A 26-year-old model and reality TV star has started dating an actor 35 years her senior – after her ex 34 years her senior died.

Blonde Saory Cardoso – who took part in the reality show “De Ferias com o Ex” (On Holiday With the Ex) – is now in a relationship with 61-year-old actor Marcello Novaes, Brazilian media report.

From 2017, Saory – who boasts 460,000 followers on Instagram – had dated actor Eduardo Galvao, who died of COVID-19 aged 58 three years ago.

Saory’s new fling with grizzled, grey-bearded dad-of-two Marcello is rumoured to have been going on since at least March.

They met – report local media – when the actor visited a dentist whose surgery is in the model’s hometown.

The couple’s relationship was first reported by a journalist, who revealed that the two were spotted holidaying together in Portugal.

In 2019, Saory was rumoured to have had a tryst with football legend Neymar after being spotted in Paris.

The Brazil and then-PSG ace had invited her to his New Year’s Eve party in Barra Grande, Brazil, to see out 2018.

Marcello was previously married to actress Leticia Spiller and the former couple have a son the same age as Saory – 26-year-old Pedro Novaes.

Marcello is also the father of singer Diogo, 28, from his relationship with businesswoman Sheyla Beta.

One netizen commented: “White hair means a safe harbour.”

Another quipped: “For an old horse, the remedy is fresh grass.”

And a third joked: “His daughter is very beautiful.”