Braxton Berrios is always rooting for Alix Earle.
Even though the NFL star wasn’t able to watch his girlfriend compete live on Dancing With the Stars‘ season 34 premiere Sept. 16, Braxton made sure to send Alix his love from afar.
“I honestly haven’t really had a chance to talk to him yet,” she exclusively told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi after the ABC show. “But he texted me a screenshot that he voted for me—most important.”
The 24-year-old added, “He’s very sweet and always supportive, so [I’m] excited to talk to him later.”
Braxton not only posted his voting receipts to his Instagram story—joking that “Voting hates to see me coming”—but he also shared a video of his TV screen showing her DWTS intro, writing, “Let’s go!”
And while Alix tears up the dancefloor with partner Val Chmerkovskiy, Braxton is preparing to tear up the field as the football season kicks off.
In fact, Alix revealed that he’ll return when his Houston Texans take on the Jacksonville Jaguars Sept. 21 after suffering what she described as “a little hamstring” injury.
“He’s cleared today, so he’ll be in the game next week,” she added in the interview, airing Sept. 17 at 11 p.m. “And he’s very excited.”
That means the couple is spending some time apart as she competes on DWTS in Los Angeles—an experience she admitted she was “really nervous” about.
And it’s not just the dancing that is out of her comfort zone, but even listening to the video packages introducing the contestants makes her cringe.
“I hate hearing myself talk,” Alix told E!. “I didn’t want to freak myself out. I plugged my ears right before, which probably made me look like a lunatic.”
Ultimately, the TikToker is ready to level up her skills in the ballroom this season.
“I’m just competitive with myself,” she explained. “So, it’s been really fun and really different for me. Just starting from zero, it’s been really cool to learn and challenge myself and go through all the emotions, good and bad.”
Find out who is competing against Alix on DWTS this season, airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+.
Baron Davis
Partnered with Britt Stewart
Jennifer Affleck
Partnered with Jan Ravnik
Alix Earle
Partnered with Valentin Chmerkovski
Dylan Efron
Partnered with Daniella Karagach
Corey Feldman
Partnered with Jenna Johnson
Elaine Hendrix
Partnered with Alan Bersten
Robert Irwin
Partnered with Witney Carson
Jordan Chiles
Partnered with Ezra Sosa
Scott Hoying
Partnered with Rylee Arnold
Whitney Leavitt
Partnered with Mark Ballas
Hilaria Baldwin
Partnered with Gleb Savchenko
Andy Richter
Partnered with Emma Slater
Danielle Fishel
Partnered with Pasha Pashkov
