Irina Shayk isn’t taking any chances with her budding relationship with Tom Brady.
We hear the model is so intent on making the romance work that she’s even cutting ties with some of her more loose-lipped pals to avoid any embarrassing fumbles.
A source tells us that the Russian model has “narrowed her inner circle” to prevent leaks.
“She’s afraid any weird rumors might scare him off,” they added.
Brady and Shayk were photographed on July 24 looking cozy in the car amid a weekend-long date at Brady’s Los Angeles pad.
But there were no paps in sight on a recent dinner date at Sushi Azabu in Tribeca on July 28 that a spy described as “private and ensconced.”
“She really wants this to work,” says the source. “Brady is her white whale. He’s an all-American nice guy.”
After his marriage to Gisele Bündchen ended, the pair ran into each other at billionaire art heir Joe Nahmad and model Madison Headrick’s lavish wedding in Sardinia in June.
A source told Pvnew at the time that Shayk “was throwing herself” at the quarterback all weekend during the event, where guests included Leonardo DiCaprio and Serena and Venus Williams.
Shayk’s reps had denied she was flirting with Brady at the bash. But she clearly got his attention somehow.
Shayk is used to dating high-profile men including soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, whom she met on the set of an Armani ad in 2010 and stuck with until 2015.
She met “Silver Linings Playbook” actor Bradley Cooper later that year. The pair have had an on-again-off-again relationship and share daughter Lea de Seine.
Brady and model Bündchen divorced in October 2022 and share children Benjamin and Vivian Lake, while he also has a son, Jack, with ex Bridget Moynahan.
