Gisele Bundchen gave an interview to the Associate Press about her life these days. I’m assuming she gave this interview before her wild Costa Rican vacay, where she was photographed riding an ATV with her youngest, daughter Vivian (CB discussed that controversy yesterday). By the way, there was so much outcry and mommy-blogging about those photos, Gisele’s rep had to issue a statement about it. The statement: “Gisele was on a private beach driving very, very slowly.” That’s it. That’s her whole justification/excuse. It’s okay for her to do it because she was driving slowly on a private beach. Controversy over!
Anyway, Gisele rubs me the wrong way most of the time, like when she’s trying to put herself out there as the Best Mother Ever, but as CB pointed out yesterday, some of that was just new-mother stuff. She’s been much more low-key with her “advice” and mom-judgments with her second child. Anyway, in this new interview, Gisele talks about football, her hair and of course, her diet.
It may be NFL playoff time in the Tom Brady-Gisele Bundchen household, but the stress doesn’t carry over at home.
“He’s very focused,” the 33-year-old Bundchen said of Brady, quarterback for the New England Patriots, in a recent interview. “We are both very supportive of one another in what we do. … Of course nobody likes to lose. Those aren’t the best days. He knows he does his best. He works extremely hard.”
The three-time Super Bowl champ and his New England Patriots travel to Denver to play the Broncos on Sunday for the AFC championship.
To stay calm, the Brazilian model says the couple winds down differently.
“At night if my husband is watching TV and watching football, I have my little book and I put something in my ears so I don’t hear it and I put my light (on) and have my book and I’m like, ‘Ohhh.’ He’s feeding his soul and that’s important to him to watch football. I only want to watch if I’m watching him,” she joked.
And win or lose, family comes first. Brady has a 6-year-old son, John, whose mother is actress Bridget Moynahan. Bundchen and Brady have a 4-year-old son, Ben, and a 1-year-old daughter, Vivian.
“He’s very loving and it’s a wonderful thing. In our house we are very affectionate,” she said. “I think it’s very important for the boys to know that it’s OK to hug and to kiss and you’re not less than a man.”
Bundchen was recently named a brand ambassador for Pantene hair products. She’s worked with the company in Brazil since 2007. When she’s not working, Bundchen says she doesn’t have much time to put into her locks and laughs that her go-to style is a “sleek bun.”
She doesn’t even own a hairbrush.
“In my job you have to remember people are brushing my hair every day. You have to remember the last thing I want (on a day off) is a brush in my hair!”
Bundchen says she’s committed to being healthy and treating her body right in order to look and feel her best.
“Products are amazing but if you are putting things that are unhealthy inside your body it’s just masking stuff. … I haven’t drank soda in 10 years. My kids eat what I eat. The first (solid) food my son had was papaya and then avocado. … He loves garlic because we eat a lot of garlic in our house. Even my little daughter. … She will not eat anything unless there’s garlic. Garlic and ginger. … They really eat what I eat.”
I can’t shade her for not owning a brush. I don’t own a hairbrush either. I have a wide-tooth comb/pick that I use and that’s it. I haven’t owned a brush in at least a decade. So… I’m kind of with her on that. And I too would not watch football by choice, and I think it’s funny to imagine Gisele and Tom’s nights at home as him watching a game and Gisele with her headphones on, reading her local Book Club selection. And of course her son’s first solid food was papaya. OF COURSE. I wish I could quit soda, but I need at least one Diet Pepsi to get through the day – sadly, the day would not be worth living without my Diet Pepsi. My justification is that I don’t drink coffee, so I need my caffeine somewhere.
PS… I’ve never noticed before today how much Gisele looks like Julia Roberts when she smiles.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
“At night if my husband is watching TV and watching football, I have my little book and I put something in my ears so I don’t hear it”….
They’re such a hot couple.
I bet she listens to the cha-ching when he making his millions playing it though LOL.
Doubtful. She makes more money than he does.
I was just going to post that.She is the big breadwinner in the family.
She is the big bread winner, but I think she lets him pay for everything keeps her money to herself. It was an article a while ago.
If it’s true that she saves all her money and only spends his then it doesn’t matter how much she makes. She would enjoy the cha-ching coming from him.
If she makes more money than him, that just proves she’s way, way, WAY f@ckn over paid!
Football > modeling.. all day, every day
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!
I will second your GO BRONCOS!!!!!!! but I would have to say they are both tragically overpaid. Nobody deserves as much money as these two have, but that’s a whole different convo.
@ Nerd alert.. That is the truth! Makes me think of the meme that says “Share if you think a man defending his country shouldn’t be making less than a man defending a football” or something like that.. I am a Marine Corps wife, so lol yeah, thats a whole other conversation!!
I see we agree on more than football. Cheers!
I’m sure the Broncos will absolutely crush the Pats this weekend 😉
Nerd Alert
As a full New Englander I can’t help, but despise Brady. The Pats just have great PR, but are as bad as most the NFL teams that have rogue, criminal players. With that said, Go Broncos!
My day is worse and I’m a lot more stressed if I don’t have my Diet Coke break around 2pm. It’s a very real thing. It’s like having my cigarette. Don’t take away my Diet Coke. I will eat more kale if I can keep the Coke.
Diet Coke is the nectar of life! I don’t drink the old 7 cans like I used to, just one a day. But I love it and enjoy that cold can cracking open more than most things. the first sip always feels like slow motion, like in the commercials. And I look forward to the one a daymore now that it’s not my only fluid intake. But what I’ve found, is that if you love diet Coke, you LOVE diet Coke.
Me too. Two a day, no coffee. And my gastroenterologist even admitted it won’t kill me lol. Life’s not worth it without a vice or two!! Like this website… 😉
Ohhhhh, ain’t that the truth! I live in Boston and you should see my DC Stock-Up before snowstorms. I can’t be stuck in the house without it. Hell no. Please. 🙂
Totally agree on the diet coke thing. I have to drink at least 2 a day.
Same here! 2 a day, no coffe..the highlight of my day,lol!
