Gisele Bundchen has opened her mouth again, and there’s sure to be at least a little trouble in the resulting fallout. The Brazilian supermodel covers the December issue of Vogue UK. To date, Gisele (who Kaiser notes is very effusive and, while condescending, probably doesn’t mean to offend) continues to believe that she’s the Best Mother worldwide, who managed to potty train a seven-month old and not turn into a human garbage disposal while she was pregnant. She also pissed off a lot of people by saying that six months of breastfeeding should be mandated but later backtracked (sort of) on those comments. Now, Gisele is talking about breastfeeding again and also about how wonderful her life is because she works so hard at everything. Sounds pretty Goopy so far, right? It’s actually not nearly as bad as some of the things that Gisele has said in the past:
On Husband Tom Brady: He’s such a gentle giant. I’m so proud of him. When I got to watch him play, I’m like this big cheerleder, jumping up and down for him. I was born such a passionate person. I don’t know if that’s my blessing or my curse!
On Living In Boston: I’m a Cancer, see. I’m home-loving. I really enjoy feeling safe, in my own environment, surrounded by the people I love … This place — it’s my oasis. The kung fu I do here, the t’ai chi, it’s like a metaphor for my life … Y’know, my eldest, Jack [as her stepson, John, is called], he’s gonna be starting [kung fu] this fall.
On Her Breastfeeding Stance: Well, it’s a personal decision. You have to honour what feels right and, for me, it was never even an option I’d do it otherwise. I mean, isn’t that what our bodies are meant to do? Isn’t that the great thing about being a woman? It’s funny, I only realised it when I saw the videotape afterwards, but I was actually ‘omming’ during the [birthing] process. The closest thing I could compare it to is an out-of-body experience — but I guess people who don’t meditate wouldn’t really know what that means.
On Being The Best Mother Ever: My children, they are like white canvases. When Benjamin eats broccoli, he thinks it’s dessert!
On Her Amazing Body: Yeah, well. Like I tell my five sisters, who don’t work at it very hard at all, whatever you put in, you get out. I’m not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.
On How Modelling Is, Like, Hard: You have to understand. I was a country girl, and I came into the world with all this attention on me. All I was doing was trying to take some pictures and make a living, y’know, and I didn’t know how to handle it. Yes, I was successful and all these wonderful things were happening, but I was working 360 days a year, and when I started waking up every morning miserable, I just had to say enough is enough, no more!
On Putting Herself First: People think if you look after yourself you’re being selfish, you know. But what Tom taught me — and he is a living example of this — is that in order to be your best, you have to honour your own needs first. If I honour my needs first, I will be the best wife, the best mom, the best sister, the best friend. I have to come first, because then everyone benefits.
[From Vogue UK]
Oh, I’m sure her sisters will absolutely love to read this interview. On the “broccoli as dessert” thing, I sort of see where she’s coming from. A lot of how-to books generally advise feeding babies vegetables before fruit so that they don’t hate veggies after enjoying the tastier stuff. However, you can’t hide sweets from children forever, and little Benjamin will one day realize that mommy pulled a fast one on him. Subsequently, he’ll go buck wild by gorging himself on about a dozen cupcakes and causing Gisele to competely freak out. And yes, she will freak out. I’ll never forget the look on my daughter’s face (seriously, she gave me the side eye) at her first birthday party when grandma spoonfed her some ice cream. Luckily, she’s since learned moderation, but I can only imagine what a mess it would’ve been if I hadn’t allowed her to have sweets and then she discovered them once she started school. Let that be a lesson to Gisele, not that she’d listen.
Still, I do quite like Gisele as a model although I’ll admit to not knowing what the hell is going on in this editorial fashion spread, which was photographed by Mario Testino. Is it the late 1980s all over again? What a day-glo nightmare.
Photos courtesy of Vogue UK and The Fashion Spot
If we hadn’t seen photos of her going to the gym on a daily basis, I would think she was being smug with the hard work/good body comments. Obviously she has great genes, but she did work for the bod. I don’t begrudge her that. But she shouldn’t have mentioned her sisters if she was implying they don’t look as good–maybe she didn’t mean that, there is the translation issue.
her hair looks amazing.
i like what she said about needing to put yourself first so that you can be the best everything in your life.
i actually think her twin sister is prettier than her…she looks like gisele but has a softer, more feminine face. gisele is of course the skinniest one in her family, but dude it’s her job to be skinny. LOL. i wish celebrities would acknowledge the fact that keeping up their appearance is a necessity for their work. i’m sure that if any of us “normal” folk got paid extra to be skinny and fit we’d be more apt to maintain it.
and this was a good interview for her. maybe someone coached her on getting her point across more effectively.
This woman is not beautiful in the least, but her body and hair are amazing.
She seems like the type who talks about babies non stop.
Think Tom Brady should go back to the normal beautiful woman who stars on Blue bloods. now, that girl is gorgeous and is the mum of his 1st son
She surely works hard to keep her body fit, but to be honest, that’s a part of her job and she can afford it (spending time and money to the gym). Most of the women simply don’t have enough time to go each day to the gym, they can’t spend money on a personal trainer etc. etc.
And… most of the women are capable to raise their own children without the help of celebrities’ pieces of advice! They know what to do… I’m sick of all these chicks explaining how to be a good mother, and if we see the results of their efforts looking at some of their kids… well they are no better (if not worse) than the other kids.
Wow… I get that she’s proud of the work she puts into her body, but bloody hell. Her poor sisters, imagine growing up with that. “Oh, you look like shit because you don’t work out.”
I’m sorry, but she really comes off as a giant condescending d**chebag.
She has 5 sisters, one fo them is her twin…they don’t look like her at all..
I too find her condescending but then I have to ask myself if I’m not a bit jealous…and then I go back and forth about how annoying she is. Most kids don’t choose to eat brocolli given a choice.
She’s full of it. Meditation is NOT an out of body experience. Just the opposite – you should feel connected to the moment you’re in. But I could imagine that the pain of childbirth would make you disassociate temporarily.
That sister bit definitely made me raise my eyebrows. Just-wow. But, I have to agree with her on the broccoli thing. We ate veggies before we ate fruits, like the books said, and he loved them. Broccoli creamed together with sweet potatoes was one of his favorite meals at about 7 months. The diapers sucked though.
