The Moment
Jessica Alba is not hiding this new chapter.
The actress-turned-entrepreneur was photographed kissing actor Danny Ramirez on a beach in Los Cabos, Mexico, turning what could have been a quiet New Year getaway into a full-color soft launch of their romance.
In paparazzi shots taken Friday and published over the weekend, Alba, 44, leans in to Ramirez, 33, for a passionate kiss on the sand. She keeps it casual in a ball cap and tank, while he does the classic vacation move: shirtless in black swim trunks, drink-in-hand energy without even needing the drink.
Other photos show the pair smiling at each other on lounge chairs, canoodling under an umbrella, and strolling hand-in-hand along the shoreline. Alba also slips into a very modern, post-40 power move: a skin-baring thong bikini for sunbathing before changing into a breezy full-length sundress for their walk.
This isn’t a one-off flirt, either. The two were previously seen on a tropical Thanksgiving trip Alba shared on Instagram, where she posted swimsuit shots of the pair walking toward the ocean and mixed them in with photos of her three kids – Honor, 17, Haven, 14, and Hayes, 8 – plus a few inspirational quotes for good measure.
The Take
I’m just going to say it: this has big “first vacation after you emotionally move on” energy.
Alba has spent the last decade-plus cultivating a very specific image: hands-on mom, eco-chic founder of The Honest Company, wellness quotes, and the occasional red carpet reminder that yes, she is still that woman from Honey and Fantastic Four. Now she’s in Cabo, in a thong bikini, making out with a Marvel star 11 years younger. That’s not a rebrand; that’s a reboot.
The age gap will get chatter, because it always does when it’s a woman in her 40s and a man in his 30s. But if you flipped the genders, no one would blink. This is basically the female version of the “divorced dad buys a sports car” trope – only instead of a convertible, she’s opted for a handsome, rising actor and a beach.
And honestly? It tracks. Alba has three teenagers/pre-teens, a major business, and decades in an industry that chews people up young. A little sunshine, a lot of PDA, and a partner who can keep up on a hike and a red carpet sound less like scandal and more like self-care.
Ramirez, best known to many for his role in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World, looks completely at ease in the photos – the opposite of a clout-chasing plus-one. Their earlier sightings at the US Open and a film festival screening already hinted they were past the “are we or aren’t we” stage; Cabo feels like the moment they stop pretending they’re low-key.
Also floating in the background is Alba’s longtime partner and father of her kids, producer Cash Warren, 46. He’s been photographed out with much younger women and told TMZ he’s “happy for” her new romance. Translation: everyone is moving on, publicly, and trying their best to look very evolved while doing it.
If this relationship were a movie, we’d be somewhere between the montage of cute dates and the “meet-the-family” act. Cabo doesn’t feel like a fling; it feels like a woman soft-launching the next version of her life, one PDA-heavy beach day at a time.
Receipts
- Confirmed: Alba and Ramirez were photographed kissing, cuddling, and holding hands on a beach in Los Cabos, Mexico, during a recent getaway, according to paparazzi photos published January 3, 2026.
- Confirmed: In a Thanksgiving vacation post Alba shared on Instagram, she included swimsuit photos with Ramirez walking toward the ocean hand-in-hand, along with photos of her three children and inspirational quotes.
- Confirmed: The two have been romantically linked since at least July and were spotted kissing in London in May, then later seen together in Cancun, Los Angeles, New York, at the US Open with Alba’s father, and at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
- Confirmed: Alba co-founded The Honest Company and shares three children with producer Cash Warren, 46, who told TMZ he is “happy for” her amid the romance. He has also been photographed out with model Hana Sun Doerr, 25, and Seanna Pereira, 20.
Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez didn’t stop with a kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve … they’re bringing the PDA into the New Year! The actors couldn’t keep their hands off each other Friday in Cabo … …#Google_trends #jessicaalbahttps://t.co/QsglY0R6hJ pic.twitter.com/BpCPnmQuuv
— PostGoo (@PostGoo_News) January 4, 2026
- Unverified / Not Established: Any engagement, cohabitation, or long-term plans between Alba and Ramirez. There is also no public, detailed timeline of Alba and Warren’s relationship status beyond what each has chosen to share.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you lost track of Jessica Alba somewhere between Dark Angel and diaper commercials, here’s the quick refresher. She broke out as a TV star in the early 2000s, became a big-screen name with movies like Honey and Fantastic Four, then pivoted into business by co-founding The Honest Company, a “clean” lifestyle brand. She’s spent years balancing Hollywood with boardrooms and school drop-offs for her three kids.
Danny Ramirez is a rising actor who’s popped up in projects like Top Gun: Maverick and is set to appear in Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World. Think: the guy you Google after you recognize his face from three different trailers. The two were first publicly linked in 2025, and the sightings have been slowly escalating from “co-stars?” to “no, that’s a boyfriend.”
What’s Next
On the romance front, the obvious next step is whether Alba folds Ramirez more visibly into her family-focused public life. A red carpet is one thing; sitting courtside with your dad, like they did at the US Open, is another. The real “we’re serious” marker in Alba-land would be a cheerful blended-family holiday post with everyone in matching pajamas.
Career-wise, Ramirez has a big publicity wave coming whenever Marvel finally unleashes his next movie, which means more cameras, more carpets, and more chances for them to show up as a couple. Alba, meanwhile, continues to straddle that line between actor, founder, and lifestyle figurehead – and a confident, age-gap romance only makes her more interesting to brands and studios, not less.
Will Cabo go down as their first major public relationship milestone, or just one steamy chapter in a longer story? Either way, the message from those photos is clear: Jessica Alba is not hiding, not shrinking, and definitely not apologizing for a little beachside happiness.
What do you think – does this kind of open, PDA-heavy vacation feel empowering, or would you rather keep a new romance off the radar a bit longer?
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