Bridget Moynahan at the premiere of “Noise” on 11/7/07, thanks to Splash
Since her breakup with New England Patriot Tom Brady and her decision to have his child post-breakup, actress Bridget Moynahan has kept pretty quiet about the details of her life as a single mom- until now. In her new interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Moynahan gives us some insight into how she really felt about being pregnant alone while her ex was frolicking with Gisele Bundchen. I’ll give you a hint: it sucked!

The first thing Bridget Moynahan did when she returned home from the hospital last August with her newborn son, John, was cry. Uncontrollably.

She had dated Brady for three years, but in February 2007 she found herself in a complicated situation. She was three months pregnant with his child but no longer in a relationship with him. Though she says, “There’s no reason why my son years down the line would need to read anything [personal] about his mother or his father,” it’s common knowledge that Brady has since moved on with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, 27. Meanwhile, Moynahan is raising her son alone (though Brady does spend time with Jack).

“When you’re suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if you’re in your 30s, it’s a hard conversation. I’m a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought that’s the way I’d be doing this,” she says. “For a moment, it was hard for me to accept that this was the way I was going to have a family.”

She gave birth to John – whom she gave her last name – last August. “I walk in and just started sobbing,” she says of coming home alone with her son. “All of a sudden, you have this newborn you have no training for. It’s frightening.”

But having family and friends like I, Robot costar Will Smith rally around her, made it easier. “I got so much out of that,” she says of that “traumatic time of being heartbroken” and pregnant. “It’s golden and it’s tough and it was f—ed up. But now I have a child, and it’s the best thing in the world.”

[From Harper’s online]

As a single mom, I know that sometimes, when you are worn down and doing everything yourself, you do get resentful of the absentee father, who skipped out on all the hard parts of being a parent. It doesn’t seem fair sometimes. I have a lot of respect for Bridget. It would be easy for her to trash Tom Brady in the media, and she refuses to do so for her son’s sake. It’s too bad other celebs can’t show the same restraint for their children’s benefit. Some day, little John (who looks exactly like his dad, by the way) is going to be old enough to ask questions about the situation between his parents, and his mom will have the benefit of being able to tell him the truth without a bunch of old media clipping haunting her.

New dad and NFL star Tom Brady and his girlfriend, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, may be on the outs. The two were seen having a public spat in NY over lunch, with Gisele walking out, looking pissed.

The pair were dining at Extra Virgin in New York City when things turned sour on October 8. “She was clearly more upset than he was,” says an eyewitness. “She got up from the table and stormed out, leaving him sitting there.”

[From In Touch, print edition, November 5, 2007]

Along with that argument, there’s more evidence that Bundchen is upset with Brady. She is said to be livid over the fact that he sent flowers to his ex girlfriend and the mother of his baby, Bridget Moynahan. Bundchen is even said to have called Brady a “wuss” over the incident and to have postponed their planned wedding:

The couple’s relationship has been strained since the New England Patriots quarterback began having a “sudden attack of conscience” about breaking up with former girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, who gave birth to his son, John, in August, say sources.

Gisele berated Tom for his concern about Bridget, calling him a “wuss!”

“First, Tom told Gisele that he was upset about Bridget doing an interview about having their child because she didn’t tell him about it. Then, Gisele discovered that Tom sent Bridget flowers congratulating her on the article! a close source told The Enquirer…

Since the indicent, Gisele, 27, has been furious with 30-year-old Tom.

The two have put their plans for a winter wedding in Rome on hold, says the source.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, November 5, 2007]

The article goes on to talk about the same “screaming match” that In Touch reported, citing Gawker as the source.

The Enquirer mentioned that Tom sent Bridget flowers after the OK! article, and it may have been as a thank you to her. Bridget didn’t do an interview with OK! and just agreed to pose for pictures. Maybe Tom was grateful for that, and sent her the flowers because he was relieved she didn’t dish any dirt on him.

Gisele Bundchen is not know for being a super nice person, and maybe some of the luster has gone out of her relationship with Tom. Now that the dust is settling, he might be realizing that he had a pretty good thing with the mother of his child and that he gave it up for another gorgeous woman with a less gracious personality.

Header picture is an older one of Tom and Gisele together.