If she meant her sisters doesnt look as good as her because they dont work as hard as her and its their fault..that was uber douchie of her
Given anyone the same millions and pressure…we all would be forced skinny. Bitch!
what an annoying self-loving monster she is. At least when I see her kid one day, i wont ask myself what his parents did to him, i will know!
Her kid is probably never going to go to school. He’ll be “home schooled” so he’ll never see the gross behavior of peasant kids.
Ugh, I wish she’d age already and force her to stay out of the spotlight. She comes across as knowing everything about everything.
call me crazy but i love that shoot.
Every time she opens her mouth to speak, I want to shove cheese-in-a-can down her throat.
But as much as I hate her, I have to remember that there are 5 other people who must hate her more than I do.
I am a Gisele stan and proud of it. I am not offended at all at anything she says because she’s a first time mom and I know a lot of first time moms (including an annoying cousin who is WAY worse than Gisele and I won’t talk to her to this day because of her attitude so Tiffany if you’re reading you and your little princess can suck it!)think they are going to do everything so perfect.
Gisele is perfection and I hardly say that about anyone. So I am probably bias. As for her sisters, if you saw all of her sister you would know that they are all beautiful and naturally thin, but I think what she is saying is that it doesn’t stay that way for ever. As you get older you have to prepare to maintain. When Gisele was in her teens they constantly reported how she didn’t really workout, she was just active and she as kind of admonished for always eating unhealthy. I don’t think she was attacking her sisters.
I like her as a model. She’s one of the best. But that “hardworking” stuff, I don’t get. Since she was 14, she models. Big deal, she has a natural talent for posing and has a great body. I don’t find that a great accomplishment which requires “hard work” and perseverance. She gets to travel the world, pose and get a shitload of money for that. What a great life! She comes across as dense, condescending and shallow.
Wikipedia says she’s a goodwill ambassador and lends her face to charities and fights for green causes. Ok, but has she lend her voice, insight and intellect for that? Has she studied the causes and said something worthile?
Not trying to bring her down as a person because she is a good person, but can anybody tell me if she does more than being “a face” for a charity?
Often times when she speaks out on something (the breastfeeding, sun screen, Bridget’s son) she seems wrapped up in her principles, beliefs and does not know what impact it causes. I blame a lack of education. It can teach you objectiveness but in her world where everybody kisses her ass, she probably thinks her opinion = truth.
I detest color blocking. Ew.
thank god for photoshop – they were able to make her look somewhat feminine.
and yeah, that comment about her sisters was unnecessary.
poor Giz, modelling is SO hard…
Gawd she’s annoying. I agree with some stuff she says but it’s the way she says it. Condescending. I don’t find her beautiful but she works on herself to look the best she can. Some people love that. I think naomi Campbell, Rosie H-W are beautiful and have nice bodies. I think you can potty train a child at any age they are ready. 7 months is beyond impressive. It’s also very true about kids being blank canvasses and willing to eat what you train them to eat. My kids love veggies. I grew up not being allowed certain foods and even though I eat more freely now, I still prefer water to soda and other healthy options over their junk food alternatives. As a step-mom who’s step-kids call her mommy I understand how much she loves jack and why she feels like he is her son. The difference with my situation is I am the one raising my step-kids. Their biological mother barely sees by her own decisions. It’s actually nice for Jack that she loves him so much but it would be better if she was r
Sensitive to his mother
Isn’t this the same c^&8t who said It should be illegal for women not to breast feed or something to that extinct? Moving on and Giselle can take a seat to the
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In some ways she comes across worse than the Goop with her superiority crap. Maybe it’s a language subtlety…
Normally I just blow off her attitude but it’s starting to get to me LOL She’s out of touch with the reality of many many people. But then, I really can’t expect her to relate to “the rest of us”. She is nothing like the rest of us.
I’ve been harsh on Gisele in the past but she comes across as more grounded in this interview. I don’t think she translates well – the quotes can sound kind of blunt and harsh – but I think the points she make here are relatively innocuous. The one that sold me was the one about putting yourself first – that is such truth and take way too long for most women to honestly embrace (myself included). As for the comment about her sister – maybe harsh but not untrue. People who work out will be in better physical shape than those who do not.
One thing I will say about Giselle in her defense is that Giselle’s first language isn’t English so when she says things that make no sense, like the Kungfu/ Tai Chi living in Boston sentence (which is a total off the wall Goopy statement), at least we can assume, and maybe wrongly so, that something perhaps is getting a little lost in translation. Goop just says crap like that all time and we are left scratching our heads thinking, “Uh?”
I have never liked this woman, as a model or as a person. She comes off as a self absorbed, know-it-all, school marm. Her man face is painful to look at.
Why is it so wrong to love oneself and appreciate the rewards of the hard work one has put into being their best? No, she’s not a brainiac, but are YOU? Jeez, she’s gorgeous and seem very open and honest. It’s her life, let her live it – you live yours.
Wow, having your head stuck up your ass really gives your hair amazing body and shine!
She looks great- kind of an athletic girl next door vibe, not a classic beauty.
But way to much blahblahblahblahblahblah… I think it’d be very easy to just want to totally tune her out when she starts flapping those lips.
What an airhead.
If I were Bridget Moynahan, I’d want to kick Giselle in the vagina with pointy-toed shoes for continually referring to Jack as “her” son. It’s good to see that she cares for her stepson, but dude, she should at least have some respect in the press for the woman who actually did birth the child.
Nobody has to be a brainac. I’m not a brainac. Just having something to offer outside being pretty and nice would be intresting. Most models can’t talk about anything profound. Even Gis seems like a “tais-toi et sois belle” person and I just hoped she would be more than that since she is the most famous model of her generation. I hoped she would stand out.
If she cares about the environment, why can’t she build a house that would represents those ideas instead of going all unnecessary luxery on that? Put your money where your mouth is and then you can teach me something about environmental living.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCj2K9VrwfU
Watch her talk about her food habits. Someone like that (good genes) doesn’t need to lecture others about the benefits of “good food”. My friend is pin thin and eats everything she wants. You won’t see her lecturing me (not naturally thin) about food…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueKvVP86Sn0&feature=related
Maybe people don’t ask her questions beyond modelling because they think she’s not smart enough to talk about something else?
