This might be the first time I’ve ever felt sorry for Gisele Bundchen! Tom Brady covers the new issue of Man of the World Magazine and Page Six has some… interesting excerpts from the interview. Page Six is the only outlet with this exclusive, so either Man of the World sent them some excerpts or…? Maybe they bought the magazine online (it costs $20, for goodness sake). Anyway, here are the excerpted quotes. I’m telling you, these quotes are strange.
Tom Brady may be known for his poise on the football field — but he acts “immature” at home with his supermodel wife, Gisele Bündchen, for attention.
“I like attention from her, so when I’m not getting it, I let her know in immature ways, like a young, immature child would,” the Patriots’ leader admits in a new Man of the World magazine cover story.
“You throw fits…you pout and you whine until you get what you want,” he adds. But, “She’s on to me…So now I have to learn new tricks.”
USE YOUR WORDS. Seriously, Gisele is taking care of two kids, plus a step-son and Tom is throwing fits and tantrums to get her attention? Whoa. I mean, I’ve encountered a lot of men in my life who are pouty, sulky bastards but usually they’re not aware of their own behavior. Or are they? It feels like Gisele has to be mama to Tom too, when really he should be helping her out as a partner, not as a surrogate child.
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Sounds like my husband to be honest.
+1000
Same here.
Wow. How do you guys do it? …And why?
I could never tolerate that shit. What a turn off…
Are you married? Honestly, I think all men are like this to varying degrees. But something about the monotony of marriage can bring out things you never expect. Women tend to want to perfect routines and can tune everything out when you’re in that zone. Men tend to need constant validation. So when they’re not getting it enough and you’re oblivious to them, tantrums happen. How you deal with it as a couple may determine your future. It’s how couples easily become strangers if that goes wrong. When my husband has a fit, it drives me nuts and I muster up all the patience I can possibly have at the moment and try to soooooothe the ego. It’s not often, but it helps that he really is wonderful between fits and wouldn’t trade him for anyone else.
everything you said, Observer. THIS.
Unless you’re married, you know not what you speak of. Sure, those of with husbands do deal with them wanting us when we’re on the phone with our girlfriends, mothers, etc., feeling that they take the back burner to our kids – which they do, wanting to be doted on whether it be with baked goodies or putting their laundry away, etc. I wouldn’t say my husband has actual fits, but there are times he can be demanding. There are times I can be demanding. It’s a give and take. There’s nothing to be turned off about – in fact, it’s nice to be wanted and needed. It’s a major turn-on to still be chased after when you’re trying to do house work. I would much rather have a man who still wants and needs my attention after 15 years of marriage than a man who couldn’t care less where I’m at or what I’m doing. Those are the marriages that are strained because both are being neglected and feel they don’t matter.
JenniferJustice
EVERYTHING you said.
Also, I guess I just said tantrums and fit because those were the descriptive terms being used. Demanding is the perfect word. What it actually is is a call for acknowledgement and need for affection. Like JJ said, it boils down to your man wanting you and only you and your undivided attention. And when you give in to that… Awesome!
@ observer I wouldn’t and I am married. My husband is a grown man. We both have our snippy moments, but we call each other on our stuff and we move on. I do more with the kids and the house but I also work part-time while he does full-time. He does help out quite a bit.
@JenniferJustice
I feel like you are talking about two different things….It’s one thing to desire your attention and affection, and a whole other thing to whine like a baby and pout, throw tantrums etc. when you don’t get your way.
I feel like you are making excuses for immature behavior tbh.
If you have to tell yourself it’s about being wanted and needed then by all means…
I’m surprised that so many think it’s ok. I wouldn’t tolerate that shit from a child much less my husband, yikes.
Whatever works for you though.
TELL me about it!
not every men behaves like that, in fact, my husband never behaves like a child. that’s ridiculous! I wanna a MAN in the house, not another child.
Mine too!
I’m not a man but I want a lot of attention from my bf. I don’t think it’s just a “man’s” characteristic. We are all if us kids inside.
Mine too. and he’s a complete alpha male police chief. Go figure.
LOL!!! My thoughts exactly. My fiance needs a lot of attention, but I think it’s cute.
Sounds like every man really!
I cannot imagine a REAL MAN pouting?!?!?! Throwing fits??!? I cannot even imagine my husband, father or any other respectable man engaging in these behaviors. I feel sorry for all of you that say yours do this…what a grotesque turn off.
