Tom Brady, Alix Earle Get Close on Video in St. Barth's
Are NFL legend Tom Brady and podcaster Alix Earle Dating? That's what fans are wondering after a video emerged showing them getting close on St. Barth's.
"Tom Brady may have rung in the new year with a new catch ... the G.O.A.T. was seen getting real cozy with influencer Alix Earle!" TMZ wrote, sharing a video of Brady and Earle together. It shows them at a nightclub. At one point in the video, Earle rubbed Brady's back as she leaned in close to whisper in his ear as music blared.
Fans Responded With Jokes & Questions
???? EXCLUSIVE: Tom Brady may have rung in the new year with a new catch ... the G.O.A.T. was seen getting real cozy with influencer Alix Earle! pic.twitter.com/aJ9xPHePeP
— TMZ (@TMZ) January 1, 2026
TMZ also published a second video showing the pair on the dance floor. According to Page Six, Brady and Earle also spent time together at a yacht party.
Fans responded in different ways on X, with some making jokes, others praising Brady, and some raising questions about the age gap between the NFL broadcaster and Earle.
Brady is 48 years old and divorced with kids; Earle is 25 years old.
"Still throwing touchdowns even in retirement," wrote one. "He was a senior in college when she was born," another person wrote. "She is still older than Jordon Hudson," joked another observer, referring to Coach Bill Belichick's girlfriend. "She going for the big fish now," wrote another person.
Alix Earle Recently Split With Another NFL Player Because They Weren't Seeing Each Other Much
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Earle's last boyfriend was also an NFL player: Braxton Berrios. In December, the social media influencer and former Dancing With the Stars contestant explained the breakup in an Instagram and TikTok video.
“It’s just been really hard to process in general, and I think why I’ve been scared to say something is because I feel like it just makes it more real,” Earle said. “Braxton and I are no longer together. We have been doing long distance since basically June and we haven't gotten to see each other that often.”
@alixearle There hasn’t felt like a right time or way to speak on this but I just wanted to sit and talk from the heart the best I can right now
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She revealed that she came to like Los Angeles while there for DWTS, noting that she “really liked it and I thought maybe I wanted to stay there.”
She added: “I think that was a scary thing for me to realize because it meant us not being in the same place. A part of me just also really wants to be focusing on myself right now and I just feel like I can’t be what Braxton needs. I want him to have someone with him 24/7 who can support him and be there for him — and he wasn't really expecting that of me, I think it was more a me thing — but I constantly felt guilty.”
Earle said they were on "two different paths."
She said that she was questioning her feelings a lot and wasn't sure if they made sense, calling that "scary."
According to TMZ, Brady was most recently linked to model Irina Shayk in "an on-again, off-again relationship," and his ex-wife Gisele Bundchen recently married Joaquim Valente, the father of her new baby. Brady was also linked to Brooks Nader, according to People.