And when people do ask her something beyond modelling (like the breastfeeding or motherhood) she spews silly quotes and doesn’t think outside her own experience or principles. Like everybody must act like her. So yeah, I look at her but don’t expect anything really intresting coming out of her mouth. When the beauty fades what else can she offer? If she was just an everyday person, your co-worker for instance, which less perfect looks would you still care about what she has to say? Doubtful. Because then only her vapid personality would come out and nice wouln’t cut it to pay attention to her…
I tend to like her and yes lots of what she says comes off a little condescending but it all is very truthful. I love the fact that she adores Jack. In the long run this will make Jack a happier and healthier person, believe me. My son’s father ended up marrying a woman who was not so kind and he preferred to act as if his first marriage and his first son did not exist. At the end of the day it really hurt my son to be ignored by his dad. The more love for Jack from all concerned is a good thing. And come on anyone who works that hard to keep her body in shape deserves kudos.
I guess it’s a good thing that she embraces Jack as her own but eff, I’d be super annoyed if another woman called my son her child.
i think she’s as gorgeous as she is annoying.
fantastic model…even if the poses are always the same…she is not Kate Moss or Naomi in terms of versatility..but she is beautiful…I think it is the translation…portuguese is very literal when translated…all models, except perhaps Christy Turlington are high on themselves…they are spoiled and put on pedastals…great cover though.
Ya know, I love my kids and think they’re amazing, and have opinions on pregnancy, child-rearing, etc too. And if people ask me or the subject comes up I share anecdotes and information. But GB does it in such a way that she comes off as such a condescending know-it-all. I also strongly believe in breastfeeding, but even she makes me go, “Wow, what an idiot–you’re going to turn people away from breastfeeding with that kind of delivery.”
My kids both love fruits & veggies over sweets, and I have a 3yr old nephew who hates meat and his favorite food is brussel sprouts. But, GB’s delivery kinda ruins all her potentially cute kid stories. The “My kid is better than everyone’s because I’m such an amazing parent” vibe is a huge turn-off, imo.
And the woman has lived in the USA and been married to an American for many years now–she no longer gets a ‘lost in translation’ pass from me.
Shut up Gisele.
she has a son with tom Brady,too. thats who shes referring to, not Bridgets boy. Her son was born shortly after Bridgets son. I’d take mothering tips from bridget any day over tips from a conceited snot, bet her sisters hate her guts
How come Gis and Goop aren’t, like, best friends already?
….and his farts smell like warm cinnamon buns.
I’m sorry but this bitch is 100X worse that Goopy! Every thing that comes out of her mouth is condescending, snooty, clueless, and self-righteous. At some point, her kid will realize that, broccoli, while delicious and great, is not dessert. How will she cope? What will she do? And I say this as a fairly conscientious mama myself, who has successfully managed to avoid feeding my kid junky “kid-food” and sweets all the time. So it’s not like I’m in some “All McD’s, all the time!” camp. Plus, the crack about her sisters? That BLOWS! (I am one of three girls. And comments like that would def. damage the relationships).
I think she is completely unattractive (inside and out) and practically everytime she opens her mouth – especially when it comes to Jack and how he is *her* eldest and comments in that vein – I want to smack her senseless! I just can’t stand this smug, dopey twat.
I forgot to mention this: again, Gis is claiming Bridget’s kid Jack as her own. “My eldest” and “my children.” Is this cool with Bridget Moynihan? Is this cool with Tom (oh, it’s football season, he could care less, I guess).
I am a huge fan of hers as a model, and I must admit that she gets papped going to the gym everyday so yeah she does work hard for it. At least she’s not like those twats who starve themselves and say that they just have a quick metabolism for example KAte Bosworth.
I dont like this woman and do not understand why she is a top model – I think her face is ugly.
Those outfits are horrible.
I think in the beginning Gisele was a bit insensitive about the whole step=parent thing even before she got married to Brady. And I really felt for Bridget. I love Gisele, but even I was like bitch no no no. You do not overstep in that way. But it’s a good three or four years now so I think Bridget is probably comfortable enough where she has moved on and she is happy that Jack gets along with step-mommy gislse.
Even though Gisele does not have “feminine features” she is striking and beautiful. She is the only supermodel of this generation.
People were calling out George’s ex eli for looking masculine, but Giselle looks way more masculine and is considered a supermodel. Her and Tom go good together ’cause Tom is quite pretty himself.
Both of my step parents ALWAYS referred to me as THEIR child. People need to settle down, she is not claiming birth rights over Jack she is just not differentiating love between the two children. I think that’s admirable.
I also agree with her on the working out thing – take responsibility, work your ass off and look as good as you can be.
I don’t find her offensive at all. But I also don’t find GOOP offensive. Its their perspective. It may not be yours… but they are coming from a different place so don’t take it personally.
She does something right because her fraternal twin does not look that cute or thin. That has to suck being her twin and her personnel assistant. They’ve been getting compared since birth. She’s not fat but she is no model either.
This chick is so smug, I would trip her if she ever walks my way.
Oh just shut it Giselle!!
I don’t like referring to children as white canvasses – meaning their parents are allowed to paint them the color and subject they deem appropriate.
My mom always told me that children are like books, parents tend to write them, while they should only try to read them.
I bet she’ll be a wonderful mother-in- law.
She doesn’t bother me too much, I agree with much of what she said though I don’t do any yoga or meditating and not about to start either. I too agree with her about breast feeding. I don’t know why any woman would deliberately withhold the best from their child. I know there are some people who truly can’t breastfeed due to certain circumstances but from the quite a few women I have witnessed in the past year saying they tried it and it didn’t work I don’t believe them. It often takes an effort to get it down properly but once you do you realize how much easier it is. You don’t have to prepare bottles at night or ever for that matter.
@meh – I like your comments about children being books and parents should only try to read to them. That is something I will be reflecting on since I am busy raising a 10 month old.
I think it’s very easy to say “our eldest,” instead of “my eldest.” Also, “our children” instead of “my children.” This, at least, leaves a possibility that Jack is another woman’s son. A woman who is actually in Jack’s life, who is raising him, and whom he calls his mother. Oh, and I am sure that Portuguese has two separate words for “my” and “our”.
