Tom Brady is dating supermodel Candice Swanepoel, according to a source who spoke to Us Weekly on Saturday, October 24, 2026. The insider said the pair have been together “for a while.” That was the whole of it. No date for when it started. No details on how they met.
Neither Brady nor Swanepoel has publicly addressed the relationship. Us Weekly reached out for comment. Page Six said representatives for both did not immediately return its request on Saturday.
What the Source Revealed About Their Relationship
Very little, by design. Us Weekly’s insider said Tom Brady and Swanepoel have been together “for a while,” a timeframe that is barely a timeframe. It could mean six weeks or six months. Page Six picked up the story the same night, and neither Brady nor Swanepoel has publicly addressed the romance.
Brady is 49. Swanepoel is 38. He is a retired NFL quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl champion. She is a South African model best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret.
Her timing is notable. Swanepoel walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2026 the weekend before the report broke, according to Page Six. She wore three separate looks, including an all-pink outfit and a set of bejeweled wings.
Two people who have each spent years keeping their love lives out of the papers. And the news that they might be together arrives through somebody else.
Tom Brady’s Approach to Dating
Brady was married to Gisele Bündchen from 2009 to 2022. The two now co-parent their son and daughter. He also shares his eldest son with ex Bridget Moynahan.
Since the divorce, his name has been attached to a long list. Page Six lists Kim Kardashian, Irina Shayk, Brooks Nader, Sofía Vergara, Alix Earle and Yael Cohen among the big names Tom Brady has been romantically linked to. Us Weekly called them a series of headline-making flings. Brady himself has said almost nothing about any of them.
Back in January, he told People that dating was not where his attention was. “I don’t have much time for a personal life or much time for myself,” he said, before adding the line that has stuck: “I love working, and I love my kids.” He went on to describe staying busy with projects and teams he called positive, and said he felt blessed in many parts of his life.
Ten months later, a report says he has been seeing someone for a while.
Those two things are not a contradiction. Men who say they have no time for a personal life are often describing the public version of one. Brady’s pattern since 2022 has been consistent. Names surface, he stays quiet, and the story moves on without a word from him. Silence lets a relationship stay small while it is still new. A divorced father of three has every reason to want that, especially when his last marriage played out on magazine covers for thirteen years.
Candice Swanepoel’s Balancing Act
Swanepoel’s last long relationship was with her ex-fiancé, the father of her two sons. They were together for over a decade before splitting in 2018. Us Weekly noted she has kept her dating life private since then.
Eight years of privacy. Then a single anonymous line in a magazine.
She has been far more open about motherhood than about romance. In a 2023 interview with V magazine, she described life as a constant search for balance and admitted she sometimes felt overwhelmed. She said she was “very in tune with [her] children’s needs,” with her own needs following close behind. She told the magazine that being a better mother meant taking care of herself too, whether her health or her career, because the work brings her joy. She also said she wanted her sons to see everything she does, and pointed to her father waking at 4 a.m. to work the family farm as the example she carries.
Read next to Tom Brady’s January interview, the overlap is plain. Both described careers they love and children at the center. Neither mentioned a partner. Two parents who have already lived through a very public long-term relationship ending tend to protect the next one by saying nothing at all, at least until the kids have been told and the thing has proven it will last.
Which is where this stands. A source says they are dating. Neither has said a word. Whether either of them chooses to is still unknown.
