Gisele Bundchen is “not bitter” about her divorce from Tom Brady and is “grateful” for their time together.
“She always thought she would be married to Tom for the rest of her life,” an insider said. told people Tuesday “The divorce was very upsetting, and she struggled to understand it at the time, but she is not bitter.”
The insider added that the supermodel is “grateful for her children and the years they shared.”
“He is very spiritual and looking back he feels the universe had another plan for him,” he said.
The former couple married in February 2009 and Bündchen became stepmother to Brady’s son Jack, now 19, whom the former quarterback welcomed with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan in 2007.
Brady and the fashion icon welcomed son Benjamin Reign Brady, now 16, in December 2009, and daughter Vivian Lake Brady, now 13, in December 2012.
In October 2022, the couple announced their divorce, saying that their priority was to focus on their children.
At the time, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel revealed that they had split because they had “grown apart” after 13 years of marriage.
Around the same time, Brady notably announced his retirement from the NFL. go back to the decision After one month.
In his new book, “Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness,” author Lars Anderson claims that an insider told him that Bündchen called off their marriage after she told Brady: “We’re not compatible.”
The author also claims that Bündchen begged Brady to help her more with her children and focus on her family in a “serious” handwritten note before deciding to leave him.
A former teammate of Brady’s alleged, according to Anderson’s book, “She was tired of being on Tom’s schedule and living somewhat in his shadow during the football season.”
The source added, “She’s very proud, too. And, I mean, how many times have you seen Tom support her career? There was clearly an imbalance there.”
Bündchen married jujitsu instructor Joaquim Valente in December 2025. The couple are parents to a one-year-old son, whose name has not been revealed yet.
As for Brady, he has since been linked to model Irina Shayk and internet personality Alix Earle.