Update: We were wrong about Gisele’s personality, according to one anonymous tipster. She said that if we wanted to pick on someone we should chose Madonna, because she is definitely full of shit, but Gisele is super nice:

Just wanted to know where you get your info…I read an article where you stated Giselle is not known to be a nice person. i have worked with her, numerous times, and everyone LOVES her. She is super nice, down to earth, doesn’t act like a model and talks to everybody.

The bitchiest person, is Madonna…even though she trumphets [sic] BS PR about how wonderful she is.

Sorry Gisele! We’re just jealous that you’re so gorgeous and that your boyfriend is awesome. We are striving not to talk smack about people who don’t deserve it, and it seems like you definitely don’t. You also dated Leonardo DiCaprio, which makes us extra catty.

Tom Brady’s got a lot of complications in his life right now. His baby mama hates him (we assume). His model girlfriend is also a model bitch (we assume… just from general reports about her character over the last several years). He lives and plays football in Boston, but his new baby lives and eats his own feet in Los Angeles. What’s a man to do? Complain about it to People, all while showing the world that you’re rallying, and also a really great father, even if it is from 3,000 miles away.

“Three weeks into fatherhood and two weeks into football season, Tom Brady has a personal problem to tackle: balancing his schedule between playing with the New England Patriots and seeing his infant son, who is home in Los Angeles with his mom, Bridget Moynahan. ‘I kind of cuddled him like a football,’ the 6′4″ triple Super-Bowl-winning quarterback, 30, tells the new issue of Sports Illustrated about John Edward Thomas Moynahan, who was born Aug. 22.

“‘I’d love to be out there all the time, year-round, but it’s hard to make that a reality,’ the Boston-based Brady says about L.A., where the baby’s mom (and Brady’s ex-girlfriend) lives and works. ‘I live here,’ explains the athlete. ‘But I’ll start lobbying for off days throughout the year.’

“And while SI columnist Rick Reilly harps on Brady’s hunky good looks that make him such a babe magnet (who just happens to be dating the $33-million-a-year Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen), the quarterback does confess to the magazine, ‘I was the little sports nerd in high school who hardly had a girlfriend!’”

[From People]

Um, Tom Brady? If you really loved your kid, you’d move to Los Angeles. They have a great team, the Los Angeles Avengers. Never head of them? Me either, but I think that if you really love your kid, you’ll leave the all mighty Patriots and play for them. Let’s see if Gisele sticks around then. I kid, I kid about the moving. I don’t know a thing about the football, or the sports in general - I’m a writer, pasty is my religion. I believe I once heard it involves the skin of pigs, which sounds faintly cult-esq and ritualistic. But I know that Mondays are your high holy days, and your Christmas is some day in February that you think is really super, and you play your game in a giant bowl. If I’m even half right, it’s probably a good thing you’re not around your kid a lot.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Tom Brady and Bridget Moynahan are shown at the Costume Institute Gala in May, 2005 thanks to PRPhotos.

It’s kind of hard to figure out the exact time line of Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady’s relationship. It seems to come down to a matter of days, which can be hard for us outsiders to figure out. But it appears that they probably unknowingly (one would assume, but who knows) conceived their son, broke up, and Tom got together with Gisele Bundchen very shortly thereafter. Because Bridget seemed to be pregnant longer than an elephant, a lot of people assumed she and Tom hooked up after they broke up, but many people have pointed out that it’s not unusual for a woman to carry her first child up to two weeks longer than her due date. Either way, it seems unlikely, though certainly not impossible, that Tom found out about the pregnancy and then split. It seems more likely that they’d already broken up when Bridget found out she was pregnant, and her pregnancy status didn’t bring their relationship back together (not that I’m saying she wanted it to or that it should or shouldn’t have). But there’s some understandable animosity between the two. Bridget seemed pissed that Tom hooked up with Gisele so quickly after their breakup. And I mean that’s understandable, if your hot ex-boyfriend starts dating the world’s highest paid supermodel seconds after you break up, you’d probably be pissed too. Especially if a few months later you were carrying what looked to be his own personal football team through the summer heat.

“The arrival of a beautiful baby boy has not eased the bad blood between exes Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady.