I’m the idiot jumping on here to pay homage to the old Diet Coke. I store it in the fridge and then sip it out of a rocks glass, no ice. The ice completely ruins the integrity of the soda. Oh, those fizzy little bubbles…
I have wavy-curly hair so I don’t have a brush either, I have like…2 combs and that’s it. And Kaiser, I’m with you on the soda thing, though I can’t drink diet sodas because I hate the taste of artificial sweeteners. So since I drink the regular stuff I try to limit myself to 2-3 a week tops. I suppose if I had Gisele’s money I could afford to hire a chef and a trainer and a hypnotherapist and rid myself of the habit altogether.
Same here. I have curly hair and I threw out my brushes. They just ruined my hair. Now my hair looks glorious, with no brushing or combing, and it quit falling out. I will never hate on a person who doesn’t comb or brush their hair again.
Also, I hate fizz, so I haven’t had a soda in decades. I noticed at an old job where free soda was a perk, that if I drank it, I gained weight. If I switched to water, I lost weight. It was quite dramatic, and it was the only change I made.
I have curly hair and brush every day after I bathe. I do see a lot of hair loss. Could you give a bit more information about your hair routine? I am so tired/afraid of my hair loss, but if I don’t brush it looks unkempt.
p.s. I hate carbonated beverages too. I do not enjoy burping, lol.
I agree with the soda thing. I used to drink it 2-3 times a day, but now I have it maybe twice a week. I lost about 15 lbs from that alone. Soda is a major cause of the obesity epidemic.
itstrue…My hair is more wavy than curly now and it needs hair products if I want to make it more curly. I condition in the shower and use a wide tooth comb as I’m rinsing the conditioner out. I like Clear conditioner in the purple bottle (didn’t care for the shampoo). BJ’s sells a large bottle that lasts me a good 6 months. I also use Wen as a conditioner sometimes.
Also, after I get out of the shower I use a wide tooth pick on my hair to get out any knots from towel drying and then I put my hair products in. I own a couple brushes, but never use them unless I’m blow drying my hair straight, which I rarely do.
Itstrue:
Search the internet for “Curly Girl Method” and it will explain what I do.
I use Redken Curvateous shampoo, conditioner and curl cream (or Ringlet).
I don’t towel dry, as it makes my hair frizzy.
I use a diffuser to dry my hair.
My hair is a short curly bob.
I do not comb or brush my hair as it breaks up the curls and causes frizz.
It never tangles. It’s not long enough to.
I noticed that after I stopped trying to blow dry my hair straight and flat iron it and comb and brush it, that I no longer had tumbleweeds rolling around my bathroom.
Some days I wake up and my hair looks great.
Other days I look homeless, so I just stick my head under the faucet and rewet it and it recurls nicely when I diffuse it with the hair dryer.
I have curls as well. My twin sister and I came up with our method from trial and error. I use a wide-tooth comb in the shower to detangle as I use conditioner. Out of the shower, I use product (recently this stuff by Fructis that used be called hair putty but now is under a different name and marketed to men with short hair, lol). Then, I use my wide tooth comb to go through my hair and comb it straight down. Kind of like with the curling ribbon you see at holiday times, running the comb straight down makes it spring back in nice curls as it dries and keeps the cuticle flat and shiny. I let it air dry, and shake my hair after about 30 minutes of drying.
I have two combs, one is a bit wider tooth’d than the other. The wider the teeth, the fatter the curls. The more narrow the teeth, the smaller and tighter the curls are.
@ Tiffany.. what’s the stuff called? I have curly hair as well and while I’ve gotten better at taking care of the curls, some days the frizz is still there. I need to invest in a wider tooth comb though.
I am also a member of the long natural curly hair club. And I do own kind one hair brush. Let me preach about the ultimate hair brush.
A Paul Mitchell #413 Sculpting brush.
It was introduce to the hair world, many many years ago… specifically for girls with long hair. I have kept at least two, in my possession, since 1984. They are incredible. Link below is to eBay to show the brush.
http://goo.gl/kXhsZ3
They are nearly impossible to find in person to purchase. But are a little gift from the hair gods for me. I only blow dry, my small amount of bangs, daily. The rest dries naturally.
But the last thing a girl with curly or long hair should use is a dang vent brush. Which causes the hair loss and split ends. And when I do blow out my mound of hair, to wear it straight. This brush is a miracle worker for me.
Yes, I love Pantene. I use it daily for my shampoo and conditioner.
But I use Aura Spray On Gel, on my wet hair…. to get my curls to hold their shape and not fall apart and frizz. And comb it through with my detangler wide tooth comb. That comb is a must have. Like everyone else I keep one in the shower to comb my conditioner through with…
But seriously. That Paul Mitchell brush… is a must have.
itstrue….all I do with my curly shoulder-length hair is to comb it with a wide tooth comb when it’s wet after I wash it, scrunch it to give a bit of body and don’t touch it until it’s dry. Let it air dry – never use a hairdryer unless you want to style it straight.
the more you do to curly hair (& the more product you use) the worse it looks. never brush it ….it just turns to frizz. If it goes a bit frizzy when dry, I run a bit of hand cream into my hands and then scrunch it through my hair – bye bye frizz.
find a hairdresser who can properly cut curly/wavy hair. it makes a huge difference…they should ask whether you want big curls or curls close to your head.
pantene is awful on my hair. not even Giselle could prompt me to buy it.
Well, I have long straight hair and have not used a hairbrush on it since I can remember. I always use a comb. I used to be a hairdresser, and also didn’t really use a hairbrush when I worked as one!
I also never drink soda. Don’t want to waste calories on a drink, and artificial sweetener gives me a headache and I really think it’s pretty bad for you.
I don’t hate her at all. I hate what she makes Tom Brady wear though! Stupid caps and sweaters…
Yes, I am a Patriots fan. I’m only an hour away from Boston. Go Pats! ♥
I know tons of people hate TB. They think he is so arrogant. I have never seen him be anything but pretty humble imo. And he does work very hard. I do somewhat understand why people hate him, but I don’t understand why they think he is arrogant. Most arrogant people don’t come right out after a bad game and say “I really sucked today.” He seems like an extremely nice guy to me.
Im a Broncos fan myself, but I’ve never gotten the TB hate either. He’s a damn fine quarterback and so hot! I also think he’s a smart guy, and pretty pleasant and humble. II honestly think he’s one of those people that is just shy and so it comes off as arrogant. Oh and he’s waaaaaaay too good for GB!!!!
having said that oh my god I’m so excited about Sunday’s game and I hope Tom Brady chokes hard!!!!!!!!!
