After his brief Caribbean escape to celebrate the ringing in of a New Year, Tom Brady was seen back in the booth for the final regular season game he’ll cover this NFL season.
Brady, 48, traded the sunny beaches of St. Barths for the wind-swept cold of Illinois as he was providing color commentary for the game between the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions.
The return to the airwaves for Brady comes after he was spotted on New Year’s Eve getting close and personal with social media influencer Alix Earle.
Earle, 25, is recently single after ending her relationship with current NFL star Braxton Berrios.
The two were seen in a briefly flirty encounter at a yacht party on the French island.
On Saturday, the day before Brady went back to work, Earle posted a cryptic message to her Instagram account – flaunting some bikini pictures along the way.
Tom Brady made his return to Fox Sports after taking the holiday off to relax and regroup
His return comes after he was spotted getting close to social media influencer Alix Earle
Earle, 25, was pictured getting close to the NFL icon, 48, at a New Year’s Eve party in St. Barths
‘Rumor has it we’re still dancing,’ she wrote. ‘New friends, new memories, and new beginnings to start off the new year. Words can’t describe how amazing this trip was.’
In one video, which was obtained by TMZ, Earle can be seen dancing to some music with the legendary NFL quarterback before leaning in to whisper something in his ear while slowly caressing his back.
Another clip shows her glancing over her shoulder and looking him up and down as they get their groove on at the party, with a third capturing Brady placing his hand around her lower waist.
Neither Earle, who only split from Berrios last month, or Brady have commented on the viral videos of their NYE exchange.
But on Saturday, Earle posted a number of pictures from her trip to the luxurious Caribbean island with an intriguing caption.
Alongside the caption, a bikini-clad Earle posted a series of photos from the festivities including snaps with actor Glen Powell, his rumored new girlfriend and Landman actress Michelle Randolph and both Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh.
Brady and Earle traded cryptic social media posts in the aftermath of the flirty New Year’s Eve that they spent together.
The football icon shared a quote to his Instagram story as the footage surfaced, which said: ‘People are not beautiful for how they look or speak. They’re beautiful for how they love, care and treat others.’
Earle posted a series of photos from the festivities including snaps with actor Glen Powell, his rumored new girlfriend and Landman actress Michelle Randolph and both Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh
He also posted a picture of his pool, back at his Florida mansion, with the caption: ‘Home Sweet Home’. Bizarrely, he added the Zach Bryan song ‘Pink Skies’ to the post, which is about the singer going to his mother’s funeral.
Earle, meanwhile, was ready for a night of excitement judging by her ‘Get Ready With Me’ video that she shared on TikTok before the New Year’s Eve party in question.
‘I’m foreseeing really good vibes for tonight,’ she said, just hours before getting close to Brady.
Earle later shared pictures of her outfit on Instagram and was swarmed with comments about the Brady video.
According to Page Six, an insider claimed that Earle and Brady also broke off together and headed to a private cabin to talk at one stage of the evening.
Earle posted a series of bikini-clad pictures as she relaxed on a yacht on the Caribbean island
Words can’t describe how amazing this trip was,’ Earle continued in her Instagram post
Neither Earle or Brady have commented on the viral videos of their NYE exchange so far
‘They were at a yacht party and met, and broke off from the larger group, talking for a lot of the night,’ the source is quoted as saying.
Dancing With The Stars runner-up Earle recently announced her split from Houston Texans wide receiver Berrios, not long after celebrating their two-year anniversary together.
Confirming the split on Instagram in mid-December, Earle cried as she described Berrios as her ‘best friend’ and said that their long-distance relationship due to their respective commitments had seen them drift apart.
‘I just feel like I can’t be what Braxton needs,’ Earle said. ‘I love Braxton, he is my best friend and it has been really difficult as we try and go forward with this. We’re on good terms and I don’t want anyone to come for him or be mean to him.’
