Alix Earle Shares How She's Been Leaning on Fellow WAGs Amid Braxton Berrios' Season-Ending Injury (Exclusive)

Alix Earle is leaning in — to both her continued success and her steady relationship with Miami Dolphins wide receiver Braxton Berrios.

Speaking to PEOPLE as one of the 2024 Creators of the Year, Earle, 24, shares that in the wake of Berrios' season-ending injury, she's grown to appreciate the community of WAGs she's surrounded by even more.

"It's been really nice to meet the players' wives and get to hang out with them. A lot of them have been through what we're going through right now, so it's been really nice to have their support," she says of coping with Berrios' torn ACL.

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"There is always a chance during the game that they get hurt, and it is stressful to watch a lot of the time," Earle adds. "I think that's something that other people just watching the game don't really think about sitting in the stands or at home, and I think it's nice to be able to relate to [the WAGs] on another level."

Berrios suffered his injury during a game against the Indianapolis Colts on Oct. 20. Earle, who often travels for work, flew back to Miami to be with him for his surgery.

"Braxton's always so positive, and I think if anything, this experience is just making us closer," she says. "We're getting to spend more quality time together, but he's been good. He is healing well, and I'm looking forward to a fast recovery for him."

The pair first began dating in March 2023, though Earle didn't publicly confirm the relationship until November of that year while making an appearance on Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast.

Earle's own podcast, Hot Mess with Alix Earle, is now in its second season, and the influencer says she still gets nervous about sharing so much of her life online.

"Almost every week, putting out an episode, I have a mini heart attack at the things I'm saying or sharing, but honestly, my favorite thing about the podcast is that I do open up a lot," she says. "As scary as it is sometimes, it's much more rewarding, especially when I meet girls who listen to the podcast and we'll just have that emotional connection."

Some of the content creator's favorite moments are the ones when Hot Mess listeners approach her on the street to tell her they feel like they already know her. The phenomenon is a credit to Earle's honesty and relatability, and she says her response to those fans is always the same: they do know her.

"But it's always scary. Opening up about eating disorder stuff has been really, really hard for me," she admits, but she knows her vulnerability is what allows her audience to connect with her: "It definitely makes you a little bit more human."

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