Are you a Kennedy wife? I understand those are the kind of men who don’t pout or sulk.
I’m trying to imagine what it even looks like when a grown a** man throws a tantrum to get attention. Do you give him a bottle to calm him down?
I’m with you. My husband would never do that, he uses his words like a grownup. It’s a bit sad that people think this is just how men are and they have to put up with it.
I would SO love to see how the comments would be going if this article had been describing Gisele’s behavior.
Guys will never get over how much we used to coddle them before the kids came along. My husband is thankfully partnering up now that Dos has come along, tho. I made him cookies because he was taking care of All the Kid Things and he’s all ‘ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I get it now’.
As a patriots fan, I’m looking for a way to excuse this
Someone help me
I’m a Pats fan too. I read his comment as an exaggeration and a joke. Say what you want about Brady but I have no doubt that he’s a good husband and dad.
I hate the Pats (sorry!) so I want to believe this…but I think you’re probably right and he is joking.
I read it as a joke too. He jokes a lot and no way would he have survived so long with Belichek if he was a whiner. When he was in that car accident, the other people injured said he was really sweet to the injured elderly woman in the ambulance with him – and if you are going to be whine, being hurt in a car accident by a drunk driver is usually reason to sulk. He spends a lot of time with those kids too.
Original Kitten – ITA. It would come across as self-deprecating in an in person interview versus reading it.
I read it as a joke.
It’s funny that the title says: Man of the world, but I’m pretty sure very few people outside of the US heard of Tom Brady.
I think people outside of the US know about Tom just because of his marriage to Gisele, who is pretty much an international name.
Most people don’t really care about Gisele’s personal life, at least the ones I know who care about show bizz gossip even a bit. And when pictures or stories about her appear in our media, no one even mentiones him. Maybe it’s different in other countries.
You ‘ re totally right.
Nobody cares about football and baseball, here, so nobody would recognize him in my country.
She is famous, but I am not sure that her name is known by people that are not interested in fashion or International gossip. She is more a face than a name.
No one cares about Tom Broady outside the US cause no one cares about the US “football”.
Haha, Broady was a typo
Umm….I am going with this was said tongue firmly planted in cheek! Truly I wouldn’t read too much into it.
That’s his sense of humor.
Come on – no one does it better during interviews.
He’s collected, cool and a gentleman.
He cracks jokes with schoolboy charm.
Just look at them – they adore each other.
They are in a partnership.
I agree ,I think he was just his sarcastic humor. What guy would admit something like that, especially a football player?
As a Pats fan, this should come as no surprise. He’s been pouting and throwing hissy fits on the sidelines for years.
(Ribbing aside–he seems like a great dad and it sounds like he was just joking.)
Lighten up, y’all!! Tommy is clearly just kidding around. From all the pictures of them it is clear that they adore each other – and she has been willing to relocate to freezing-ass Boston from Brazil for gods sake for him because he is THE MAN. Go Pats!!!
She is too damn gorgeous
WORD.
Don’t see it at all. She is very plain to me!
Me too. Very manly looking.
You have to see her in person. She’s so gorgeous. True, she’s far from feminine and she has equine features but you can never take your eyes off her. She’d make sweet-looking, babyface, Miranda Kerr look plain.
I usually find her face offputting but I think she looks a lot softer in the game photos.
My absolute pet peeve is grown ass men sulking!
+1 And yet they do it!
Today must be idiotic true confessions day. First KStew admits she can’t act and now Tom Brady admits he’s a whiny baby to get his wife’s attention.
Dumdasses.
He would last about five minutes with me. I like men, not little boys.
Yes. I cannot imagine this. Seriously? Try that one time, friend… twice and we’re through, lol!
Same.
Five minutes is all I would need with him. 😉
THANK YOU! So many posters are acting like that’s normal! Can you imagine your Father or Grandfather acting that way?! I hold my husband to the same standard. I guess modern women are willing to settle for men that pout? Ew. I can’t even imagine.
yeah and the men from the generations you mentioned were certainly great to their wives, right?
rather a sulky men then those misogynists from the 50s.
Haha, now that’s funny. His next trick is to paint a picture only using his poo..
HA!
Lmao blue buttermilk nuts marie. 😀
he is leo ,isn’t he? sounds exactly like my boyfriend!!!!
