• Alix Earle ran into ex Braxton Berrios at a Miami club on May 24 and ended up crying
• She said they were joking around and it felt normal — until it didn’t
• Earle admitted she kept “looking around the place” for him the rest of the night
• She called a car home and “cried to her dog”
• The pair split in December 2025 after about two and a half years together

Alix Earle was having a great night out — right up until she wasn’t.

The 25-year-old influencer posted an un-get-ready-with-me TikTok on Monday, eyes visibly puffy, walking her followers through how a fun evening at Miami’s Palm Tree Club turned into a quiet car ride home in tears. The reason: she ran into her ex-boyfriend, Houston Texans wide receiver Braxton Berrios.

“Obviously I saw my ex tonight,” Earle said while removing her makeup. “But we’re on good terms so it was like normal and fine and we were joking around with each other.”

At one point, a mutual friend was snapping photos and Earle playfully pushed Berrios out of frame to get her solo shot. Everyone laughed. It felt easy.

“It was funny and fun and then it wasn’t,” she admitted. “Because then it kept turning into me looking around the place the whole night, being like, ‘Hmm where is he?'”

She paused. “I think that really sucked, just catching myself doing that.”

‘Sometimes You’re Just a Girl’

Earle said the shift from playful to painful hit her mid-night. What started as a lighthearted reunion became a reminder of what wasn’t there anymore.

“It’s hard when you see someone for a second and it’s fun and normal,” she reflected. “But that’s just a dose of it. That’s done. That started to hit me.”

Then the tears came — in the club, where her friends noticed. She didn’t try to hide it or explain it away.

“Sometimes you just can’t help it. Sometimes you’re just a girl and sometimes water just falls out of your eyes. Sometimes that happens and that’s OK.”

The Dancing with the Stars alum said she “did the responsible thing” — called a car and went home to cry to her dog. By the time she was recording the TikTok, she insisted she was fine. She just wanted to be honest about it in case anyone following along was feeling something similar.

The Breakup

Earle and Berrios, 30, split in December 2025 after about two and a half years of dating. They’d been doing long distance — she was in Miami, he was wherever the NFL schedule put him — and the strain eventually broke them.

At the time, Earle confirmed the breakup in an emotional TikTok: “Braxton and I are no longer together.” She’s since been open about the healing process on her podcast Hot Mess with Alix Earle, but Monday’s video was a reminder that closure isn’t always clean. Sometimes you bump into it at a club in Miami and spend the rest of the night pretending you’re fine.

Her TikTok racked up millions of views by Tuesday morning. Turns out a lot of people know exactly what it’s like to push your ex out of a photo and then cry about it later.

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• Katy Perry posted a viral TikTok on May 11 jokingly mourning ex Josh Groban’s engagement to actress Natalie McQueen
• The clip featured Perry dramatically chugging a drink in a bathrobe while her song “The One That Got Away” played — which she wrote about Groban
• Perry and Groban briefly dated in 2009 and have remained close friends ever since
• Groban reacted to being the song’s inspiration back in 2018, saying he was completely blindsided by the confession
• Perry is currently dating former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Only Katy Perry could turn her ex’s engagement announcement into the most entertaining thing on the internet this week.

The pop star posted a TikTok on May 11 reacting to news that Josh Groban had proposed to British musical theatre actress Natalie McQueen after nearly four years together. The video shows Perry — dressed in a white bathrobe — staring at a screenshot of the engagement headlines before slowly pouring herself a comically overflowing glass of what appears to be champagne. She then chugs it, spilling the drink down her face and robe, before dramatically sobbing and walking away.

The soundtrack? Her own 2011 hit “The One That Got Away.” The song she once admitted she wrote about Groban.

She captioned the whole thing simply: “congrats 🥂”

@katyperry

congrats 🥂

♬ The One That Got Away – Katy Perry

The comment section immediately lost it. Many fans were so caught off guard by the video that they didn’t even realize it was actually Perry’s account. “I was like ‘oh she looks like Katy Perry’ looked at the profile picture then the account name and was like ‘wait that is Katy Perry,'” one fan wrote alongside a string of laughing emojis. Another commented, “I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE THIS IS KATY PERRY’S ACCOUNT.” A third simply wrote: “Katy, you accidentally pressed the post button.”