Also, how come all her stories about other people somehow end up being about her? “My husband is such a gentle giant. I’m am the most awesomest greatest cheerleader.” What? What does that have to do with anything?
She’s narcissistic to a scary degree. I don’t envy the people in her life.
I, like others, do not find her facially attractive at all. She looks horsey and mannish.
I agree with Gisele.
I know people hate to hear the truth.
My grandma says that the truth hurts, some people can’t handle it, because they would have to deal with it and most don’t want to.
Yes, there are people who can eat anything, smoke like a chimney and drink like fish and they will live until 102, but that’s genetics.
We are born with what we are born with and the rest is up to us.
I do yoga Monday-Friday from 4-5 A.M. at home before the kids are up and I have to drop them off at school and head to work at my full time job.
I don’t have nannies or millions and I’m certainly not a superwoman.
I do have prorities. I want to be healthy and attractive, a good example for my children and not fat and sick, popping handfull of pills full of side effects.
I grew up eating organic, I always loved black kale, spinach, broccoli, sweet potatoes, avocados, berries, apples, whole grain breads and buns, brown rice, quinoa, raw organic nuts, real oatmeal (not the instant crap), but I also enjoy organic dark chocolate and real ice cream.
Nothing wrong with that
I also agree with her on breastfeeding, unless there is a real reason for no breastfeeding, medical or emotional.
Why have babies, if you don’t want to give them the best start in the world?
Do you think formula is the same as breast milk, please?
Breast were not made just for push up bras and cleavage.
We should be honest and look at ourselves before going after someone that we could actually learn something from, this also applies to Paltrow.
Mmm, exactly Anonymous. She has said in the past that she knows that Jack has a mother but that she feels Jack is 100% hers. Where does Bridget fit in that 100%? Also, she said she want Jack to have a good bond with Bridget, like Bridget comes AFTER her. Last time I checked, Bridget did the carrying, pushing without Tom holding her hand and then Gis thinks she’s even allowed to allude Jack is 100% hers?
Or the fact the thinks of herself as an “adoptive mother”. Bridget isn’t dead, she is raising the child too so Gis doesn’t have to adopt him as her own.
It’s about nuancing and forming your opinion imo, and she can’t do it properly without turning into a sanctimonious, selfish person. There is a line to step-parenting and she keeps on crossing it. Bridget is very patient =).
oh smug off gisele, your kid will be eating chocolate and sweets like the rest of them as soon as he’s old enought to realise
Why in the world did Gisele even have to bring up Jack??? She was asked about living in Boston, and she somehow has to bring his name up, almost as if she wants to prove to people that Jack is her son. Gisele needs to stfu and stuff it. For someone who only sees her stepson once a month, she is far from his mom. She is the most conceited, annoying, un-educated and stupid person I have ever come across.
@Lakelouise: A family member wanted to breastfeed desperately and she just couldn’t. Another one had constant infections or some sort and it came to the point where she just stopped her milk flow through pills and switch over to formula. For some it can be so difficult.
General statements from the MiniVan make some women feel guilty over not opting for breastmilk or doing everything “the right way”. I also would want to breastfeed but would not force it upon others. It’s choice.
And not everybody can do what you can do. It depends on so many factors how to handle your household. There are women in my class who have children, 2 or more jobs, running their household and still want to go to school to give the children a better life. Fitness and wanting to be attractive is fine but becomes unimportant when you’re in a difficult situation. And I suppose you’re at least middle class? You can afford eating organic. It’s a fact that junkfood is cheaper and available in great amounts so poor people resort to that. If they start lowering the prices on healthy food and upping on fastfood, then you can come back and blame those fat, unattractive people because then they would choose to eat unhealty.
Same goes for Gis. Don’t speak in general terms because a society is NEVER general. A lot of people get shamed and excluded just because some think they should be the “prime” example on how to do things.
Agreed: She’s going to have a serious wake up call when he discovers sweets. Wish i could be a fly on that wall. lol
Disagree: I’m in love with all of these…except that blue dress pic. That needs to go away.
Was the comment about her sisters super bitchy or are they in good shape and dont work out so she was complimenting them??
Supermodels should be seen and not heard.
Especially this one.
She shouldnt call Jack her oldest. He is not her son and his mother is alive & in the picture. If she wasnt i would think it was sweet but i think she does it to rub it in Bridgets face. You dont refer to your step children, if they have loving, living & in the picture parents, as your own. Its a slap in face to the REAL parent. Im glad she loves Jack but it is disrespectful to call him her son and not stepson.
I guarantee you if her and Tom split she would not be ok with his new wife calling Benjamin her oldest or youngest or whatever son.
Btw, she’s a model. It’s part her job to keep her body in shape. If she had to work a 9-5 job she wouldn’t be at the gym that much.
One question, when did the world start interviewing models? Or caring at all for their opinion on anything?.
@ NM9005 :
I’m a widow and I grew up in a single parent household.
We were never rich, but my mom made sure that we always had organic food on the table and she cooked for us from scratch. We lived in a small house, never had many clothes or toys, but lots of books and healthy food.
I still use her example even though she past away a few years ago in a car accident.
I went to school nights to get my education while working two jobs, one full time.
We are a spoiled generation, big houses, big cars, tons of gagdets, too much shopping and too much TV that promotes irresponsible empty headed consumer lifestyles.
Huge mortgages and even bigger debt, more modest living would help us all!
Less TV is also a good idea, my kids love to go to the library and the park.
Maybe less take out and more home cooking like previous generations used to do is also a good idea.
By the way, please see my previous comment, I said for medical and emotional reasons is fine not to breastfeed.
But breastfeeding is certainly cheaper and healthier than formula.
The reason organic is more expensive is because people didn’t buy it, even when the economy was in boom.
It’s a question of supply and demand.
Ugh. I think she might actually be more insufferable than Goop. Can’t stand this woman and don’t understand the appeal.
I tried like hell to nurse my son, but was only able to do so for 6 weeks. I would have given ANYTHING to be able to successfully feed my son the way nature intended, but I just wasn’t able to do so. I had panic attacks for weeks & beat myself up to the point where I didn’t want to get out of bed.
