Tom Brady reportedly dating Candice Swanepoel, months after Gisele Bündchen divorce

The reports

People, citing a source close to the pair, reports that Tom Brady and Candice Swanepoel have been seeing each other for several months. The source says the two spend a lot of time together and that both living in Miami makes meeting up easy. Us Weekly has also carried the story. Brady is 49 and Swanepoel is 38.

Neither has publicly confirmed or denied the relationship. A person close to Swanepoel says she has been selective about who she tells, and that the couple has tried to avoid being seen together. Brady told People earlier this year that he has little time for his personal life and that he loves his work and his children. One Greek outlet, iefimerida.gr, describes the pair as officially together, citing large US networks, a claim the other reports do not repeat.

Earlier relationships

Brady and Gisele Bündchen married in 2009, and he announced their divorce in October 2022 after thirteen years of marriage. The two have two children together, and Brady has a son from his relationship with the actress Bridget Moynahan. Swanepoel was in a relationship of about 14 years with the Brazilian model Hermann Nicoli, to whom she got engaged in 2015. They separated in 2018 and have two sons together. Swanepoel grew up on a farm in South Africa and was discovered at 15, according to Blick. Brady's name has been linked with several women since the divorce, including Irina Shayk and Alix Earle.

Victoria's Secret and the online reaction

Swanepoel walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2026, which a French outlet dates to 18 October. Bündchen and Swanepoel both belong to the brand's best-known group of Angels, but Bündchen left the runway in 2006, a year before Swanepoel's debut, so the two never walked together. Blick reports that they later stood together for the brand's "Icon" campaign, and that Bündchen has publicly praised Swanepoel's swimwear line. After this year's show, fans noticed there was no photo of Swanepoel with her close friend Joan Smalls, as there had been in earlier years. A follower asked Smalls on Instagram whether she was no longer friends with Swanepoel, and she replied:

“I am not friends with traitors.”

What is still unconfirmed

The reports rest on anonymous sources, so neither Brady nor Swanepoel has yet spoken about the relationship. One Greek outlet says no joint public appearances have been recorded so far. The same outlet also says Bündchen made a guest appearance at the Victoria's Secret show, a detail the other accounts do not mention. The couple has not commented on the reports, and the sources describe the relationship as having lasted for months without a public announcement.