Nathan Buckley is completely smitten with his new girlfriend Brodie Ryan.
The AFL legend, 50, started dating the business manager last year, and he hasn’t been shy about expressing his affection on social media.
Buckley is a frequent commenter on the 34-year-old’s Instagram page, often offering up words of praise or flame and heart emojis.
On one post, the footy star wrote: ‘Brodes, you have nothing to prove to anyone.’
He continued: ‘You don’t need validation or approval. Because the people who matter, don’t care for that.
Nathan Buckley is completely smitten with his new girlfriend Brodie Ryan and has been leaving flirty comments all over her Instagram page in recent months
He has a type! With her long brown hair and love of fitness, Brodie (left) shares a resemblance to Buckley’s ex, 45-year-old cosmetic nurse Alex Pike (right)
‘Keep living your life as you see fit; as the kind, intelligent, empathic woman you are.’
In another post, Buckley suggested that Brodie wear an aqua coloured dress instead of the lilac number she had on in the photo.
The private couple also appeared to take a swipe at social media influencers in a post from January, in which Brodie gushed about spending time in celeb hotspot Bondi.
‘Do any fluencing (sic) up there at all?’ Buckley snarkily commented.
‘Hehehe you know I’m not cut out for fluencing…’ she responded.
Buckley is a frequent commenter on the 34-year-old’s Instagram page, often offering up words of praise or flame and heart emojis
Despite keeping a low profile, the 34-year-old business manager has enjoyed attending swanky A-list events in Melbourne since meeting Buckley
Buckley’s ex-girlfriend, cosmetic nurse Alex Pike, is a budding influencer with over 37,000 followers and a podcast focused on the plastic and cosmetic surgery industry.
She’s also become a favourite at red carpet events in the past two years, attending fashion shows and F1’s Glamour on the Grid.
Not to be outdone, Brodie has also started to make herself known on the Melbourne social scene.
The business manager attended Glamour on the Grid in March and was at the opening of swanky South Yarra restaurant The Beverly last month.
‘Brodes, you have nothing to prove to anyone,’ Buckley gushed on one of his girlfriend’s Instagram posts
The footy legend split with registered nurse and entrepreneur Alex Pike last year. Pictured together
She and Nathan also narrowly missed an awkward run-in with the glamorous Pike at the Justin Cassin X Redken fashion show in October.
While the couple are more than happy to flaunt their romance on social media, mum-of-three Pike has been making moves to grow her beauty brand.
The brunette has been studying to get accredited as a registered nurse in America so that she can expand her cosmetic clinic, Face by Alex Pike, and is launching a podcast.
Alex has started to become a budding influencer in the past year and recently shot photos for GLOW Beverages. This was after Buckley and Brodie seemed to take a swipe at ‘fluencers’ in a post on Instagram
The brunette has been studying to get accredited as a registered nurse in America so that she can expand her cosmetic clinic, Face by Alex Pike, and is launching a plastic surgery podcast
She also has her own eight-week beauty bootcamp program called Inside Out to help people change their lives and get in shape.
‘I’m definitely not seeing anyone, I’m keeping to myself,’ she told the Herald Sun in December.
‘I have been studying for my exams to be a registered nurse in the states so it’s just when I visit,’ she continued.
‘I’ve travelled a lot and it’s been really wonderful. I’m really lucky I’ve got a great network in America.’