The 1st rule of parenting is feed the baby, whatever way you can. Of course breast is best, but formula exists for a reason & if you can’t nurse your child there is no shame in feeding them formula. I still advocate breastfeeding & I hope that I may be more successful nursing any other children that I have.
All that being said, I think that Gisele has good points, but she is so condescending that her message very often gets lost.
Edit: Ditto NM9005. Generalizations often do more harm than good, especially when it comes to parenting
She is not talking about others, she is not talking in the name of all women, she is talking about her life and her experiences. Why are you people so offended?
@meh #54. Love that book analogy!! (simile? metaphor? dunno) Totally stealing it.
Gisele is pompous and smug. I don’t get her appeal. She’s certainly not ugly, but I don’t find her attractive at all.
Just so you all know, I am not the Tiffany who is Victoria’s cousin.
Believe me, my little princess and prince aren’t perfect:) None of us are, including your cousin. I hate condescending peeps. Is she the one who made me change my name saying unTiffany like things?
I did totally give them veggies before fruit and they love veggies. They eat super healthy at Cirque, one thing I don’t have to worry about. They aren’t trading gross school lunch stuff around, they get clean protein and lots of fruits and veggies.
Well. This is a woman who loves herself. KILL HER, SISTERS!
xD
Its her generalizing that is offensive
Sorry, nope, Gisele cannot hold a candle to the real supermodels of the late 80s/early 90s (Kate Moss not included). Aesthetically speaking, Gisele’s face is a bit masculine to me, but she does have great cheekbones. She can pose like nobody’s business, has a fierce runway walk, and has worked nonstop throughout her career. Those are the reasons why she’s a rich, successful model. She’s tall, slim, attractive in the face, but she’s no great beauty. She pales in comparison to Paulina Porizkova, Iman, Helena Christensen, and Christy Turlington, circa 1991.
It would be in her favor if she did interviews in her native language (Portuguese). Somehow her interviews in English always come off wrong and she ends up sounding ignorant and smug.
@lakelouise: Obviously I don’t know you but I do feel sorry for your losses.
I think from the info you sent out, it’s clear you work hard and are a very responsible parent but that still doesn’t give you the right to judge those “fat, unattractive” people.
I know life is tough, I can give you the deeds on my life too but I rather not. I can tell you that with the money I have now, I can just pay my rent + very cheap food from Aldi/Lidl and as a former veggie (when I did have the money) who shopped in specialized store to get my bulgur and seitan, I also know it’s unrealistic to expect from everybody to buy those types of foods.
I’m absolutely with you on the materialistic views that gets thrown in our faces by media and such…
More home cooking would be good yes, but some people lead such busy lives and want it all that they neglect that factor. If they had the choice to drop tv-time, social life or cooking time, it would be cooking since some people find it stressful to put their energy and creativity in it. It’s easy and fast to pop someting in the microwave or oven.
That’s one reason, the other one is that chemicals are a lot cheaper than human manual labour and organic foods aren’t subsizided by the governement. So don’t just blame the individuals, blame it on a governmental level. In other countries (like Denmark I believe) the governemnt helps their citizens maintain a healthy life. In America, big bucks is getting made of the backs of poor overweight people. They don’t care about their citizens, only about money. And if you get brought up like that, it’s hard to get out of that vicious circle. Being obese is disease, don’t shame them because you happen to maintain a healthy life.
i mustve said “ugh” to myself like 150 times while reading this bullsh*t.
What I always wonder is why people who are paid simply to look good are ever given a forum to speak? She’s a genetic-freak-eye-candy-male-masturbation aid. Who cares what she has to say about anything??
@Bodhi – I feel for you about trying to breastfeed. You did not state exactly what went wrong but I know how emotional it can be and you did the best you could so you should be proud of yourself and the first 6 weeks are the most important anyway. I have been lucky and haven’t had any major issues at 10 months and have been pumping 3 times a day for 8 of those months and gone from my daughter nearly 12 hours each day. But there was a few times when I was devastated because I thought my supply was diminishing and I have had several clogged ducts. I hope if you have another child you get a really good lactation consultant they can help you work wonders. I was very lucky to have really good ones in the hospital and the breastfeeding center is just up the street from my work. I just did what felt natural and did not listen to the pediatrician who told me not to let her feed for more than 20 minutes. Those first 6 weeks are critical so let the baby feed any time he/she wants and for as long as they want or as long as you are willing to sit there.
@Bodhi I had the same experience. It’s very frustrating to want to breastfeed and also to know your baby isn’t getting enough.
I read Giselle’s comments about her sisters as being in the context of the sister’s sitting around talking about how fat they feel compared to G and her pointing out that she has to work her ass off for it. Didn’t read it as snarky from her at all. In fact, it would be condescending for her to say anything else.
As for referring to Jack as “her eldest” well, that has to suck for Bridget. But it rocks for Jack. He will never read an interview where she distinguishes between the two. He’s the one that matters, not Bridget.
@tapioca – hilarious!
She’s a great model, but would come off as a better human being if she would just keep her trap shut.
@ NM9005 :
Thank you, but I’m still lucky.
Please don’t make up stuff, just read my comments properly, if you want to respond.
I’m not judging or shaming anybody, I’m just talking about what I do and why.
I try to be healthy and a very good example, especially for my children.
If you read my comments more carefully you will notice that I said that I don’t want to be unhealthy, fat and unattractive and there is nothing wrong with that.
I didn’t say that everybody has to eat organic, but there is nothing wrong with making better non-organic choices when it comes to nutrition.I’m not stopping anybody from living their life as they wish.
I don’t want the government subsidies my food choices, it’s my responsibility what I choose to eat. The government is sticking their nose in our business way too much as it is.
And it doesn’t cost much to go for a walk or borrow a DVD from the library and do some exercise at home for next to nothing.
How many times has he been hit in the head?
So, Jack lives with Gisele and Tom? I think it’s super nice, the little boy is always with his dad so he won’t feel left out. Besides, I think that Brigdet-something only got preggers to hold Tom down. Anyway, the thing with mom-Gisele that I really like is that, you may not agree with her sometimes, but she’s very hands on with the kids, she’s very present in their lives.
This line “My eldest Jack” pisses me the eff off. He’s not yours. It would’ve been less offensive if she said “My stepson Jack”. This is why her and Bridget had issues.
