Last week, a huge party was held in Paris in honor of Vogue Magazine’s 90th anniversary. Tons of celebrities attended, including a fishnet-stocking-headed Tyra Banks. Gisele Bundchen was also in attendance – but she didn’t bring her husband Tom Brady. Instead, Gisele seemed to fly solo, until she ran into a dude who seemed like just some random guy. Photographers got photos of Gisele and the random dude kissing – it’s a very close, mouth-to-mouth kiss, but it wasn’t like they were shoving their tongues down each other’s throats. Anyway, it was a minor scandal, especially considering that Tyra’s fishnet head got much of the coverage from that event. And now, nearly a week later, Gisele’s rep has deigned to tell us what was really going on:

Last Thursday, Gisele Bundchen was photographed kissing a man — not her husband, Tom Brady — at the Vogue 90th Anniversary party in Paris. Bundchen’s mystery party companion: NYC art dealer Helly Nahmad.

A rep for ther supermodel, 30, tells UsMagazine.com: “This is her friend of 15 years, Helly. Her first New York friend when she moved here.”

Nahmad — who once dated another Brazilian model, Ana Beatriz Barros — is fluent in Portugese and was “the only one [Gisele] could speak to [when] she spoke no English,” the rep continues.

“He is very much part of her close circle of friends. No worries there!”

Nahmad himself also explained their longtime friendship to Brazilian newspaper O Dia (via Huffington Post), noting that he introduced her to old flame Leonardo DiCaprio. What about that kiss? “Gosh, it was a kiss on the cheek,” he said, claiming that the camera caught them at a deceptive angle.

He added that New England Patriots star Brady even saw the talked-about photos of Nahmad and his wife — and laughed.

Married since February 2009, Bundchen and Brady welcomed son Benjamin last December.

[From Us Weekly]

Is anyone else getting a “that’s not the whole story” vibe? Do I think that Gisele, Mother Superior and The Greatest, Most Special Wife Ever, would actually cheat on her husband? Eh. Perhaps she would, but it wouldn’t be with a random at a Paris party, you know? I think Gisele probably is close friends with this dude, and their kiss was of the friendly variety. Also: I’m open to the possibility that this dude is gay, and that she open-mouth-kisses her best gay friends. Because… why not? Still… SCANDAL. And it was more than a kiss on the cheek too.

Photos from October 1, 2010. Credit: Fame.