Dylan Dreyer just revealed a secret celebrity relative—and it’s not who fans may expect.
During the Tuesday, May 12 episode of the Today show, Dreyer interviewed Alix Earle and explained to cohosts Al Roker and Craig Melvin that she and the social media influencer are second cousins.
“Growing up, your dad is like one of seven. You have lots of brothers and sisters,” Dreyer told Earle of her dad, Thomas “TJ” Earle, who is Dylan’s first cousin. “You have a million cousins. The Christmas card, when it arrives every year, there’s like 100 people in it.”
Earle—who has four younger siblings—agreed, saying, “My family’s huge.”
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The Dancing With The Stars alum then revealed that she almost pursued a career in broadcast journalism after watching her cousin on TV “all the time” when she was a kid.
“I took a broadcasting course in college, or it was a little club after school. And I was not very good at it, so I quit,” Earle said with a laugh. “But I always wanted to be just like you.”
Despite their family connection, the pair actually met for the first time recently after their careers caused them to cross paths.
“Funny enough, Alix and I hadn’t really met until the Kentucky Derby a couple years ago, for the first time,” Dreyer said.
“This is so cool getting to sit here and do this with you,” Earle added of their time together on Today, adding it was “such a special day.”
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Ironically enough, this is not the first time a Today host has discovered a surprising celebrity relative. In fact, in 2011, Al Roker revealed live on-air that he is a distant cousin of Lenny Kravitz.
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