Day trader, fisherman, soccer player, soccer coach, Tim Howard hater, New Zealand citizen, casino dealer… These are all terms that allegedly describe season 10 Love is Blind villain Alex Henderson. Or is his name Alex Ferrell? After scrolling my way into Alex Tok (a dark place), I am thoroughly bamboozled. It pains me to quote Ashley Carpenter’s Trumpie dad in a complimentary way, but he did kind of eat with: “I don’t think honesty is his strength.” I don’t think so either, Paul. I don’t think so either. Frankly, the only rational response to Alex’s ever-changing resumé, constant city-hopping, and overlapping girlfriends is a raging headache and a renewed skepticism of men. Rest assured I’m experiencing both after suffering through nine episodes (and counting) of this tomfoolery.

“I’m more than an ex-athlete who’s chasing sex,” Alex insisted in a recent interview with Netflix’s site, Tudum. As a serious journalist always seeking the truth, I went on a quest to figure out exactly who this man is. Here’s what I learned about the walking red flag after a few google searches and a concerning amount of time in this corner of TikTok.

A Formal Investigation Of Love Is Blind Star Alex’s Wild Story

What Is His Real Name?

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According to court records obtained by The Sun, Alexander Ferrell’s name was legally changed to Alexander Henderson on December 1, 2020. On Alex’s new podcast (because of course he has a podcast), he claimed he’d taken his stepdad’s last name during a legal adoption, and he wanted his original birth name back. “This is what I was born as, this is what I want to build my name off of, I don’t want the Ferrell name attached to me,” he said on the pod. “I don’t want something I changed into, I want to reclaim what I had.’” Noted. However, given who we’re dealing with, I wouldn’t be shocked if there were additional motivations behind this decision.

Was He Actually A Soccer Player?

Alex’s very romanticized, all-consuming soccer career was pretty much confined to his college years. He was an All-American goalie for the Wake Forest University soccer team and was drafted by Minnesota United in 2017. However, according to USA Today, he never actually played in a Major League Soccer match. (Alex says on LIB that he left the sport due to several knee surgeries.) Yet somehow, Nomadic Soccer Bro is his entire personality on the show.

After soccer, he allegedly moved on to the 50,000 other random jobs, including day trader, soccer coach, fisherman, etc. As @miscellaneous.gab so wisely pointed out in a TikTok, “PSA ladies: If a man ever tells you that professionally, he’s a soccer coach and a day trader, just know that professionally, he’s a soccer coach who may or may not have an irresponsible gambling habit.”

Another TikToker, Allyson, claims she was Alex’s coworker at a tech sales company. “I truly don’t know why he said he works in financial sales,” she said in her video. “And unless HR magically granted him his leave of absence, he was let go as of last month.” Allyson noted that he “wasn’t that good at it” and was only there for about six months. (Obviously, we have to take random TikTokers with a grain of salt, so this is just alleged.)

What’s The Beef With Tim Howard And David Beckham?

In a bizarre attempt to impress Ashley, our guy decided to take a swipe at actual soccer royalty, Tim Howard. “I met him already. He’s a weirdo,” Alex said, before also calling the legendary David Beckham “not even good.” So sorry… Who are you to be roasting household names??

Tim gave a hilarious response in the February 24 episode of Unfiltered Soccer with Tim Howard & Landon Donovan, addressing Alex directly: “Here’s what I would say: I know you’re a fan, and I have this on good authority. So all I’ll say is, we can make everything right with the world, and you just issue a public apology on whatever platform you’re on.” He joked that he accepts Alex’s apology in advance, adding, “If not, then I’ll have more things to say about you. So we’ll leave it there.” You can’t leave us hanging like that, king!

Unpacking His Complex Dating Past

Okay, I just had to rewatch scenes from multiple episodes and take notes on his baffling dating history, but here’s what I’ve gathered. Alex mentions four exes on the show: his college girlfriend, a woman referred to as “Chicago,” a woman from his gym, and the infamous travel nurse. “He’s had a rough go of women not being authentic and not being honest and not being loyal,” his mom tells Ashley. I mean, when there are several ex-girlfriends and one common denominator, the math tends to math… but I digress.

Do we have a clear understanding of the timeline? No, because Alex keeps strategically skipping over parts. The first hiccup came when he said he saw the travel nurse in Austin for about a week, while also visiting “a number of other people.” But he’d already said he was seeing the gym woman during that same timeframe. Alex insists he wasn’t cheating, and that was just a random little flub. Hmm.

When Alex and Ashley chatted his friend, Priyanka, the Austin trip came up again. Priyanka got confused, because she thought Alex was looking for a place in Austin when he was there that week. Also, she and Ashley both thought the travel nurse was on assignment (away), but plot twist: The assignment was in Austin.

To recap: He was visiting Austin, maybe seeing multiple women at the same time, maybe apartment-hunting, and definitely spending lots of time with the travel nurse who was not away. Doesn’t it all make sense now?

Is This Man On The Run?

The question on all of our minds. Why is there such an urgency to get out of Ohio, ASAP? Why does he reference so many different licenses? Why has he never stayed in one place for more than five minutes as a 31-year-old man? We can only hope the reunion brings some answers.