I like her point about the broccoli being like a desert. I love raw veggies, so crunchy, yummy!
It’s very smart to teach children from early age to eat healthy.
Their life will be better and easier
when they don’t have to fight their weight on top of other stuff as they go through life.
She seems like a very hands on mother and a good example to her family with also being so fit.
Well said Samantha #33
This woman is annoying and condescending. She is moderately attractive on the outside, but unattractive on the inside. People who paint themselves as perfect mothers when there is no such thing really chap my arse!
She always manages to make things sound iffy. She should stick to modeling, not interviews.
I found it very funny that in the “On husband Tom Brady” section, he gets a few words and then it’s all about her again. I wonder if that’s telling of her personality.
It’s great that she loves her stepson, but I think she oversteps her bounds in how she discusses him publicly.
I like that she is so honest and doesn’t say what is considered politically correct.
It’s rare to see in celebrities, because they always get ripped into shreds by the public.
Gisele talks about things that makes people think and not just nod in agreement.
Smart and healthy woman setting a good example for all.
Goop 2.0, the more verbal edition.
@ lakelouis
I’m not making stuff up.
Yes, it seems you are lucky.
“I know people hate to hear the truth.”
That’s how you started your comment, like what you or Gis say is the truth. It’s not as simplistic as that. People know what situation they are in, deep down, they always now. Nobody else needs to throw their “truth” at them with general opinions how to run their life. It’s a struggle as it is in this shitty economy, they should help the people with jobs etc…instead of telling them how to do it without the means at hand. Every magazine, tv ad what not is focused on healthy living, how to do this, how to work that…but look around you, it’s a fucking struggle and it’s not getting better. Even young people are walking in the dark because they can’t have the chances they worked so hard for to get.
“I do have prorities. I want to be healthy and attractive, a good example for my children and not fat and sick, popping handfull of pills…
So people who are unhealty, fat etc. do not set priorities? Those people are not going to get up as early as you do because maybe they have other priorties to think about. The majority of the people are depressed, they do pop pills and have issues with weight and self-esteem… I beg too differ they can help themselves with your truth. And that’s exactly what I mean with generalizing. Not everybody lives the same way as you do. Like I said, a society is so much more than the superficial actions. In order to understand, we need to dig deeper and look at it, at a different level.
Yes, it is your responibilty, but you can make that choice because you have the money. Like I said, not everybody has the means. You clearly grew up in a good, maybe not that rich family but you had love, support, good values…Do you think everybody is that lucky? Imagine you would go to people and say stuff like that without giving them the means to actually accomplish it. Good luck with the talk, how about helping them walk the walk?
“…could actually learn something from… ”
You say that you don’t have nannies etc. but in that same comment we should learn from a high paid supermodel who has (again) the MEANS to achieve it?
If you really want the truth, then go volunteer with poor families or streetkids or whatever. Go to the “lower level” of society and see how much your truth talk will be of any significance there. See how much you still think the government shouldn’t subsidize something that would be beneficial for everybody ‘education, health care…)instead of ripping us of for every penny we got. It all comes down on how we are getting treated by “the system”. You beat it, others suffer from it.
You are shaming them by comparing your life to the spoiled generation, using your healty ways to side-eye overweight people, using your priorities and modest living as in other people do not have them thus are in debt and that it is up to us to chance our lives. Yep because people want to be out of jobs, and having to buy cheap bad foods…
Holy crap! She’s so self congratulatory and condescending, Goop wants to slap her upside the head!
“I have to come first, because then everyone benefits.”
This line sums up her entire existence. And everything else she says and does just proves it further. She is a monster.
Good genes, yes. Good sense, no. I don’t buy the language barrier excuse either, because neither Heidi nor Paulina have english as a native tongue, but they don’t come off so condesending and insufferable. Bitchiness is an international language and GB is fluent. TB must be an asshole if this dimbulb is his dream girl.
She has great bone structure and in some photos looks amazing. Otherwise meh.
However her personality leaves a lot to be desired. She just comes off as the biggest a**hole to me.
Another thing I hate about American culture: its overcompetitive even on things that shouldn’t be. It just adds pressure and more unncessecary work to what people (not just women) already do for their families. Do you need to be the best mom, wife, worker, best friend to all etc.? It won’t be returned back lol. We compete even when we should be relaxing and enjoying what we already kill ourselves every work day over. I’ve noticed in several work places and friendships/relationships, it seems the more you do, the less people appreciate.
I appreciate her honesty.Broccoli is great for adults and kids.We should eat a lot more of it and forget sugar ever existed.That’s when all the trouble started!
She is always full of herself, always uses her stepson and I would go ballistic had I been his mother, always sounding a very simple and not very smart (though perhaps street smart).
She is ignoring the fact that breastfeeding is something that may not go well or at all, and even if a woman wants to choose to breastfeed, she may have enormous pain/ not enough milk etc.
Just because something worked out for you, doesn’t mean you have to be blind to what other people might be going through.
and she sounded like a total B!*& to her sisters.
I bet she takes care of herself and makes sure others do the hard work of taking care of her son.
That silly speech sounds like an excuse for being selfish and deaf to other people’s cry for help.
And going on and on about her birth.
Why does she think she is better than a person who takes epidural?
Goop is 10 times better than her.
@OriginalTiffany I could never prove but I’ve read her comments and it sounds just like her. But she reads the blogs like me as she is an aspiring actress and always wants to be in the know.
All I know is, is that when my cousin was pregnant, first she stole the name I always wanted to give my baby girl if I had one which was Kensington Milan. She took Milan and everyone knows that I’ve wanted to name my kid that forever. And THEN she talked about how she didn’t want her children associating with my kids because I put them in daycare as soon as they turned three (so I could give them everything they deserve) and they were bound to pick up “bad habits.” That was when she thought her rich boyfriend was gonna be in the picture and spread his wealth. But a bitch got played and she wound up in public housing just like the people she looked down on. Then she talked about how her baby was gonna be the youngest baby to read in the family (that was me), the youngest artist (that was our cousin), and so on and so forth. Only organic food for her babies and puree this and natural diapers that as if she were the first person to do it. Sickening
So to me Gisele is not that bad at all. I get how some people could be offended, but I really don’t get those vibes from her.