Well, thanks for responding! Good luck to both of us! ♥
Good luck Zig Zag!!! 🙂
I’ve got pretty wavy hair and a brush would make it super duper uber frizzy. I have 2 wide tooth combs that I’ll use once I’m out of the shower and some days, I just use my fingers. Brushing your hair can do so much damage! I’m not surprised she doesn’t own a brush.
Can’t decide who is more smug Giselle, Goop or Julia?
I think it’s pretty much a three way tie between them all! 🙂
ahah I think they could all be besties…as long as they would keep on kissing each other’s ass.
But when ur smug its very hard to kiss ass.
LOL!! 🙂
Fart Sniffers! lol
Wow. So annoying.
I’ll admit that for less than half a second, I thought she was Julia Roberts.
Can’t shade her for not drinking soda. I never drink it either. It’s practically pure “sugar” and would give me a gut. Plus, American soda is just nasty since it’s not made with real sugar.
My daughters first foods were avocado, sweet potato and papaya too. I don’t see why that’s weird. She’s from Brazil, no? It’s like an apple there.
It’s not just the sugar (or fake sugar) with the soft drinks. They are osteoporosis in a can.
Only the ones with phosphoric acid in them, such as colas, cause osteoporosis. I did research on this issue because I love seltzer water and was worried it was doing this to me.
Drinks like Sprite and Sierra Mist are still liquid candy, though, and are therefore bad for you anyways. They might not give you brittle bones, but they will still make you fat and diabetic!
My daughter had avocado first. The suggested first food of rice cereal is awful and mostly starch. I’d rather have her eat something more nutritious.
Anyway, GO PATRIOTS
I skipped cereal too and went right for fruit and veg. I give her oatmeal now for breakfast because obviously it’s good for her but those starter cereals are kind of worthless, IMO.
Can’t wait to watch them beat Peyton.
I agree. We try to avoid soda, too. Sometimes I crave one, but I only rarely let myself have one bc those are horrible for you. I also fed my baby avocado as a first food! Also skipped the rice cereal as well. As far as her eating organic and feeding their kids healthy foods, I don’t understand what it is about what she said that people have such an issue with. If she was pouring soda into her baby’s bottles, people with have an issue with it. She’s doing all the right things, so what’s the issue? I know plenty of moms that are feeding their kids the same way she is, and no one gives them any grief for it. At least she’s putting in effort to raising her kids. I never cared for her before, but after she had her kids, I started liking her more!
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what she said. Her job involves being primped and prodded, so on her days off, she doesn’t want to have to deal with her appearance. People are just trying to nitpick the things she says. I’m sure if Jennifer Lawrence had said the same comment about not wanting to brush her hair on her days off, everyone would think it was so down-to-earth and cool of her.
She doesn’t need to justify her actions to anyone, the fact a statement had to be released is ridiculous. She’s only 33?!? She looks a wee bit older, maybe the sun? Anyway, I don’t own a hairbrush either, I’m combing it like Kaiser.
Agreed! Do NOT get the Gisele hate. She seems like a loving wife, mother and step mother. You can’t hate on someone for being all those things and a supermodel, too 😉
I dunno man, I don’t have a problem with get but I do feel that she projects this “I’m a perfect career woman/mother/wife” image and I don’t think that’s true – I don’t think perfection exists, I think every woman struggles and does her best with what she’s been given. Most wives/mothers don’t have the kind of resources that she has and I just wish she would stop holding herself as this shining example of motherhood at it’s best. So in a nutshell – I’m not a hater, I just think that she comes across as disingenuous sometimes.
Agreed
I don’t know why everyone hate’s on her so much.It’s not like she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.Yes she is a model and people think it might be a frivolous job,and she even isn’t the prettiest one,but she has worked very hard to be where she is at.
Just when I think it cannot be possible, she manages to be even more annoying.
Yes, this. And I’m sorry about that face of hers.
That face that got her millions of dollars. I would switch her face for mine.
Never really saw what was so striking about Giselle. I’m not hating I just never thought see was a stunner. Adriana Lima always seemed more attractive. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Anywho she is a bit smug but many celebs are.
I think she is really striking but kind of dumb. However, she seems to be surrounded by smart people and leads what looks like a fairy-tale life. Still, I wonder why the constant stream of My Life Is So Perfect photos/stories–perhaps her life is not really as fantastic as she’d have the plebians believe?
The more she talks the more I agree with your theory.
Everything out of her mouth is a pat on the back. Maybe she is just one of those annoying people.
And I don’t drink soda anymore either. It always made my teeth feel like it had gunk on them.
I highly recommend seltzer water instead. With flavors it’s so yummy, no sodium or calories.
And why should she own a brush? She’s ways getting her hair done professionally.
“you have to remember……….you have to remember”
🙄
howsabout we just try to forget…mkayz?
I believe that about the soda, that stuff is terrible for you and if you make your living looking good, why play with fire…the hair brush…I’m just not buying it, but please, how does she even fit her big head through the door?! I used to really like her, but she’s getting a bit too smug.
I know some people think she’s stunning, but all I see is Malificent’s-twin-brother-does-RuPaul’s-Drag-Race. She just has no curves and such masculine features.
Gimme Doutzen or Ana Beatriz Barros any day of the week! Hell, if I was drunk enough, even Cara DeLivigne(sp?)…
yeah ,she has andrgynous features and not in a good way ,when i think of supermodels who are moms ,my all time favourite is Natalia vodianova ,she had 3 kids all while she was actively modelling and she made absolutely no fuss in the media abt her ,kids ,or her hair ,or husband ,the only thing i ever heard abt her was her charitable works in russia,i love her
I haven’t had a soda in 5 years, and I really don’t miss it. I got really weird about processed foods/ chemicals in food. I don’t expect everyone to do that, though. Her problem isnt that she avoids processed foods and feeds her children whole healthy foods, it is that she talks about it to reporters.
I don’t drink drink soda either and haven’t for about 3 years. I just think it’s one of the worst things you can put in your body and it doesn’t taste good to me so it’s not worth it. Not judging people who do at all. Sometimes I drink a mixture of pomegranate juice, white grape juice and club soda with lime because I get bored with plain water and you can’t have wine with breakfast.