Others couldn’t get over the song choice. “The song is about Josh Groban,” one fan pointed out, as if helpfully filling in anyone who’d missed the decade-old backstory. Someone else joked to Perry, “This is bold and I love it, maybe they will break their engagement for you.” And a few genuinely seemed concerned: “Baby are you ok?”

The Song, the Confession, and the Double-Take

For anyone who needs the full context: Perry and Groban briefly dated back in 2009. The relationship was quiet — both of them kept it private — and it ended relatively quickly. Then in 2011, Perry released “The One That Got Away,” a sweeping, nostalgic ballad about a teenage love lost. Nobody thought much about who it was written about.

Until 2017, when Perry casually dropped the information during a weekend-long livestream promoting her Witness album, telling fans that Groban was indeed the inspiration.

Groban found out the same way everyone else did. A year later, appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, he was still processing it. “I was not expecting that. That was a double take and a spit of my coffee when I saw that,” he said. “It’s very sweet of her to say that. I’m very flattered by it. But I was very surprised by it too.”

Then he actually went back and listened to the lyrics — and got even more confused. “I’m like, ‘I never owned a Mustang. I don’t have a tattoo. Are you sure that’s about me?'” he laughed. The song’s first verse describes making out in a Mustang, getting matching tattoos on an 18th birthday, and sneaking parents’ liquor — none of which matched Groban’s biography in any obvious way.

Still, he was warm about it. “We’ve been very, very good friends to this day,” he said. “She’s the best.”

On why they split in the first place, Groban kept it simple: “We were both very private and we realized we were better as friends.”

Where Everyone Stands Now

There’s no real heartbreak here — just excellent comedic timing. Perry, 41, has been dating former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the two have been making their public debut as a couple in recent months. Last month, they attended Netflix’s Beef Season 2 Montecito Tastemaker event together at the California home of Netflix executive Ted Sarandos — an evening that also happened to include Perry’s ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom among the guests, though reports didn’t confirm whether the former couple actually crossed paths during the night.

Groban, 45, meanwhile, is very much taken. He proposed to McQueen in April after nearly four years together, and Perry’s TikTok — champagne-soaked bathrobe and all — was her way of sending them off in the most Katy Perry way imaginable.

“We’ve been very, very good friends to this day,” Groban said back in 2018. The TikTok pretty much confirms that’s still true — you don’t post something like that about someone you’re not completely at peace with.

Congrats to the happy couple. And to Katy Perry, for once again making the internet a more entertaining place.

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• KJ Apa posted an Instagram video on May 6 calling out Mr. Fantasy for stealing his image and likeness
• Apa claims he lost a major acting job because people think he’s “a joke” due to the Mr. Fantasy persona
• Mr. Fantasy’s “Do Me Right” music video features several of Apa’s close friends and Riverdale costars
• Zoey Deutch, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Derek Hough all apologized in the comments of Apa’s video
• Fans have long theorized that Apa and Mr. Fantasy are the same person, pointing to identical tattoos as evidence

KJ Apa has had enough. The Riverdale actor, 28, broke his silence on Wednesday, May 6, posting a pointed Instagram video calling out viral TikTok personality Mr. Fantasy — the vaguely British, bell-bottom-wearing, black-bobbed musician who fans have spent months insisting is actually Apa in an elaborate disguise.

“So, there has been something going on for a long time that I haven’t addressed because I didn’t think it was even worth addressing,” Apa said in the video, his tone unmistakably serious. “But now, because of how it’s impacted my life personally, I feel like I have to talk about it. I have to do it now because it’s hurting me and my career.”

The breaking point? Mr. Fantasy’s new music video for “Do Me Right,” the lead single from his upcoming debut album FANTASYLAND. The clip is packed with celebrities — and notably, a lot of them happen to be very close to Apa. His former Riverdale costars Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart, and Madelaine Petsch all appear, alongside Nick Jonas, Dave Franco, Rob Lowe, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Derek Hough, Kiernan Shipka, Zoey Deutch, Alex Warren, Cody Simpson, Tyler Posey, Rufus Sewell, Neal McDonough, Jimmy Tatro, and Sombr — with Mr. Fantasy dancing, golfing, biking, horseback riding, and swimming through the whole thing.

