Have you noticed that a lot of men are really in their feelings about Gisele Bundchen divorcing Tom Brady and moving on quickly with Joaquim Valente? To make matters worse for those dudes, Gisele got pregnant with Joaquim and welcomed a healthy baby boy in her 40s. I think dudes are upset because Gisele wasn’t happy being “Tom Brady’s wife” and they wanted her post-divorce life to be one of desperation and sadness rather than joy. They didn’t want her to move on so thoroughly from the man they consider the GOAT. Nevermind that if Tom had simply kept his word to Gisele about retirement and been a better partner to her, she probably never would have left him. In any case, sources close to Gisele insist that she’s happier and freer than ever. Like a giant Botoxed weight has been lifted!
Gisele Bündchen feels “freer” since she began dating Joaquim Valente, a source exclusively tells Page Six. The supermodel “felt like she lived in Tom [Brady’s] shadow for a long time,” the insider says.
The former couple — who called it quits on their 13-year marriage in 2022 — share son Benjamin, 15, and daughter Vivian, 12. The Super Bowl champion is also dad to son Jack, 17, whom he shares with ex Bridget Moynahan.
Bündchen and Valente began dating in June 2023 and have kept a low profile since welcoming their first child together in early February. The Brazilian model is “grateful for what she had” with the former New England Patriots quarterback, 47, and “is blessed for their children.”
But Gisele, 44, “feels freer” with her jiu-jitsu trainer boyfriend, 37, and is “absolutely loving this new chapter,” according to the source.
Reps for Brady and Bündchen did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment. As Page Six previously reported, Brady was “stunned” when he learned Bündchen was having a baby with Valente.
“Tom knew that things were serious between Gisele and Joaquim, but he never imagined they would be having a child together,” our source said at the time. “It just wasn’t something that was on his radar. So when Gisele broke the news to him, he was stunned, to say the least.”
However, the Fox Sports NFL broadcaster reached out to congratulate his ex-wife when news broke that she and Valente had welcomed their child. A source close to the NFL legend told us that he’s happy for Bündchen and wishes her nothing but the best.
I’ll give Tom some credit – I genuinely don’t believe he has any ill-will towards Gisele, and he probably does wish her the best. But Tom’s fans? Yeah, their projection has skyrocketed. Anyway, I hope Gisele really is feeling free, and more than that, I hope she’s found a partner who will really support her in every way.
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- New York City, NY – Gisele Bundchen arrives for Frame Denim’s Fashion Week dinner at Indochine in New York City, during Fashion Week. Pictured: Gisele Bundchen BACKGRID USA 12 FEBRUARY 2024 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Miami, FL – After a thorough inspection of a house with designers and workers, Gisele Bündchen and her boyfriend Joaquim Valente were seen exiting the property, sparking curiosity about potential new home plans. Pictured: Joaquim Valente BACKGRID USA 24 APRIL 2024 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Miami, FL – Gisele Bündchen was seen leaving a Pilates class looking energized, while Joaquim Valente enjoyed a bike ride with his dog. Pictured: Joaquim Valente BACKGRID USA 12 OCTOBER 2024 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Miami Beach, FL – Gisele Bündchen was spotted leaving her gym in Miami Beach early this morning. Pictured: Gisele Bündchen BACKGRID USA 20 NOVEMBER 2024 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
Glad she has moved forward and is happier with her life now. Sucks to be in a relationship where you don’t feel seen or supported.
They’re the only ones that know what their relationship was like but it does seem like he took her for granted. He was so publicly celebrated, maybe he just assumed he deserved to be put on a pedestal and look down on everyone else.
She’s free from the life she lived and of Tom’s broken promises. I don’t think she was happy all her years in New England. Even living in Boston for so long, it’s not like NYC, where they had a home as well, it’s smaller and has more of a hometown feel. I think that’s why they gave up and moved to the burbs for more real estate.
While I appreciate the sacrifices she made for her husband and his career, she had a few missteps and said some things I side eyed but I think she was brave to leave a “sure thing” behind an choose her true joy.
For 20 years the man was my quarterback and you couldn’t tell me shit about him. But boy did he disappoint me during the last few years of him being there. Snubbing a WH visit and being boys with DT was it for me. As for Tom’s fanboys, they are simps and racist trashhhhh.
“sources close to Gisele insist that she’s happier and freer than ever. Like a giant Botoxed weight has been lifted!”
Ummm…probably not cause home girl loves the Botox herself so…
These butt-hurt male Brady fans are acting like Gisele doesn’t have her own career as one of the most successful models in history! That she should be content and completely fulfilled with staying home with the kids while he does all of his football stuff. I mean this sincerely: Whatever, dudes!
Glad she’s feeling freer. No need to disparage anyone though. A super Model with her net worth and years of adulation on her own might feel different about living with someone with equal star power. And then having kids.
Now she is sharing those much older kids
and living where she wants to. It makes sense she feels freer.
I feel like our society has this unspoken rule where the man is allowed to move on first (and often does), even if the woman instigates the breakup/divorce. Though Tom is allegedly on and off with Irina Shayk, he isn’t enjoying this imagined post-divorce life like his chauvinist fans wanted for him: no bevy of hot models at parties, no college co-ed girlfriend like Bill Bellichick, no sudden baby and 2nd marriage with a younger version of his ex-wife. Contrast that with Gisele, who actually is having a baby with a younger partner while over the age of 40, which doesn’t vibe with what incels and Andrew Tate defenders say about what women can and can’t do with their lives after a certain age. So the fact that Gisele can enjoy post-divorce life on her own terms, while Tom seems to be just existing, is making plenty of men bitter.
THIS. These men think that women are supposed to take what they get from men and be happy, or die alone and miserable, and they are certainly not allowed to be valued as they age.
MY EYES.
I had managed to wipe that awful image from my mind, Why would you do that to us????
Tom’s red flag for me was getting Bridget pregnant while he was supposed to be dating Gisele or when he rebounded with her so quickly. But she persisted with him.
Kudos to her for having the spine to leave him and the All-American image golden couple of footballer and supermodel. I’m sure they had fun together but like some couples, they grew apart and no longer had the same goals.
So I hope she’s finding her peace and joy with her new man. Tom needs a whole lot of therapy to raise his self-awareness and find his enlightenment. He should probably form a “men who fucked up” club with Ben Affleck.