The rumor mill continues to swirl about a possible romance between Tom Brady and the popular influencer Alix Earle after they were spotted partying together at a pre-Super Bowl private event.
Closing out 2205 and entering 2026, 7-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady set the internet on fire when he was spotted partying with influencer Alix Earle at a New Year’s Eve party in St. Barths. Brady, of course, went through a very public split from his supermodel ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, back in 2022, and a short time later, Gisele went public with her relationship with her jiu-jitsu instructor, Joaquim Valente.
Gisele has very much moved on, giving birth to a baby boy in February of this year, and in December 2025, Gisele and Valente officially tied the knot, getting married during a ceremony in Surfside, Florida.
All reports say Tom and Gisele were doing their best to stay cordial for the sake of their children, and the former celebrity couple have two kids – Benjamin and Vivian–and Brady has another son named Jack (from a previous relationship with Bridget Moynahan).
But considering how incredibly popular Earle is right now, and the fact that she is just 25 years old, fans were freaking out seeing her get cozy with the NFL superstar:
Although there’s a 23-year age gap between the 25-year-old Earle and the 48-year-old retired NFL player, it wouldn’t be Earle’s first relationship with a football player…or even a former member of the New England Patriots.
The social media star had been dating current Houston Texans wide receiver Braxton Berrios since March 2023, but the couple broke up just last month. And ironically, Berrios is a former teammate of Tom Brady, being drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
And considering Earle and Brady’s large age gap, they have drawn comparisons to former Patriots coach, the 73-year-old, Bill Belichick, and his 24-year-old cheerleader, Jordon Hudson. Their 49-year age gap is more than double the gap between Brady and Earle. So, of course, the internet once again brought the jokes when Hudson posted a photo sitting in a box with Earle at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, during the college football championship game, where the Indiana Hoosiers beat the Miami Hurricanes.
I did not give these rumors much thought at the time of posting. If Alix Earle was having a little fun in her newfound single era, live it up, girl. And if Tom Brady can still pull a woman as stunning as Earle, good for him. And when rumors first started swirling that there might be a spark between the two, sources close to TMZ shut them down, noting that nothing more than some booze fueled flirting.
But after the Super Bowl weekend, these two appear to have some chemistry of sorts as they were spotted out together in San Fransico. According to TMZ, Earle and Brady were dancing together at a Super Bowl pre-party.
In the footage obtained by the outlet, Brady and Earle are dancing next to each other. Brady kept it casual, sporting a baseball cap, while Earle looked dressed up, holding a drink in her hand. Although this moment is far less intimate than their St. Barth interaction, the fact that they keep “running into each other” does stoke the rumor mill.
Who knows what is building between these two, but at least their age gap is more socially acceptable than that of Jordan Hudson and Bill Belichick’s…