Who says you can’t? 😉
You can’t? *dashes off to recork the bottle* 😉
GoodNames that sounds good. The taste would clash with my coffee flavored yogurt though..
See, my problem isn’t when people talk about food preferences (organic, non organic, processed, sodas, etc), it’s when they try to shove their food preferences down your throat as the only way to live.
I have one friend who strictly eats organic food and has been a vegetarian for roughly 12 years now. She talks about her food beliefs and why she eats the way she does, but she isn’t smug about it and she doesn’t bring it up unless she’s asked.
On the other hand, I know a woman who will shade you left and right for not buying organic. She is so smug and condescending and constantly brings up how she won’t get cancer because she only eats organic (except for the Starbucks, McDonalds, etc she eats for lunch most days). When she talks about food it’s in a way that says “since you’re too stupid to figure out how to eat properly, I’ll tell you how. You’re welcome”
@Lee. Preachy hypocritical people drive me crazy! My last boss was like that. Talked about her healthy eating all the time. No meat, dairy etc. Only posted pictures of her sons favorite foods and healthy recipes on FB. I never said anything but I was tempted to point out that she was clearly smoking when she called from her home office. And the time she was talking to me while going thru the drive thru. Coffee with cream and a toasted bagel with extra butter and cream cheese. I probably eat 10x better than her but just don’t advertise it. Everyone can eat what they want. No judgement here but own it. You need to do it for yourself not how you want people to perceive you.
Hate to break it to your friend, but you can eat every meal organic and do everything “right” and still end up with cancer. She has no business saying that to anyone!
@Kileyray – I know! It drives me crazy when she goes on her rants. If anyone tries to argue with her, she just gets louder, like she can drown out everyone else’s opinion. There is only her opinion and she is always right.
@Kate – Agreed – I’m not sure where she did her research that led her to believe that eating “mostly” organic will keep you from getting cancer at some point in her life, but again it’s part of her condescending “I’m right, you’re wrong” brigade.
Neither have I drank a soda in 10 years or own a brush so why don’t I look as good as she does. Well I own a brush I just never use it. I never comb my hair either.
LOL I was thinking the same thing.
I remember how surprised I was to realize I don’t need a brush at all. I still have it, in case there’s a rat’s nest emergency, but I haven’t used it in years.
As for soda, I weaned myself off a couple of years ago using caffeinated flavor drops, and then tapered down the amount I put in my water lol. It was easier to quit smoking.
I don’t know how anyone with long hair cannot own a hair brush but whatever.
She probably uses a really great conditioner and then just runs her fingers through it after a shower. And she probably uses a comb. I have very long hair and I can go without using a brush if I run my fingers or a comb through it directly after a shower.
My hair is between my shoulders and ears and I finger comb it. If I use a brush, the curls glom together and I have Laura Petrie hair, if any of you remember her.
Long wavy hair. No brush. A brush destroys it. Per my stylists and hair people I’ve worked with on set, brushes and my hair type don’t mix! I also haven’t had a soda in over ten years. And my husband watches football and I read! I feel strangely connected…. 😉 where’s my damn private beach though, huh???
“You have to remember …. . You have to remember….” kind of rubs me the wrong way, she sounds arrogant and condescending. And she looks pretty unkempt sometimes so using a brush or is not such a bad idea, even on a day off.
I like Gisele…I don’t like her husband. I guess I am lucky in regards to the fact that I don’t like soda. I can’t remember the last time I had a soda. My husband sucks down Pepsi all day long & I’m sure he is addicted. I’m going to go nag at him.
Hopefully it’s not to the point that it got with my mom—about 5 years ago she tried to quit drinking Coke cold turkey, and she started getting really bad headaches (she’s almost 50 now), so she started drinking it again.
I’m trying to quit drinking so much crap with sugar in it, so what I do is I either drink water with a few lemons in it, or I put in a couple of tea packets and a packet of splenda in a big jar of water….it works pretty good–if you get the right kind of tea it’ll taste sort of like kool-aid.
@Cecilia
My husband used to drink 2 or 3 real cokes a day. He wasn’t overweight but he had high cholesterol. When he stopped drinking them, he switched to 1 diet coke a day, and his cholesterol is normal now. Just giving you ammunition. Go get him!
Lol…I’m on it!! Thanks for your comment.
Is driking soda a cultural thing? Where I live, sodas are not wildly popular – I mean, I don’t know one family that would have Coke or whatever with a proper meal, and I don’t even see many people my age (22) drinking sodas on a regular basis. I definitely wouldn’t consider them a guilty pleasure… I guess they’re an acquired taste. Personally, I think they’re terrible. Too fizzy and oversweet. I’m not saying you should only sip on kale juice, either… but what’s wrong with good old mineral water?
I don’t own a brush either. I have curly hair and whenever I brush it, I end up looking like Hagrid on a foggy day. I’ve used a wide-tooth comb for a long time now and I’m very happy with it!
Hagrid on a foggy day! Perfect description – that’s my experience too.
Soda might be a cultural thing, or maybe it varies family to family. I never had it growing up and we don’t drink it in our family except on rare occasions, or if someone brings it with them for a party. But I do know lots of people who drink it with lunch or in the afternoon, like a snack almost.
Totally agree…pop was a treat for us growing up: my 2 siblings and I shared a can if RC cola (Canadian) on Friday nights when we watched Dallas, lol. I couldn’t fathom just having a pop whenever I felt like it?!
+1 we just never had it in the house, and I never think of buying it.
I… I’m just happy Kaiser admits to not being able to get by without a Diet Pepsi a day. I’m in the same hole with my loved and hated Coke Zero. Awful. Coffee nor energy drinks keep me awake, but have a can of said Coke and bbbbzzzzt hello.
Can’t fault her for not having a brush. My mom used to do my hair when I was little every day and she wasn’t overly gentle. I still hate hairbrushing or if someone runs hands through my hair or pulls it. So I cut my shit a week before Christmas. All of it. Off.
I always think she is older than she really is. Her healthy lifestyle hasn’t done much to preserve her looks.
I agree she looks 40.