Well, we’re always talking about the dignity of women and all of that crap, so maybe we should give her the benefit of doubt in assuming that the words coming out of her mouth are indeed the ones she wants to say. She has been involved with this language for over half of her life, no? And knows enough of the language to have dated a bunch of fancy monolingual American lads, no? So, I’m not sure if saying ‘she’s not stupid, she’s just ignorant’ is helping the cause, but if you have found that you are genuinely put off by her words and actions, it might mean you plain don’t care for her, by now. It’s alright, it’s perfectly valid to dislike someone because his or her intangible qualities are unattractive to you, that’s the best reason! Way back, I used to find her kind of funny and quite personable and interesting in her interviews, but things change…things change hard. Yeah, the Haters Mafia will pounce on you, but they’d shame she hair for not worshipping the lice–easily ignored, especially when the spelling of the word ‘jealous’ is for their ranks what Agincourt was for the French.
Just say it, I don’t agree with her views on… or the way she expresses… and while it has nothing to do with the person she is, her stiped pants remind me of a painting I once saw depicting noted 15th-century nobleman, soldier led by Joan of Arc and later proved horrifying pedophile and child serial killer Gilles de Rais (historical spelling), or those pants sported in minstrel shows by black-faced actors lazing of bales of hay, playing their banjos, shuckin’, jivin’ and engaging in all sorts of watermelon-flavoured indignities. I’m not saying that’s her, I’m just saying I remember pictures, that’s all. Obviously my opinion of her has changed with the baby chicanery and marriage to Knothead, in Jamaica they would call such statements as being ‘too extra’, which I guess is a few steps above ‘try’. I don’t hate her, I just find her extremly grating as of late, and were this a magazine stand I would walk on by (most magazines are ad-filled circles that ‘say nothing to me about my life’, if I can quote the deservedly-vilified but intermittently on-point Morrissey).
But, she generates the wildest threads and I’m helpless to ignoring that. Truly, with her, the articles proper are just a means to an end for me and since I don’t really have anything to say about her besides, ‘she’s kind of bugging me today’, I can sit back and try not to get cut. Viva life!
Hi there! She does sound Goopy but take it easy on the breastfeeding comments cos in Brazil that’s a standard thing, breastfeeding for at least 6 months, there are huge government pro-breastfeeding campaigns.
I don’t understand why she was complaining about working 356 days a year with the kind of money she was making. It makes her sound really ungrateful. I would give up having babies, a husband, and a personal life in general if I could have the level of success she’s had.
She sounds like a typical cancer woman though going on about meditation, astrology, and babies, babies, and more babies. I have her body type and I LOVE it!
I am going to the gym now. Dang, her body is perfection.
She is annoying.
Love the term ‘too extra’. That is her to a T. TOO EXTRA.
She wants to paint the picture of a perfect life. One where we all feel inferior and wonder why we can’t be just like Gisele.
It is not like I don’t agree with her sentiments about children eating healthier, exercise and taking care of one’s self. Or breastfeeding. Its the high handed delivery I can’t stomach.
there goes the dummie again…she just rewrote that famous saying…”when a horse’s mouth open it’s never straight..”lol
Didn’t she claim her baby was potty trained at like 4 months old because she would hold him over the potty and he’d do his thing? Um…I wonder if he is still completely potty trained?!
Yes, Laurie. She did say that. I’ll bet even GB can’t keep her speeches straight. Let see there was the lecture on anorexia/bulemia, the discourse on American garbage disposals, the initative on breast feeding, the dialogue on suncreen, the sermon on the green living, the instruction on child rearing, the suggestion about exercise…did I forget any? I so can’t wait for TB to start banging the nanny just like his Boston BFF’s the Kennedys.
I like broccoli too, and then I have dessert!
She should be unapologetic for having, obviously, a lot of discipline. Good for her. That does not make her a nice person or female friendly. My friends all parent differently and have different opinions on all parenting subjects…we are there to be supportive when we can…not condescending jerks. She definitely falls into the latter.
Freya, that’s what separates you from your highness.
Breastmilk is sweet. 🙂 My son looovvesss breastmilk and makes a face at the formula I have to supplement him with.
My daughter loves broccoli AND dessert.
@ Nev- I’ve met Christy Turlington on more than one occasion and you could not be more correct. She was amazing and beautiful on the inside as well as out! I held a conversation with her about handbags and DC and she was so down to earth and witty 🙂 I will forever sing her praises!
She started working when she was 16 yo. According to what I heard about her she was raised in a village in Brasil and she didn’t come from wealth. It is clear she didn’t have the chance to receive a proper and solid education. Of course she has been travelling a lot and meeting very interesting people in the last 15 years, but it doesn’t change the fact it’s quite difficult to develop wise toughts and concepts on your own if your idea of hard work is hitting the gym on daily basis, posing for a different photog possibly in a different town and country every single day of your life or promoting your own clothing line. And not, for example, reading a book and trying to fill the educational gaps you have.
I don’t want to say that one should spend his/ her time reading if he/she doesn’t feel the need to, nor I underestimate the importance of her job and the efforts she put in it, I just don’t understand why people and media do expect to hear something wise when she opens her mouth. What I expect from her is to see pretty and sexy pics of her and that she sells.
This woman needs to shut her pie hole stat.
When you give birth you are the only person in the world who gets to be called Mum by that person and that child is your son or daughter thats it – the end for ever.
Its a biological fact – its blood.
You only have one mother or father. You can have many different permutations (step/adopt) but only one biological.
This dweeb would never get to see my son or daughter until she understood those boundaries/facts.
She has not only said it before but publicly too.
My child loves vegetables – my child also loves sweets. Any child deprived of anything will have an unhealthy relationship with it IMO.
Gawd she’s BEYOND annoying.
I used to think that Gisele should shut her trap until I became 7 months pregnant and concerned how I was going to properly feed my child. While I am still uncomfortable with my fun bags being a source of food for my unborn son, I will be breastfeeding because it is a no brainer. First, children who are breastfed typically take to fruits and vegetables better than those on formula (that is not saying that those who are not breastfed will not, how parents eat greatly impacts how the child will eat), childhood cancers are reduced by 30% and childhood leukemia can literally be wiped out, children who are breastfed are also less likely to be obese. The benefits for the mother are also great- type II diabetes is reduced with each child that is breastfed, breast and ovarian cancers are reduced and weight loss is easier. Also, in today’s economic climate, breastfeeding is free.
