex Cooper’s “Call her Daddy” live show earlier this month.
The influencer confirmed she is no longer single shortly after appearing on stage at the Chicago Theater during Cooper’s Unwell Tour in the Windy City on November 12.
Cooper immediately put Earle on the spot by asking, “Alix, do you have a boyfriend?”
A nanosecond later, the audience immediately responded to the question by emphatically shouting, “yes!”
Like Swift, Earle has become a regular at her boyfriend’s NFL games, meaning their relationship is starting to go mainstream.
She even flew across the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month for the Dolphins’ game against Kelce’s Chiefs in Germany.
Their romance certainly seems to be paying off for the Dolphins after she shot a gameday vlog in Frankfurt and posted it to TikTok. It has since been viewed 9.4 million times.
Reports indicated that searches for Dolphins tickets have increased by a whopping 331 percent in Europe since the game.
Earle revealed that she came up with the idea of traveling to the Bahamas with Berrios for his birthday
Searches for Dolphins tickets have increased by a whopping 331 percent since her trip to Germany
Plus, it seems her six million TikTok followers paid particular attention to her vintage jacket.
Searches for a retro Dolphins piece have also increased by a whopping 400 percent since that weekend.
Swift attended four Chiefs games starting in September (three in Kansas City and one in New York), but put her football stint on hold as she resumed her tour of South America.
But the Chiefs enjoyed a similar spike in interest when news of Swift’s romance with Kelce first emerged — sales of Kelce’s No. 87 jersey soared by a whopping 400 percent.
If the buzz surrounding Berrios and Earle’s relationship continues to grow, the NFL may be hoping that fate will lead to the Dolphins and Chiefs meeting in the AFC Championship Game.
Both teams are currently 7-3 – with the Jaguars and Browns – but find themselves behind conference leader Baltimore.
If more sightings of Swift at Kelce’s games as we head into Super Bowl season aren’t enough to satisfy executives, the glitzy duo now has competition for the title of the NFL’s power couple.