Yeah, I was surprised with how young she actually is–she looks like a young looking 40-45 year old…..I’m not saying she needs to look like she’s 20, but she looks really ‘hard’ for her age.
I dont think she looks older persay, I just thinks she has some different looking face angles that make her face look a little more on the masculine side. I still find her very beautiful. And what a freaking body!! I wish I could look that way in that dress.
She goes in the sun. I’m certain it’s the sun that has aged her. She likely has fantastic facial cosmetics and gets treatments and all that, but nothing can un-do sun damage. And sun damage is incremental. You can look youthful for a long time and then suddenly someone’s saying you look “older” but they can’t put their finger on why or how. That’s sun damage.
I think Gisele is cute–but she can look masculine–especially when she has no makeup and her hair pulled back.
I guess I also don’t find her that amazing because I’m like the exact opposite of her–I’m short, shaped like Beyonce, and have really curly hair–so there’s nothing I can really identify with her, body wise or anything like that.
Although they all deny it, I think these models deny themselves food, and in the long wrong that is bad for the body. I’m especially suspicious of people like her who talk about food a lot.
The pressure to be thin does often lead to unhealthy habits. It’s been that way for decades. My mother’s cousin was discovered during a college campus model search, was hired by a major NY based agency, worked regularly with her star rising and was dead within 2 years. She was dieting and had been taking penicillin to keep her skin flawless. Developed pneumonia and died.
I’ve never liked soda. My mom drinks it occasionally and we had it in the house when I grew up. I drank it more as a child but still never really loved it. After I left for college, I drank it less and less. I only drink water, tea, and juice. I don’t like coffee either. People think I’m really weird for not needing much caffeine to get through the day, but I feel I’m blessed for not craving things that are unhealthy.
Lots of health benefits to coffee. I don’t do much caffeine myself, but not because it’s unhealthy. For me, it gives me headaches, even in very small amounts.
I stopped drinking coffee a few years ago, because it made me too nervous and jumpy. I have anxiety issues as well, so ditching the morning coffee really helped. Now I just have green tea in the morning. I don’t drink sodas very often, I do love a good rum and coke though.
Gisele is from Brazil so it’s not that strange that her son’s first food was papaya, and I can’t hate on her for feeding her kid healthy food. Those of us who either hail from or have parents from hail from the tropics it’s not unusual to have these foods introduced into our diet at an early age.
When she talks about child rearing with her first son I kind of rolled my eyes because I was like really, you’re an expert and your kid is five minutes old??? So I found her to be a bit santamonious. But when she speaks about health or skincare I will listen because her body is amazing and her skin looks pretty good. I know she’s had a nose job and a possible implants but the rest of it is through hard work and discipline…I’m looking for some inspiration to stick to my new year’s resolutions but on second thought she might not be the best person to look up to for that. She also does a lot of charity work in Brazil and I think that is pretty admirable…
She says a lot of good things and I think moms can learn from her. The problem is she’s so f*cking vain and pompous in her delivery. It’s a turn off. I find her really insufferable. She’s correct but you want to give her the finger anyway.
I could not live without my caffeine, coffee in the morning then I have one coke in the late afternoon… I need them! 😉 Lol! I don’t use a brush very often or I will look like Diana Ross circa 1980.
I can forgo soda for the most part… except when required as a mixer.
Gisele and Goop need to get together so they can congratulate each other when they fart unicorns. So sick of them both!
I’ll be right behind them to catch the baby unicorns as they fall.
@Anony
I see what you’re saying, but I respectfully disagree with your implication that women on this site make negative comments on other women because they’re jealous of them. I see a lot of support for women and women’s issues on this site and a true celebration of beauty. But being a pretty, successful woman doesn’t automatically make you perfect either, and if you’re going to lecture people about how to be as fabulous as you are, people are going to find you annoying. Male or female.
I think that resumes very well the general feeling towards Gisele. Thanks.
Nobody is ragging her for being a woman she is just annoying as hell just like Gwennie and her Goop crap. Snotty and full of herself.
Her comments are not that offensive and I see no reason to hate on her other than jealousy. What she says actually makes sense. Soda, diet or otherwise, is terrible for you. If it’s not loaded with sugar, it’s got equal amounts of aspartame which is probably even worse. Who knows, maybe her comments will even do some good. A lot of people will read them. She also seems to be a good mother and that counts for a lot.
@Anony and Tazina
Why do you assume just because we don’t like Gisele it’s out of jealousy? If I’m going to be jealous of someone it would be someone like Jolie who Gisele couldn’t even compare to when it comes to beauty and success. IMO Halle Berry blows Gisele away in looks. Abigail Spencer is stunning. These are all gorgeous women but we hate on Gisele because she’s beautiful; that’s laughable. I don’t even find her attractive. She isn’t ugly but there are much prettier models out there that Gisele can’t compare to when it comes to look. Gisele just got lucky because she was packaged and marketed extremely well. If people behind the scene in the beauty industry is constantly pushing their form of beauty in your face and telling you what is beautiful people tend to go with the grain.
So why would we be hating on Gisele? We hate on her because she is smug and insufferable. We feel the same way about Goop. But I’m willing to bet you haven’t accused anyone of being jealous of Goop. I can understand if we were on Gisele’s fan site but this is a gossip site afterall. Everyone is fair game.
v4real: You know I like you. But your “hate” for Gisele is a bit odd. Do you personally know her? One more thing, beauty is very subjective…
@Miss M My discontent for Gisele is on the same level as it is for Goop and Halle Berry. Why haven’t you called me out on those two? Sorry for assuming but I can only guess it is because you are a fan of Gisele why I am not. I find Gisele annoying, insufferable and full of herself just like Beyonce.
Yes I know beauty is subjective and I’m saying I don’t find her attractive. Some people think Goop and SJP is beautiful while I don’t. It’s just my opinion as well as their opinion. I adore you Miss M, I just don’t understand why you are calling me out on Gisele when there are plenty of other female celebs that I say the same exact thing about.
@Miss M
Well, really if you think about it, the fact that we are all reading about and commenting on and having feelings towards people we don’t know is a bit odd. But it’s fun, right?