“There was recently a music video that was released that included a bunch of people who are really close to me by a guy who’s completely and utterly stolen my image and misappropriated my image and my likeness,” Apa said. “And I think we all know who we’re talking about. It’s f***ed up.”

“I Just Lost Out on a Huge Job”

Apa made clear this isn’t just about hurt feelings. He said the situation has had real professional consequences, claiming he “just lost out on a huge job” and can “no longer go in for serious work because people think that I’m a joke because of this guy.”

“I can’t just sit back and watch it happen and see my life — literally everything that I’ve worked hard for — now come to a halt because of this f***ing idiot,” he said.

He also zeroed in on what he sees as the particular hypocrisy of the situation. “This person advocates for positivity and for kindness and for all of this stuff,” Apa said, his frustration barely contained. “Look in the mirror and tell yourself that you’re not a f***ing liar and a thief. Because that’s exactly what you are.”

His Instagram caption was equally unambiguous: “Enough is enough. I won’t sit back any longer and watch someone attempt to ruin my life and everything I have worked for.”

Friends Respond — Many With Apologies

The comments on Apa’s video turned into something of a confessional booth. Several of the celebrities who appeared in the “Do Me Right” video reached out directly.

Zoey Deutch wrote: “Hi, I am really sorry I agreed to do the music video with him. I had no idea it was affecting your life like this. I obviously won’t engage anymore with him and just feel really bad about the whole thing. I hope you can accept my apology.”

Patrick Schwarzenegger kept it short: “I’m sorry man.”

Derek Hough offered a different kind of response. “Bro, I’ve never met you before but I feel bad now that I’ve become so close with someone who has become a legend in so many lives. I hope you guys can find a middle ground. Prays to you 🙏🏼,” he wrote.

Madelaine Petsch, who had been spotted with Mr. Fantasy as recently as April 13 — when he called her “a queen” and “a kindly fierce woman” in a TikTok caption — liked Apa’s video without commenting publicly. Madelyn Cline summed up the situation with a pointed “Identity theft is not a joke.” Taylor Lautner commented, “I was a huge fan of his man but your right, this has to end,” while Alexandra Shipp, who is set to co-star with Apa in the upcoming film White Elephant, wrote, “I knew there was something off about him @kjapa I’m so sorry.”

The Theory That Won’t Go Away

Mr. Fantasy first went viral in the late summer of 2025, and almost immediately, fans started doing the math. The identical tattoos were the biggest piece of evidence — hard to explain away with a wig and fake teeth. Since then, Mr. Fantasy has racked up more than 1.2 million TikTok followers, performed “Mr. Fantasy” at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and cultivated a celebrity social circle that, as this week made very clear, overlaps almost entirely with Apa’s.

@iamtherealmrfantasy

There is a queen and her name is Madelaine Petsch. She is a force on the cinema screen and that is why I asked if she would teach me how to drive for SUMMERTIME BABY!!!! It’s imperative that I can transport from place to place this summer. Thankyou Madelaine for trusting me 😜😜 what a kindly fierce woman you are 😜😜 alright as you were 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 @Madelaine Petsch #madelainepetsch #mrfantasy #summer #vibes #music

♬ original sound – iamtherealmrfantasy

Mr. Fantasy himself has consistently played it cool about the comparisons. When The Hollywood Reporter asked him about it last November, he was characteristically breezy. “Not bothered by it, not bothered by it,” he said. “Things bother me sometimes, but I keep my eyes upward, and I keep trudging the happy road of happy destiny. I focus on the positive. I focus on the people whom I love and who love me and that have a positive influence on my life, like James Franco.”

He has not yet responded to Apa’s video.

Whether this is an elaborate performance art piece that’s gotten too real, or a genuine case of image theft that’s spiraling, one thing is certain: FANTASYLAND is on the way this summer, and the story is far from over.

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