Tom Brady Sets The Internet On Fire After Being Spotted Getting Close With 25-Year-Old Influencer Alix Earle On New Year’s Eve

Taking a page out of Bill Belichick’s dating playbook, eh?

When it comes to celebrity breakups, 7-time Super Bowl Tom Brady had quite the 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.

It seems she moved on from Brady pretty quickly, because in October 2024 it was announced that the couple was expecting their first child together, with Gisele giving birth to a baby boy in February of this year. And just last month, in December 2025, Gisele and Valente officially tied the knot, getting married during a ceremony in Surfside, Florida.

All reports say that despite that ugly end, Tom and Gisele were doing their best to stay cordial for the sake of their children. 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 Brady clearly took the split hard, because every time some news is announced about Gisele’s new relationship he takes to social media with emotional posts seemingly in response to his ex, like his post set to Logic’s suicide prevention hotline song after it was announced that Gisele had remarried.

It seems that 2026 might be the year that Brady finally decides to move on though, because the legendary QB set the internet on fire after he was spotted getting VERY close with influencer Alix Earle last night at a New Year’s Eve party in St. Barths.

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.

Berrios never actually got to play with Brady on the field, because he was placed on injured reserve at the beginning of his rookie season – although he did get a Super Bowl ring when Brady led the Patriots to a win over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII. He was then waived by the Patriots at the beginning of the 2019 season before being picked up by the New York Jets, where he remained for four seasons before signing with the Miami Dolphins, and now the Houston Texans.

Of course we don’t know if Earle and Brady are really a couple or if they were just partying together to celebrate the New Year. But what better way to get back at your ex than moving on with his legendary former teammate…

And of course it wouldn’t be the biggest age gap couple to come from the New England Patriots: Their 73-year-old former coach, Bill Belichick, is currently dating 24-year-old cheerleader Jordon Hudson, and their 49-year age gap is more than double the gap between Brady and Earle.

Maybe now Brady won’t get so emo every time Gisele and her relationship is in the news.