I…like her? In a way. I mean, I’d love to not give a f*ck about what other people say/think the way she does. Also, I’d give my
Left arm if my son would eat avocado. He eats fruit, but pretty much hates anything that isn’t peanut butter, pita, fruit, or veggie nuggets. I did “all the right things” when he was a baby to to introduce him to a wide variety of foods, but his pallet is simple. He can’t stand flavor and is picky about textures. Luckily, my second is a bit more adventurous. I don’t think feeding your kids all the right foods necessarily means they will eat what you eat. But good in her that her kids like to eat healthy foods. To me, it’s stressful to worry about a kid not having a balanced diet.
He may very well change in a few years. My daughter went through a picky stage after a period where she ate everything. I tried not to make a big deal about it and continued to eat whatever my husband and I wanted to eat, letting her choose to eat what she wanted from what was served and leave behind what she didn’t want. Eventually she began getting adventurous again. I never resorted to the “make her a different meal” routine that some of my friends did with their picky eaters. There was always enough in regular meals that she would eat and I figured (correctly) that she would not starve herself.
Now she is a teenager and will eat nearly everything.
But it is true that some people simply like only a few things. As long as they are healthy things (like your son’s choices) it is fine.
Sometimes I look as though I don’t own a brush. Does that count?
It’s great that Giselle’s kids eat what she eats (SIDE NOTE: it’s “interesting” that she left out mention of her husband by saying “I” and not “we”). I’m a big believer that kids should eat what parents eat. Why give a kid applesauce from a jar when you can mash up/puree just about anything that an adult eats? My nephew, age 2.5, has been eating lentil soup and quinoa and Indian food and Korean bulgogi and whatever else we eat since he was a baby. Our family never bought a jar of baby food, not once. Unfortunately, Giselle talks like she’s on to something radical and foreword-thinking. She’s so vain and pompous I can’t even stand it.
For some reason, I don’t have the same feeling (hatred) toward her as I do with Gwynnie. Should I? I don’t feel like Gisele is quite there. After yesterday’s story I did some googling around and found that the “mommy bloggers” had thrown a shit-fit because her infant daughter had her ears pierced. Really? I mean, I get that celebs can be annoying what with their, “Everyone can look like this if they have a personal chef and work out 6 hours a day, oh, and nannies, and 11,000 sf homes, and, and, and…” But to nitpick the woman for giving her kids the food she eats and piercing her daughter’s ears seems crazy to me.
+1 About that ear piercing hullabaloo some people just don’t understand that it’s a cultural thing. My mom had my ears pierced when I was about a week old!
My parents are from the West Indies and me and both my older sisters had our ears pierced at like 6 months old. Also one of my first solid foods that I ate was crushed up mango my mother made for me.
A friend of mine who is of Indian decent had her baby’s ears pierced at 8 months. It really is a cultural thing.
Also, I like Giselle even if she does seem smug sometimes. I think she is gorgeous and she is into the environment. She takes so much crap- like people call her out for being an environmentalist but owning a few properties. Leo probably does the same thing and nobody bats an eye.
I like both her and Tom Brady because they seem generally low key. I love the comment she made about boys learning it is ok to show affection. Tom Brady gets crapped on a lot for crying in public, for holding his wife’s purse in public, etc. But I think it is really sexy that a man in such a testosterone filled profession can show that side of himself. He is also incredible demonstrative with his children, including the boys and I agree with Giselle(gasp) that boys learning that is is ok to be that affectionate is important.
I can understand if people do it for cultural reasons, but as a fashion statement no way.
My godmother had her daughter’s ears pierced as a baby, and when the grand baby girls arrived, they too had their ears pierced within months of birth. She is from Mexico originally, and said it is a tradition, that all the girls she new back home had their ears pierced as babies. So ? I have boys, and they STILL WON’T let me pierce their ears . . .
I came from a family where nobody, baby, child or adult pierced their ears (I never had mine pierced.) When I first began seeing babies with pierced ears (when I was a teenager), I was really shocked. It seemed such a strange thing to see jewelry on those little earlobes. Much the same feelings many of you do when you see little girls in high heels. However as I got older and met more people from different backgrounds I realized that it is a cultural thing and now I simply accept it as that.
I still don’t like it particularly, but it is none of my business after all. Different strokes etc. (Didn’t have my daughter’s ears done though!)
I didn’t realize she caught flack for ear piercing. My mom pierced mine when I was about 6 months old and she told me she did it because she was tired of people saying “what a cute boy” even though I was in dresses. And thank goodness she did, all i had hair wise until I was 3 or 4 was peach fuzz. Man, folks get so offended by the smallest things.
i remember years ago her saying she had never been a gym in her life. she’s photographed leaving a gym all the time. she really knows how to piss people off ‘not only do i look better than you but i don’t even work out. Yeah i gave birth but it didn’t hurt at all’ jeez.
LOL!!!!
This weekend, Tom goes up against Peyton. They are almost polar opposites when it comes to publicity and their images. Peyton has a beautiful wife who mostly remains in the background with their cute kids.
I hope the Broncos win the playoff game just to see Mrs. Brady curse again about how the other players messed up. (She went nuts on camera a couple of years ago when Peyton’s brother outplayed precious Tom and a fan pointed it out to her.)
Yay go Broncos!
You’re exaggerating that incident. She didn’t go nuts she simply responded to an incredibly rude giants fan. Gisele tries to stay out of the camera too, but she can’t always do that. She’s a freaking supermodel with a career in her own right. Of course sometimes she’s going to overshadow her husband. She isn’t purposely trying to do that though. I dislike Tom Brady because I am a Colts fan. But i do like Gisele, Peyton, and Ashley. There’s no need to induce competition between two people where there isn’t any. Peyton and Tom hell yeah! But their wives? Come on. All in all they seem like good people.
@Gaggles – Defending one’s spouse is one thing, but in my opinion GB went over the top when she cursed and criticized his teammates. She was not classy at all. Her temper got the better of her. In her years of being in the spotlight, it surprised me she cursed and ranted like that instead of ignoring the heckling. That is why I stand by my assessment.
As for dragging wives into this, Time magazine has an article this week regarding the branding choices Tom and Peyton have made, and the author mentions wife GB as the probable influence for Tom being a “slick fashion snob.” That is their choice of description, not mine. Given the timing of the playoff game, I don’t think it’s off base to mention the difference in the couples’ personas.
