Almost exactly two years after announcing her divorce from Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen is expecting a child with her new boyfriend. And Tom... might be struggling with it.
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00:00Almost exactly two years after announcing her divorce from Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen
00:05is expecting a child with her new boyfriend. And Tom might be struggling with it. Brady
00:11has always been a man of poise, both on and off the field. In the pocket, he was always
00:16able to stay calm and deliver a touchdown pass when it really mattered.
00:19Brady goes for the deep shot. He's got a touchdown!
00:25More recently, as a freshly minted commentator for Fox, he's been able to maintain his composure
00:30despite feeling a bit out of his element.
00:32Hi Mike! It's good to have you back. Oh, don't leave me hanging.
00:37So good to be back with you guys.
00:39But when Gisele recently dropped the news that she's going to have a baby with Joaquin
00:43Valente, a professional jujitsu instructor, Tom's response was not what you'd call subtle.
00:48In lieu of a formal statement, he took to Instagram to post a moody pic of a sunset
00:53on his stories. Playing over it was a chick's cover of Fleetwood Max's Landslide, along
00:58with lyrics from the song that read,
01:00"'O Mirror in the Sky, what is love?'
01:02Tell us how you really feel, Tom."
01:04We get it, though. Tom and Gisele were married for 13 years and had two children together,
01:09in addition to raising his first child, Jack, who he shares with Bridget Moynahan.
01:13No matter who you are, it's never easy to see someone you've had multiple kids with
01:17suddenly make the decision to start a new family. And though their divorce wasn't as
01:21contentious as other high-profile splits, it still wasn't an easy one. The drama was
01:25palpable back when they announced their intentions to end the marriage in 2022.
01:30Turns out, Brady was aware of her dissatisfaction long before things became official. During
01:35an appearance on The Howard Stern Show in 2020, he confessed,
01:38"...there was a couple years ago, she didn't feel I was doing my part for the family. She
01:42felt like I would play football all season, and she would take care of the house, and
01:45then all of a sudden, when the season would end, that I'd be like, great, let me get into
01:49all my other business activities. Let me get into my football training."
01:53Obviously, he didn't take her complaints seriously enough. Not too long after he decided to rejoin
01:58the NFL after only 40 days of retirement in February 2022, he and Gisele announced their
02:03intention to split. She'd simply had enough of him choosing football over family. In subsequent
02:08interviews, he unsurprisingly didn't let much of his emotions show. For instance, during
02:12a post-game press conference that took place not long after the news dropped, he kept things
02:16pretty vague and said,
02:18"...everyone sitting in this room, everyone sitting at home is trying to wake up every
02:20day doing the best they could do for their families and their career, and I'm no different."
02:26We can't say the same for Gisele, though. Even recently, she's found it hard to talk
02:29about the divorce. During an interview with Today in March 2024, her emotions got the
02:33better of her when host Robin Roberts brought it up and asked her how she was doing.
02:38"...well, when you say, sorry guys, I don't know, can I have a little moment?"
02:46However, she eventually gathered her composure and went on to focus on the positives that
02:51have resulted from their split. Notably, she said that it's actually been a good thing
02:55for her kids to spend time in two different households. After saying that they're super
02:58smart children and that they've been able to adapt well to the situation, she said,
03:02"...they get to, you know, really experience, you know, again, more enriching for their
03:09lives, two different worlds."
03:11That being said, it's likely that they'll be able to adapt to this new situation as
03:14well and welcome their new half-sibling into their lives.