I fear the nonstop Brianna Chickenfry drama has somehow managed to bring the Sophia Culpo, Braxton Berrios, and Alix Earle disaster back into the TikTok conversation. While I can appreciate a classic love triangle, no pop songs have ever come out of this one, so it’s not quite as thrilling a Sabrina-Olivia-Josh, or a Sabrina-Camila-Shawn situation. Why are we even talking about this influencer x football player saga in 2024, you ask? Well, after Bri appeared on Alix’s podcast to expose the villainous Zach Bryan some more, TikTokers commented that Alix’s BF, Braxton, was “Sophia’s Zach Bryan.” And… Sophia agrees. She stitched a TikTok with this exact message and winked and smirked as she sipped wine. Clearly, we have some history to go over, so I crafted a complete Sophia Culpo and Braxton Berrios relationship timeline with all the important (Alix-Earle-related) dates. Enjoy.
Sophia Culpo & Braxton Berrios Relationship Timeline
February 14, 2021: Sophia and Braxton go Insta official
Sophia and Braxton confirmed their relationship on V-Day in 2021, and a few days later, they also shared a glimpse into a couples workout session. Sophia posted a video of them doing squats and calf raises (sounds like a nightmare) and admitted, “Never in my life have I done calf raises and I don’t plan on doing them again.” Solid plan.
November 4, 2021: Sophia gushes about Braxton in an interview
During a chat with E!, Sophia had lots of nice things to say about her then-BF. “He’s a great teacher and has a lot of patience because I knew nothing about football before meeting him,” she gushed at the time. The influencer told the outlet, “We love to cook with each other at the end of the night. I studied nutrition so I like to try and maintain a healthy, balanced lifestyle and we love to cook together and go on walks together.”
Sophia emphasized that Braxton was a “major source of support” for her and called him “my best friend.” She added, “He’ll see me with 10,000 zits on my face and still think I’m beautiful.”
March 23, 2023: Sophia confirms they broke up
@sophiaculpo Adds “less lilely to have dandruff” to her dating profile #fyp #sisters #singlelife #dating #datingstorytime #sosingle #spa #selfcare #sistergoals #sisterlylove #theculposisters #auroraculpo #sophiaculpo ♬ original sound – sophiaculpo
In a series of breakup and single life-themed TikToks with her sister, Aurora, Sophia confirmed that she and Braxton were no more. She called herself and Aurora “the single sisters” in one video and posted another using an audio about mental breakdowns. Naturally, the model included hashtags like #breakuptiktok and #singlelife just to make things extra clear.
June 23, 2023: Sophia accuses Braxton of cheating
Receipts, proof, timelines, screenshots… After Braxton had previously claimed they broke up in January, Sophia posted contradicting text convos between her and her ex-BF from February. She also claimed in her caption that they broke up during Super Bowl weekend when Braxton was “seen making out with another girl.”
June 28, 2023: Braxton says he didn’t cheat
Of course, Braxton then denied the cheating allegations in an Instagram video. “I don’t want to start anything, I don’t want to fuel anything,” he said in his post, stressing, “I genuinely want all this to be over and everybody to move on and do whatever makes them happy.” Regarding the breakup, NFL Man claimed, “It had nothing to do with anything else. It had nothing to do with anybody else for that matter. And we just didn’t work out, and that’s okay.”
September 21, 2023: Sophia reveals how she found out Braxton was allegedly cheating on her
During an appearance on Aurora’s Barely Filtered podcast, Sophia claimed that a source connected to Braxton’s team confirmed he was cheating on her. “Someone we know was doing some digging for me around the team and that was how I got confirmation that this wasn’t the first girl also,” she said. “He was like, ‘Ladies don’t have to know about tonight,’ and this teammate was like, ‘I’m single, so, it’s fine.’ he goes, ‘Oh, well I’m having fun tonight.’” According to Sophia, she got that unfortunate intel from her famous sister, Olivia.
“I just remember my stomach drops,” Sophia continued. “I want to throw up … and then I call him and I go, ‘Was there anything you want to tell me?’ I never heard this tone in his voice, (and he said), ‘No.’”
June 25, 2023: Alix confirms her relationship with Braxton
@alixearle The ending of me munching 😭👹 #diml #palmtreemusicfestival #hamptons ♬ Young Folks – Shindig Society
Alix and Braxton had a couples vaca in the Hamptons, and Alix posted a TikTok of them hugging and kissing in bed. Although you can’t see the football player’s face in the video, social media detectives immediately figured out who he was.
September 20, 2023: Alix denies Braxton cheated on Sophia with her
Alix got real about the Braxton cheating rumors with her fellow blonde podcaster, Alex Cooper. During an episode of Call Her Daddy, Alex straight-up asked Alix if she was hooking up with Braxton while he was still with Sophia. “It is so triggering to even hear you say that,” Alix responded. “No. They were not together.”
She added, “I guess the ex-girlfriend had started posting things alluding to unfaithfulness in the relationship online and I was seen hanging out with this guy so everyone just kinda pointed fingers at me.” According to Alix, she confronted Braxton about the rumors and made sure that they weren’t true. “You know I was asking for the receipts,” she said on the podcast. “Like, right away I was probably more psycho than she was. I was like there’s just no fucking way this happened. Like, I was checking everything.”
Hmmm. I feel like the exact timeline and details here remain one of the great mysteries of our time.
