Less than a month after confirming her breakup from NFL player Braxton Berrios, Alix Earle was spotted dancing into the new year with Tom Brady.
That’s right. The 25-year-old TikTok star and Dancing With the Stars runner-up seems to have a fondness for footballers, though 48-year-old Brady officially retired from the league in 2023. On New Year’s Eve 2025, Earle and Brady were seen getting pretty comfortable with one another in St. Barts. Multiple videos of the duo went viral on January 1, including one clip that showed Earle affectionately rubbing Brady’s back.
Still, the videos sparked more questions than answers. Did Alix Earle and Tom Brady attend the party together or just happen to hit it off? Was it just a casual flirtation, or will this lead to a new age-gap relationship for the internet to fixate on? That’s yet to be determined, but here’s a complete timeline of the dating rumors so we can all keep up.
January 1, 2026: TMZ shares multiple videos of Alix Earle and Tom Brady getting cozy on New Year’s Eve. In one clip, the pair can be seen dancing. In another clip making the rounds on social media, Earle affectionately rubs Brady’s back as she whispers something in his ear.
Later that day Tom Brady shares a quote about “beautiful people” on his Instagram Stories. “People are not beautiful for how they look or speak,” the quote read, per Page Six. “They’re beautiful for how they love, care and treat others.”
December 31, 2025: Earle and Brady attend the same party in St. Barts, according to a source that spoke with People after those viral videos went, well, viral. Nina Dobrev was also in attendance, as can be seen in one video shared by DeuxMoi.
Earlier in the day, Earle filmed one of her famous GRWM videos, revealing she’s been spending time on a boat with friends in St. Barts but would be attending a party on the beach with a performance by Calvin Harris. “I’m foreseeing really good vibes for tonight,” she says in the TikTok video.
December 20, 2025: According to Page Six, Brady posts a selfie in a “Forever Young” hoodie, captioning the snap, “Yuppppppp 100.”
December 19, 2025: Page Six reports that Brady’s ex-wife Gisele Bündchen has wed her partner Joaquim Valente after welcoming a child together in February 2025. The wedding took place in Florida on December 3, according to marriage records reviewed by People.
December 13, 2025: Earle confirms her breakup from Braxton Berrios after two years of dating. “I know I’m gonna be speaking for the both of us, and it’s just been really hard to process in general,” she said at the top of her 3-minute-and-19-second TikTok video. “And I think why I’ve been scared to say something is because I feel like it just makes it more real.”
Throughout her tearful explanation, Earle seems to imply the breakup was her decision, saying she found herself really enjoying Los Angeles and felt “really motivated” on the West Coast, adding, “a part of me just also really wants to be focusing on myself right now.”
Here’s the full transcript, though you can watch the video here.
“I wanted to give you guys an update on my life. I know I’m gonna be speaking for the both of us, and 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. 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. [It’s] just been really difficult for me and I think it was really difficult when I was out in LA and I really liked it, and I thought that, you know, maybe I wanted to stay there, and I felt really motivated and I think that was a scary thing for me to realize because it meant us not being in the same place, and 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.
You know, I want him to have someone with him 24/7 who can support him and be there for him and I just, and he wasn’t really expecting that of me. I think it was more a me thing than anything. But I constantly felt like guilty, and I love Braxton, he’s my best friend, you know? So it’s been really difficult as we’re trying to just go forward with this. It just kind of feels like we’re on two different paths right now, and it sucks. We’re on good terms and I don’t want anyone to come for him, or to be mean to him, or to say it’s because he couldn’t make it to Dancing With the Stars because he couldn’t come because of football.
I think the scary part is, like part of me doesn’t know if how I feel even makes sense. I think I question myself a lot of, ‘Why do I feel this way?’ Or, ‘Are these feelings correct?’ But I feel like I just ultimately wanted to go with trusting my feelings, and this has just been really hard. I don’t want to post on here crying at me and upset all the time, so just been trying to keep it to myself, but it’s not easy. And I just wanted to tell you guys, because I know that we shared a lot of our relationships. We want you guys to be filled in on everything that’s going on, it’s just we’ve been trying to take a moment between us to just process everything. I know it’s upsetting for you guys, and it’s also upsetting for me.
It’s not drama. It’s not because he did anything wrong or I did anything wrong. It just wasn’t really feeling like it was worth it in the moment. I know there’s going to be a lot of ups and bottom downs, and I’m not really sure to expect with how I’m going to handle this or how I’m going to be feeling. So it’s going to be a new chapter. And just, thank you guys for being a part of all the amazing memories.”
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