She threw his receiver under the bus. That’s never ok. She’s a grown adult, not a teenager, and in that moment it was her job to support her husband and make him look good. She came off looking like a poor loser and a brat. Tom deserved better than that – he’s always pretty classy in defeat.
Sure guys, she was not classy she put her foot in it. But how many times since then have you heard of such an incident. The hate on Gisele does strike me as just plain out hating on her and picking apart everything she does. She’s for the most part harmless. She’s not ursula for goodness’s sakes. She can say stupid things, but it doesn’t make her the devil incarnate like some posters on here believe her to be.
I forgive her because honestly it’s more than likely players wives have responded to heckling before, but the fact that it’s gisele bundchen makes it newsworthy. you know they won’t leave her alone no matter what.
I guess one of the differences in my mind when you compare her to Peyton Manning’s very lovely wife who does stay in the background is that Giselle was already a very public figure pre-Brady so it isn’t the same thing.
I think her talking crap about his receivers was awful but I am guessing she gets hounded more then any other player’s wife because she is a public figure and to me that is the difference. I doubt Peyton’s wife is getting yelled at by the press and fans post Bronco losses.
Sunny, those are good points. I just find it fascinating how different the two guys and their wives are.
I’m sure Mrs. M could post photos of her babies and lifestyle, but chooses to stay private. And I think she’d be a lot more likeable and interesting, actually. I cannot imagine her dropping the f-bomb and criticizing her husband’s teammates, should someone say “Tom B. owns your husband” after a loss. Maybe it could happen, but I can’t see it.
Gisele post pict of her babies b/c a lot of people including myself r interested to see that. who cares about MRs. M??? And btw, you should check out Gisele’ instagram… her pics are awesome., Her babies r the cutest
I get really annoyed when mothers talk about how they feed their children “real” food and their kids think vegetables are candy and “why would you ever feed them something else?” Kids are individuals just like adults. I have three, one of whom isn’t eating solids yet. The other two? Have both been raised in the same house. They both eat a diet of whole, unprocessed foods that are mostly made from scratch. One of them will eat anything, and the other won’t touch a vegetable or anything that looks like one. You can do all the right things, and still not have perfection.
If this bothers you, there is a lot more of it coming as your kids get older. So many parents ascribe their kids’ behaviours to their own amazing parenting. To illustrate I had many friends just blissed out on their prosocial mature daughters, compared to my rowdy son. That’s parenting, right? Until they had sons.
ITA. I see it soo much.
So true. I swear my younger brother would not eat anything but fried chicken, pbjs and mac and cheese. I don’t think he ate a vegetable for the first 10 years of his life. He wouldn’t, no matter what my mother tried. The rest of us did eat vegetables. So go figure.
This being a gossip site, by definition almost every woman featured here is successful and most of them are ‘pretty’ too. Some celebs are widely admired on this site, some less so. Giselle belongs to the latter category. I’m not sure what you were expecting when you chose to read and comment on a gossip site.
She doesn’t own a hairbrush because she has People who brush her hair for her. Po dat.
I haven’t had soda in yrs, I did not have it growing up, it was not around unless its was the 4th of July or something. As I got older, I would have a good old diet Coke at work functions to “fit” in.
I used to travel a lot w/my job and I noticed how easy it was to throw back a diet coke at 6am.
I went cold turkey and left them alone in 2003.
GB is becoming annoying
ps. I too, haven’t used a brush in yrs–its just there.
She. Is. So. Unbelievably. Ugly.
And people are entitled to dislike whomever they choose. At least people on this site are mostly able to articulate why they dislike somebody, and usually with good reason.
I don’t get it either. Yes, she has a killer body, but that face. No. Just no. Doesn’t mean I hate her or am jealous, I just don’t get it. And can we talk about the elephant in the room? How someone from Brazil gets the name of Bundchen? We all know how, but very few people talk about it. Hint: WWII.
@Derlob: I dont expect you to know about the Brazilian immigration history. But we actually have immigrants from Europe and the biggest Italian community outside of Italy is in Brazil.
Ridiculous. You do know that there are tons of people from South America whose ancestors immigrated from all over Europe, don’t you? Like the Pope, who is Argentinian and whose ancestors came from Italy?
Oh, and GO PATS!!!
This will probably be removed, but I saw a side-by-side comparison Of GB next to Reinhard Heydrich.
The resemblance was eerie.
Yes, I know he was assassinated in 42 or 43, but maybe his family emigrated to Brazil after the war?
Hey, Delorb, she’s sixth generation brazilian. Hint: Do the math. It is awfull to sugest that brazilians with german surnames (and believe me, there are lots of them) have anything to do with nazis.
@ Derlob
Even if it were true, it’s hardly her fault.
Unbelievably ugly! Really? Waoh!
I agree, she’s quite the butterface. Her face always reminds me of a bird or something, not a cute little bird either, maybe a dodo or something.
The first time I ever saw her in VS, she stood out because her face was so different (to put it kindly). I did not think she could ever be a supermodel for years.
@Delorb that is a fascinating tidbit of information. Any good articles on this? I’ve also read that many Nazi’s fled to Argentina as well.
I don’t drink much soda/pop but I do have a bottle of throwback Pepsi every now and again, but it has to be a glass bottle (ice cold) and throwback. When I was in my teens and twenties I was a Pepsi addict, I quit that in my thirties when I started to put on a little weight. As for the brush, my mother told me years ago never to brush my hair when it was wet and to then only brush it once or twice a day, no more. She told me to use my fingers. She also yelled at me about washing my hair every day, sometimes twice a day and she was right about that too! I am now an every other day and sometimes every two days and my hair is great! I really like her and think she is not only a good wife and mother but a really smart business woman. She makes more money that Tom I believe. I know a lot of you find her pretentious but she walks her talk and that makes all the difference to me.
Lots of people babywear (correctly and safely) and feed their kids avocados, Gisele.
I’m not surprised she was once quoted saying “Her sisters could look as good as she does if they worked as much as she does and were as disciplined” something along those lines-sigh I wonder if she understands what it’s like to work your behind off at a job,home,etc?
It’s pretty annoying how people can totally agree with her if it’s something that they too practice, i.e. not drinking soda OR not brushing hair, etc. but they think that the things they don’t have in common with Gisele are THE MOST ANNOYING EVER and those things must make her a total idiot, ugly, and/or b***h. Why must there be something wrong with someone just bc they live a different life than you? This comment goes for pretty much every comments section on this website.