I am sorry if I sound preachy. I don’t think Gisele was trying to be a witch, just sharing advice that has worked for her and that ALL mothers feel like they need to share. If you don’t like the advice don’t listen.
@ Rjennica – by all means do whatever YOU want when you are pregnant.
But I am soo very tired of people feeling like they can treat pregnant women like public property and project a certain set of rules as to how they should and shouldn’t live their lives, what they should or shouln’t eat etc.
The worst part of being pregnant is the unsolicited advice given and the feeling that you are being judged by everything you do.
This Gisele person typifies everything wrong with that type of mentality.
We really need to take a load off as mothers and give ourselves a break, we nearly fall over ourselves trying to be the best we can – no wonder kids are f–ed up sometimes and think they are the centre of the universe.
My kids fit into my life not the other way round and by the way Gisele kids are NOT blank canvasas – my 3 year old daughter is very strong willed and has been all her life – you must be still in meditation mode you silly beatch
Look what happens when models open their mouths. No wonder she and Leo broke up. Babies aren’t on his agenda. Gis was much more super when she started her career and had a bit more weight on her. Agree with @Minty about the real supermodels. The majority are interchangeable now – the industry let them get too big for their boots in the 80s and 90s and reined in their power.
I absolutely LOVE broccoli! One of the few veggies I don’t mind eating actually.
Maybe her intention was only to share advice, but I don’t get how she (and you) can be sure they worked for her. Only time (years and years) will tell how good as a mother she has been and how her rules did work in educating her child (not children, since for her stepson the full responsibility for rules and education methods lies on his mother and father and them alone).
Besides she doesn’t have any professional or educational degree to act as an expert in this quite complicated field. And with this I’m not saying that professional advice is always necessary or recommended, only that an unprofessional advice might be highly dangerous especially when it comes from a very visible person. The topic is too important to be treated by a superficial airhead.
Only to make an example, she sounds to me like a person who does have issues with food and weight. Yes, she is thin and her weight is stable, but this can be achieved in many ways and not all of them are healthy or reasonable. The fact she many times defines food as garbage is revealing that she might not be that relaxed and well balanced on her approach to food. One bigMac or some fries or a piece of cake from time to time in an overall healthy diet never killed anybody; on the opposite, being relaxed about food – small pleasures included – is an important part of a healthy and positive attitude towards life.
I found also scaring the white canvasses definition referred to those poor children. Speaks volumes about her controlling attitude towards her family members. The same exausting control she put in place for herself to look always perfect, simply the best one on the planet.
That’s why I find her sooo irritating when she opens up about these topics. She is not a role model to me and she should not be one to anybody other than young models at the early stages of their careers.
@ Rejennica – I couldn’t have said any of that any better that you – and I 2nd everything you said!
Aarrgghh the blank canvas thing amongst other things she said really bugged me – no check that ALL of what she said really bugged me. Its like she’s saying kids do not have their own personalities. Which is complete BS.
And claiming ownership of another womans son is beyond words its cruel, its wrong and its the words of a delusional physco.
I wonder how she would feel if Bridgette Moynihan called Gisele’s son hers!!
Oh and Rejennica good luck with your pregnancy and baby.
Enjoy him or her and do it your way.
We’ve been doing it for centuries (millennia even!) we dont need unsolicited advice.
I have a cute story.
My mom suggested that after breastfeeding, I should start feeding my kids green veggies first, you know like spinach, broccoli, kale, parsley and swiss chard and so on, before introducing fruits.
The same way she did with me and my other siblings.
Just recently we were invited to a very nice kids birthday party and they were serving a chocolate cake.
My daughter took a bite from her slice of cake, made a face and announced to the whole party : “something is wrong with my cake, it’s pulling my teeth out it’s so sweet.”
It was very cute!
We have sweets only for very special occasions like Christmas, birthdays and some holidays so she is not used to it.
Sorry 123 but to me that sounds like a “I’m doing it the right way and will judge anyone who doesn’t do it this way” story.
I can only imagine the amount of times you relayed that story to others as your I’m a great mom and isn’t my child brilliant story.
And I actually think its quite a sad story, that other kids were enjoying a birthday cake and yours couldn’t.
Apologies if I seem harsh but thats how I see it.
@ Imelda :
Don’t be sorry, women are often vicious to each other.
As you can see I judge everybody that’s why I took my children to the party were I knew that sweets will be served.
Yes, you are right, I’m a terrible mother, because my kids are not fan of overly sweet chocolate cake at someone’s birthday party.
It’s all very sad, please call the child services quick, because my kids get to have sweets only a few times a year.
Those children in Africa must be even more abused, right?
I love raw broccoli,but not cooked.
I also love rich dark chocolate.
Yummy!
She sounds like a wonderful and very responsible mother.The greatest gift there is in the world is good health.
She is teaching her kids good habits early on,it’s hard to change once bad habits set in.I will do the same when I have kids.
Why do people get so angry at celebrities when they talk about their healthy lifestyle?I don’t get it.They have to look great,it’s big part of their job.Why would anybody be interested in them otherwise?I’m seeing fat people all over the place every single day.I’m not going to pay money to see the same in the movies or magazines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Mika as I say sorry but I saw that cute story a different way it just goes to show you cant win no matter what you do.
The point I was probably badly making is that there is no right or wrong way there is extremes and a child should have everything in moderation (within the boundaries of children of course)
@Imelda :
I don’t tell anybody how to raise their children, because it’s none of my business, same as it’s none of their business how I raise my kids.
I think it’s a cute story about a 4 year old little girl.
I’m just a mother who is trying to provide the best possible life for her kids and I happen to believe that good health is very important.
No need to attack, just because you don’t agree with my parenting.
My parents immigrated to the USA before their children were born, but they raised us as they were raised in their homeland. Sweets for them is a special treat for very special occasions only.
Each culture has different believes, different lifestyle and different food.
Different is not bad, it’s just different.
Tolerance and respect are good and needed for a better world for all of us.