“The New England Patriots QB flew to Los Angeles by private jet last week for the birth of his son, John Edward Thomas Moynahan.

“‘Tom was only allowed to see the baby for a short time,’ says a West Coast spy. ‘Bridget would not see him herself.’ Moynahan’s publicist said in a statement: ‘Bridget is very thankful for a happy baby, excited about being a mother, and very pleased that the father, Tom Brady, was able to be there for the birth.’

“But our source says: ‘He was only allowed to come after the baby was born. The woman would not see him, period. And she gave the baby her last name.’

“The model/actress and Brady split last year after three years of dating. News of the pregnancy emerged just after Brady began a relationship with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

“‘[Tom] is waiting to find out when he can see the little guy again,’ says the snitch. ‘Bridget is not giving him any slack on this at all.’

“Yesterday, her spokesman said Brady and Moynahan were ‘together’ at the hospital, but couldn’t say if he was in the room during the birth. ‘Bridget and Tom are on speaking terms and have the best interests of the child at heart,’ he said.”

[From Gatecrasher]

I think that, given just what’s known about the complexity of their relationship, most of it makes sense. I doubt many women would want the father of their child in the room during labor. It’s such a scary and happy and emotional process, and having someone around that hurt you (regardless of fault/reason) would make an already challenging time all the more so. Either way, Tom’s allowed to move on with his life, as it seems he has, and Bridget’s allowed to do the same, and to give the baby her last nae. It’s not necessarily an affront to Brady. If I carried something as big as what Bridget had going on, I wouldn’t be naming it after anyone else. I’d probably name it “My Mom is So Amazing” or something equally complementary. I don’t know how she managed to do that. It really was ironic how it looked like the kid had a football in there at the end. Maybe he snuck one in when no one was looking. Either way, welcome to the world John Edward Thomas Moynahan.

Well she’s been gestating for longer than an African elephant (which gestates for 660 -760 days), but Bridget Moynahan has finally given birth to a boy yesterday morning. No one seems to know if the baby’s father, Moynahan’s ex-boyfriend Tom Brady, was around for the birth. He wasn’t at practice for the New England Patriots on Wednesday, so one would hope he’s taking some time off to bond with his new son. No mention of Gisele Bundchen either, but let’s assume that’s par for the course.

“It’s a boy for Bridget Moynahan and New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady. The actress gave birth to the baby in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Moynahan’s publicist Christina Papadapoulos said in a statement. ‘Both mother and baby are doing well,’ she said.

“Other details were not immediately released.

“Brady’s whereabouts weren’t known. He wasn’t on the field or sidelines for the first 15 minutes of practice on Wednesday and Patriots spokesman Stacey James said he didn’t know when Brady would rejoin the team. It also wasn’t clear whether Brady would play in the Patriots’ third exhibition game Friday against the Carolina Panthers. A call to his agent, Donald Yee, wasn’t immediately returned.

“Brady, 30, had said earlier this week that he would like a few days off for the birth of his first child, calling the event ‘a very joyous, happy situation.’ Moynahan and Brady split up late last year after a three-year relationship. Brady, who has been dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen, wasn’t on the field or sidelines for the first 15 minutes of Patriots practice Wednesday.

“The quarterback had said he wanted a few days off to attend the birth of his first child. It was unknown if he arrived before the baby was born.”

[From Newsday]

According to Monster & Critics, Bundchen and Brady are planning on getting married this winter, and she has started shopping for a dress and a locale – though they haven’t announced an engagement. I can’t say why, but that makes me sad. Probably because I remember reading some article years ago about her relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio, and several people commenting that she was vapid and mean. Somehow the thought of her around a little baby is scary. But apparently she’s all for the babies. She told Monster and Critics “The beauty - who previously dated actor Leonardo DiCaprio - said: ‘Everybody is different, but for me, having a family will be my greatest achievement. When you have a family that you can raise the way your parents raised you then I think you have succeeded. I have that dream.’” Let’s hope everything works out peacefully for the new – and large – family.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Bridget pre-pregnancy at a Cartier benefit in June 2006. Image thanks to PR Photos. Header image at the “A Time For Heroes” benefit in June 2007. Thanks to WENN for the photo.