A quiet post that spoke volumes
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen's ex-Girlfriend, Brittany Williams shared her first Instagram post on Monday, June 2, just one day after her ex-boyfriend Josh Allen married actress
Hailee Steinfeld, and she didn’t appear bothered.
Williams posted photos of herself walking around New York City, wearing a strapless maroon mini-dress and sunglasses. In one image, she held a slice of New York-style pizza. In another, she carried a cup of iced coffee. She captioned the post, “I like this little life.”
The post came shortly after Allen and Steinfeld’s wedding in California, prompting speculation online. But Williams, who has kept a low profile since her breakup with the NFL star, didn’t acknowledge the wedding or her former relationship. She looked relaxed and content, and made no effort to hide that from her 180,000 followers.
A relationship that spanned years
Brittany Williams and Josh Allen first met as kids in Fresno, California. According to Williams, they were around eight years old when they met at Allen’s brother’s birthday party.
Their first date happened in high school, when Williams invited Allen to a Sadie Hawkins dance. On the Morning After podcast with Kelly Stafford (September 2022), Williams shared that the night was overwhelming for Allen:
“I asked him to come to Sadie’s at my school, which is the big school to him and he was nervous,” she said.
“And my friends were crazy, we were taking a party bus… [Allen] had never been on a party bus and was just so overwhelmed with everything. And the boys at my school were mean to him.”
She added that they didn’t talk for a year after that night:
“He ghosted me for like a year, but at the same time, I was like ‘OK, I get it, things are just not in our timing right now.’ I knew it wasn’t meant to be at the time, but I always knew in the back of my head it’s not over.”
They reconnected as college freshmen and began dating seriously in 2017. Williams was frequently seen at Bills games in support of Allen throughout the early part of his NFL career. The couple broke up in 2023 after several years together.
Allen and Steinfeld’s timeline
Shortly after the split, Allen was linked to Hailee Steinfeld. The two began dating in May 2023 and were first photographed together that summer. In August, Allen confirmed the relationship during an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast.
By November 2024, he proposed. In a letter published in Steinfeld’s Beau Society newsletter in December, Allen shared details of how it happened:
“It was hard to keep secrets from you and have other people in your life keep secrets from you,” he wrote. “Then, multiple times throughout the day a song would come on and I would tear up thinking about how special our day was going to be.”
He recalled what he said when proposing:
“I said, ‘I couldn’t wait any longer.’ I said, ‘I can’t wait to start a family with you.’ I said your full name, and I asked you very nicely. I said please.”
He added that Steinfeld was “extremely surprised” and said yes, which he said was “all that mattered.” He also wrote, “It feels unbelievable to be engaged to someone who is so special and loving and caring and gorgeous and fun and happy.”
Allen and Steinfeld got married on May 31, 2025, in California. According to People, they were seen at a rehearsal the day before. Steinfeld wore a white strapless gown with opera gloves and a long veil. The guest list included Allen’s teammates Dawson Knox, Mitch Trubisky, Spencer Brown, and Shane Buechele.
At the 2025 NFL Honors in February, Allen won MVP and thanked Steinfeld in his speech, calling her his “rock” and “best friend.”
Brittany’s quiet reset
Since the breakup, Williams has remained mostly private. She hasn’t spoken publicly about Allen’s new relationship or her own dating life.
Her recent post, though brief, was interpreted by many as a quiet reflection of where she stands: removed from the spotlight, content with her pace, and not looking back.
No drama, no direct comments, just a caption, a coffee, and what appears to be peace.