I don’t think they criticize b.c she does things differently. I think the criticism is for wanting credit for doing what many women do all the time, but without the staff to help out. And it’s one thing to discuss what you’re doing – another to infer your superiority. I don’t think she’s very savvy in communicating, so I’ll cut her a break, but I also think that people are entitled to their opinions about her attitude and perceived snobbery.
I don’t use a brush either Giselle, I’d look like a smurf if I did. I haven’t had a soda in years either, I never drank them growing up and never developed a taste for the stuff. I work hard too Giselle, and although I don’t have kids, I do however look after my 90 year old mother, she lives with me.
What I don’t have is your insane wealth which comes from nothing more than posing for pictures and walking a catwalk, and being married to a pro football player. I don’t have scores of people looking after my life. I consider myself intelligent, I’m a certified consulting hypnotist and Reiki healer as well as holding down an almost full-time office job.
So for you to condescendingly drop comments about the perfection of your life and how women should run their lives and families is ridiculous, no wonder you get the backlash you do. Quit rubbing it into the faces of every-day women who can’t afford your luxe lifestyle of all-organic, free-range, chemical-free, raised on caviar, whatever. Not all of us are billionaires and live in 70,00 sq. ft. mansions.
VERY well said…
When did we become so insecure and oversensitive that we perceive that some celebrities ie Giselle and goop arg rubbing their success and privilege in our faces ? I cannot give any celebrity that much power over me.
1. Soda sucks! Good for her!
2. Lots of ppl don’t own a brush. I don’t. I have curls a d finger comb while conditioning so I dont get criss.
3. She’s definitely aging.
I do like what she said about being affectionate,and not being less of a man. I find that to be so true and it is a good lesson.
People seem to enjoy picking apart everything Gisele says in order to find fault with her. I like her and always have.
Ashley: Agreed. Love what she says about men kissing and being affectionate not making them any less masculine. Her boys are going to grow up with a very healthy attitude.
As if going without pop is so difficult.
I wonder if Pepsi wanted to hire her for an ad campaign, if she’d do it for 10 million?
Hehehe, awesome comment!! Thanks!
I don’t drink soft drinks either.* Not a huge fan, never had much of them growing up, and I’d rather eat ALL the pastries and a lot of fruit than put back sugar drinks.
*Except for my sake-grapefruit juice-gingerale punch at parties. That I will guzzle. I’ll feel sugared-out for a week afterwards, but total yum.
“My justification is that I don’t drink coffee, so I need my caffeine somewhere.”
Drink tea.
I can totally understand her not wanting a brush in her hair on her days off. It’s how I feel about computers. I use one all day for work, when I get home, it’s the last thing I want to see.
Good for her for eating well. Soda is bad!
And I agree with those that link she looks older than 33–especially the last pic in the blue dress. Weird.
I’d like to be snarky but…Garlic goes on everything in my house too. And onions and cayenne. I have curly hair so brushes are not my friend either.
I don’t own a hairbrush either. I use a wide-toothed comb–I have really fine, straight hair, but if I use a hairbrush it looks like I stuck my finger in an electrical socket.
But I will admit, I have a soda problem. I can stand the taste of diet soda, so I have to have the real stuff. I’m actually a lot better than I used to be–I used to drink 2 or 3 cans of Coke a day. I have myself down to 2 or 3 a week. Maybe someday I’ll be able to kick it altogether.
I use the same ‘I don’t drink coffee’ excuse to justify my Coke in the evening. Well, it appears to be an excuse to others, but I have sound reasons and actually a lot of solid proof as to why it’s a benefit for me to drink it that are special in my circumstances.
Because I want to.
Whoa, dang. Looks like I’m the Soda Antichrist around here. Feh, I’ve been called worse.
Who drinks soda anymore? Let alone diet soda. Wow. I totally agree with what she said about soda and eating well. People can drink what they want as far as I am concerned, I just do not know anyone who still drinking soda. Don’t live in CA either. I do not read anything she said previously because I am just not interested, so I do not have a bias either way towards the person. Just do the research soda is horrible on your body, teeth, etc.
Even it was good for your body which is not. The cost of it, especially daily is not what I would choose to spend my money on. Some countries are still trying to get clean drinking water.
I don’t find her the least bit attractive. I thought she had a killer body but I saw a pic of her on the beach and didn’t see the face: she looked like she had a boy’s body. But who am I???? She’s making millions and married to TB.
so weird..this morning i was thinking that i need to pick up a brush, so i can smooth out my hair when i put it up in a ponytail. you guys reminded me how damaging it is, so now i don’t think i’ll get it since my hair easily falls out..will stick to my comb and fingers, thx!
okay I also don’t brush my hair everyday but only because brushing my hair is SO hard and takes so much time…I have knots everywhere, if I would want to be able to proper brush it I have to put some oil before in it that de-tangles the knots, but the oil makes my hair super greasy, so I only do proper brushing right before I wash my hair. I am jealous of everyone who has super easy straight hair, my hair is not even curly, I just have slight waves and it is still so complicated, I hate it.
I am seriouslt getting tired of this woman.
Soooo I also don’t drink sodas, don’t brush my hair either and gave my boys peas and avocados when they were young..what’s the big whoop??
I haven’t had a soda in 10 years either. Why is that a big deal?
I haven’t had a soda in about 6 years so I understand it. My husband drinks a ton of soda but I cut it out completely years ago. It really wasn’t that hard to do. I don’t own a brush either. I use a comb. And as for the putting in earbuds while he watches football.. ok? You don’t have to share everything your partner likes. I really don’t see what is the big deal with any of these things. I also didn’t see the big deal about the atv. She was obviously driving slowly (Her hair wasn’t even blowing) and if its on a flat beach I really don’t see the issue.
Sorry but I love orange Fanta. But this wasn’t that bad at least I didn’t roll my eyes like I do with GP.
The only reason I clicked on the headline was to find out if I could make the news. I haven’t had a soda or a hairbrush in 10 years either, but it’s because I think soda tastes gross, and my hair is frizzy. Benign. Celebitchy Fail.