Just months after rumors of her engagement to NFL star Tom Brady, Alix Earl addressed her dating preferences in a new interview.
Speaking on a recent episode of his YouTube series be real with meThe 25-year-old influencer discussed relationships and her attraction to older men, without directly confirming any specific romance.
“As you get older, you realize people shouldn’t behave this way,” said fellow influencer Quenlyn Blackwell, 25, who later added, “I don’t date people my age.”
Earl then admitted that he had recently tried dating someone close to his own age, but said that the experience did not work out for him.
“I went on a date with a guy who was a year older than me. I can’t do that again,” Earl said. “That’s never happening”.
“Did you feel like you were becoming a mother?” Blackwell asked Earl about courting a man her age.
Earl agreed that the dynamic didn’t feel right and suggested she preferred partners who felt more grounded and experienced.
“It didn’t feel like I was with a man,” she said, before admitting that she wanted “somebody to take care of (her).”
She also joked that her preference for older men sometimes goes too far in the opposite direction, joking that she starts thinking “grandpa” when the age difference becomes too great.
Despite this, she said she values ​​self-confidence, life experience and emotional stability in a partner.
Earl recently reunited with ex-boyfriend Braxton Berrios, with whom she previously had a two-year relationship that ended in late 2025.
Previously, Earl was linked to Brady when they were spotted together at several major events, including a New Year’s Eve gathering in St. Barths and Super Bowl weekend earlier this year.
Reports at the time suggested that the two were casually linked, although neither confirmed the relationship publicly. Earl and Brady have not been seen together recently.
