Tom Brady was seen shortly after his 49th birthday looking carefree and happy on a yacht with a mystery woman. The former Patriots star celebrated his special day on August 3. But who is she? Eagle-eyed fans seem to have sleuthed out her identity and determined she’s just a friend.
In the shots, Brady wore a white baseball cap, gold chain, and navy blue t-shirt while his companion covered up with shades and donned a stylish sunhat.
Brady was also seen using a Las Vegas Raiders water bottle, a nod to the team he became a minority owner of in 2024.
So is the mystery woman a potential romantic interest? Probably not, if one fan who claimed she’s “his friend’s wife who is also on the boat with them.” Another fan pointed out the unidentified woman is wearing a wedding ring, meaning she’s not a likely prospect for Tom.
GOAT Summit: Tom Brady Recently Posed With Jay-Z and LeBron James
Back in July 2026, the 7-time Super Bowl champ posted up with Jay-Z and LeBron James for a star-studded photo at Fanatics Fest in New York.
In a previous interview before his retirement, Brady noted his appreciation for the rapper’s work, saying, “I like Jay-Z a lot” before explaining why he tweeted the lyrics to Jay’s track “My 1st Song,” writing, “Treat my first like my last, and my last like my first.” The tweet caused a stir amongst his fans, who thought he might be hinting at retirement.
But the quarterback cryptically explained, “I just liked the lyric. It was a pretty good lyric. did you like it?”
In June 2024, the “99 Problems” rapper gave a surprise performance at Brady’s New England Patriots Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Brady also posed with Justin Bieber at this summer’s Fanatics Fest, comparing his participation to rising “from the dead (retirement)” before adding a crying emoji which seemed to indicate he misses his pro career.
Tom Brady Previously Sparked Romance Rumors With ‘DWTS’ Runner-Up Alix Earle
In early 2026, rumors of a romance between Brady and Alix Earle, the 25-year-old TikTok star who took second place alongside Val Chmerkovskiy on ‘DWTS’ season 34, began flying as the pair were spotted hanging out and appearing to share friendly chats several times.
The rumors started swirling the month after Alix’s breakup with her boyfriend of two years, NFL player Braxton Berrios.
Alix was first spotted with Brady around New Year’s, when Page Six reported they learned from a source, “They were at a yacht party and met, and broke off from the larger group, talking for a lot of the night.”
Cosmo pointed out that on January 10, Braxton unfollowed Brady, who was his former Patriots teammate when they both played on the team in 2018, amid the ongoing gossip. The outlet has a full rundown of the timeline here.
Alix has not directly addressed the rumors, but she did seem to indicate a distaste for being alleged to have a romance with anybody she’s seen spending time with. Cosmo also pointed out that she captioned a July TikTok, “Opening up my phone everyday to comments telling me I sold my soul, something different is wrong with the way my body looks, I do drugs everyday, & I’m sleeping with any guy I stand next to.”
