With a gentle back rub and energetic arm movements as she danced nearby, it was evident that Alix Earle and Tom Brady were growing quite familiar with one another.

The 25-year-old influencer and podcast personality shared a warm moment with the 48-year-old former NFL star as they prepared to celebrate New Year’s at a lavish club frequented by billionaires in St Barths.

“Tom Brady and Alix Earle have been seen together all week in St Barths,” claimed an anonymous submission to the celebrity gossip platform DeuxMoi. This rumor quickly gained traction on TikTok, with videos emerging of the duo, both sporting dark sunglasses, dancing closely.

One TikTok user commented, “Rebounding with Tom Brady is absolutely wild,” while another observed, “She is definitely flirting.”

So, what’s the real story behind their connection?

‘Tom and Alix aren’t dating,’ a source has told the Daily Mail. ‘There was lots of flirting, but Tom is always aware of his surroundings and isn’t going to get caught in a hot hook-up unless he wants to. He does his courting behind closed doors.

Alix Earle put on a tactile display with former NFL champ Tom Brady as they geared up to ring in the New Year at a swanky club in billionaire’s hotspot, St Barths, on Wednesday night

Video shared on TikTok saw Earle, 25, rubbing Brady’s back and the sportsman, 48, putting his arm around her waist before they headed outside to talk

‘It isn’t far-fetched that this could develop into something. Afterall, Alix is single, and she’s going to do what she wants to do and go after what she wants. But Tom is definitely in the driver’s seat.’ Brady and Earle have been contacted for comment.

Earle was partying with friends including Keleigh Teller and her husband Miles Teller as well as actor Glen Powell on board a luxurious yacht in St Barth’s after jetting into the Caribbean Island from her family Christmas in New Jersey.

The former Dancing with the Stars finalist shared a slew of videos on TikTok documenting their enviable vacation and revealed in a ‘Get Ready with Me’ video that they were all heading to a party at Gyp Sea Beach Club for New Year’s Eve where Calvin Harris was headlining.

It was at the boho-inspired venue on Pelican Beach that Earle was spotted talking to Brady, with the sportsman – who is only two years younger than Earle’s father – seemingly pulling her towards him with his hand around her waist during one intimate encounter.

Other clips doing the rounds show her rubbing his back as she leans in to talk and sitting close to one another outside, deep in conversation. Another angle has left others convinced he planted a kiss on her forehead.

While it might be unclear just how close the two have grown, what was evident is Earle’s lack of tears over her split from her boyfriend of two years, Braxton Berrios.

The moment with Brady appeared to have provided a distraction just weeks after she broke down in a video in which she confided in her millions of followers that she and Berrios, 30, were simply on ‘two different paths.’

‘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,’ Earle said in the clip in December. ‘I want him to have someone with him 24/7 who can support him and be there for him.’

It comes weeks after Earle confirmed her breakup from Braxton Berrios, 30, in a teary-eyed video posted online (pictured together in June 2024)

‘Tom and Alix aren’t dating,’ a source told the Daily Mail. ‘There was lots of flirting, but Tom is always aware of his surroundings and isn’t going to get caught in a hot hook-up unless he wants to’ 

She added: ‘I love Braxton, he’s my best friend, so it has been very difficult as we’re trying to just go forward with this.’

An insider at the time told the Daily Mail that the split came as a shock to Berrios who moved Earle into his $2.7 million Miami home back in April.

Her latest rendezvous will no doubt come as a shock to the Houston Texans wide receiver who ‘would love to see them back together.’

But for now, Berrios need not stress, as our insider has insisted their 23-year age gap and work schedules would be a huge hurdle should they even want to entertain something serious.

‘The age difference is something that is ultimately going to make Tom rethink anything turning into a relationship,’ they said. ‘Plus, he will be busy with work now that the NFL is leading up to the playoffs.’

It wouldn’t be the first time that Brady’s hectic schedule has dampened any hope of a relationship.

Sources previously told the Daily Mail that his romance with model Irina Shayk, 39 – Bradley Cooper’s ex – cooled off because of work commitments.

‘Their super busy schedules are the main reason they haven’t dove into a full-on relationship with each other,’ the insider said.

The insider said their 23-year age gap and work schedules would be a huge hurdle should they even want to entertain something serious 

It wouldn’t be the first time that Brady’s hectic schedule has dampened any hope of a relationship. Sources previously told the Daily Mail that his romance with model Irina Shayk (pictured) cooled off because of work commitments

The two had been on and off since July 2023, when they first crossed paths at a mutual friend’s wedding in Italy.

Since then, they fueled relationship rumors with cozy photographs outside Brady’s home in Los Angeles, sushi dates in New York City and a quick getaway to London before reportedly splitting up by October 2023.

Then in December 2024 romance rumors started gaining traction once again when photographed together in Miami. Just one month later, they were spotted on a romantic dinner date at Brasserie Fouquet’s New York in Manhattan.

Fast forward to December 2025 and there were rumblings of the pair being in a casual ‘situationship’.

Brady has been linked to multiple high-profile women since his divorce from ex-wife Gisele Bündchen in October 2022. The former couple finalized their divorce after 13 years of marriage and two children – son Benjamin, 16, and daughter Vivian, 13. Brady also shares son Jack, 18, with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.

Since their split, Brady has also been romantically linked to Brooks Nader, Sofia Vergara and Kim Kardashian.

The reality star-turned businesswoman, whose 45 years of age is closer to Brady, refused to divulge details, instead opting to plead the fifth when grilled about her dalliance with Brady on the Call Her Daddy podcast back in October.

‘I’m not gonna answer that,’ she politely declined after host Alex Cooper asked how serious they were.

And it appears Earle too is wanting to keep mum about her situation with Brady, with eagle-eyed fans claiming she has deleted a TikTok video showing off the brown plunging dress and ‘eight-inch heels’ she wore on the night, which she posted minutes before the New Year’s Eve event.

‘SHE DELETED THE OUTFIT,’ wrote one user, with another adding: ‘It confirms she was in the video with Brady I love TB12.’

Hours after their flirtation, Brady confused fans. Seemingly keen to shut down any notion that he was with Earle, he posted a picture from his Florida home and wrote: ‘Home sweet home.’

But it was swiftly followed by a quote about what makes someone beautiful. ‘People are not beautiful for how they look or speak,’ it read. ‘They’re beautiful for how they love, care and treat others.’

For now, at least, our insider has insisted Brady is not looking for anything serious. 

‘If they hang out again, it would be a fling at best,’ they said. ‘But nothing has happened between them as of yet. It’s not that Tom isn’t interested, it’s just too soon for anything more than a fun hangout.’