Ugh…there is nothing I hate more than a grown man acting like a whiny little b*tch. Seriously…there is no greater turn off to me. My ex was a passive aggressive jerk who hated confrontation so when he was mad he’d literally stomp around the house and SIGH like a child. One time it made me so annoyed that I didn’t speak to him for days. Grow up men
Well, it works with the refs, so….
🙂
Ha ha..hey! Get out of here and leave my Tom alone 😉
Hahaha!!!!
Haha thought the same. Him being whny and gisele being dominate makes me think there’s some truth to this. Doesn’t help that Tom appears to be putty in her hands. Clothes, hair, makeup, bank account, etc…
It might have been a joke, but that doesn’t make it false.
Since this is an excerpt, the whole idea that he is a big baby sounds like it is taken out of context. Seems to me that he is admitting that he is growing up.
I am happy for Gisele that she is in a relationship where I think she has the control. With Leo, I think she was dicked around a lot, so good for her!
well, that’s how he acts on the field when he doesn’t get his way…or rather, when he feels like things SHOULD be going his way and aren’t. (says the NY Giants fan)
http://losingmycents.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/228045-bradying1.jpg
(sorry to the Pats fans on here…smack talk has started early this year.)
Get the digs in now while you can, doofus, because the Pats are gonna kill it this year.
oh, I always can…it’s a talent of mine. 😉
(truth be told, I actually like these two as a couple…it’s just that, as a NY football fan…well, NEW JERSEY football fan…I am required by law to hate on Brady.)
I completely understand. Same for me and the Giants 😉
Now that I know you’re a Giants fan, we’ll have to have some friendly ribbing as the season progresses 😉
Is it smack talk if it’s true?
All kidding aside I’m a former patriots fan. Learned some stuff and kinda hate the team post bledsoe.
Thank you doofus. He has been pouting and throwing tantrums for YEARS on the field and on the sideline. Take note Pats fans: he’s constantly doing it to his offensive linemen too…. so I guess it’s not just Gisele. He may have been joking…but I honestly think there’s probably some truth to it. GO BIG BLUE! 😉
Pats fan (and huge giant hater) here, TB is no whinier than either Manning…especially Peyton
Sorry that we beat your Pats, and Bellicheat, twice 🙂
Eli is no whiner, watch that beating he took against the 49n’ers on their 2011 run. Brady would have been crying to every ref on the field, please. There is no doubt Brady is a talented QB, but to say he isn’t a whiner is disingenuous and simply inaccurate.
ha! I call him bellicheat, too. (sorry, O’ Kitt…)
to me, that jerk showed his true colors when he ran off the field before the clock ran out at the SuperBowl. what a sore loser.
Right on, doofus. Fellow Giants here.
Oops, that should have read,”fellow Giants fan here.” Sorry, about that. 🙂
That, and he hasn’t won a Superbowl since “Spygate.”
BTW, Brady is a sore loser too. I have seen him leave the field a few times without shaking other player’s hands as well. But, never Eli, a true gentleman.
I still get a kick out of the end of the ‘dynasty’ Superbowl when the Giants kicked their asses and Belicheck left the field before the game officially ended. Sore loser. Hard to win when you can’t cheat, eh, Bill? And the next time they got to the Superbowl, we beat them again. Ain’t life grand?
Every man I’ve ever known has done this to some degree, at least once. Men are socialized from birth to believe that they should get whatever they want, and it’s not always pretty when they get let down.
I can’t believe he actually admitted this to a reporter! That’s so embarrassing and such a total turn-off. Yuck.
I call them “mantrums.” Not cute or manly!
Let me guess … he’s the youngest child in his family. Sounds like my little brother who always pouts when he doesn’t get his way and he’s almost 40. I would be SHOCKED if he’s the eldest child. We don’t behave that way.
With the stories I’ve read about her superior and elitist attitude it sounds like she found someone who compliments her very well.
Plus, he’s used to being the most important person in the room. Actually, they’re both used to bring front and center. Oh, the power struggles of the rich and famous…
*being
Giselle has never been described that way. Anyone who has worked with her always says that she is kind, professional and a lot of fun.
Au contraire, fellow Celebitchy commenter:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2155385/David-Gandy-Gisele-I-dont-We-dont-eye-eye.html
“I don’t get on with Gisele. We don’t see eye to eye, we argue and we don’t enjoy working with each other (they have shot three campaigns together). Like I say, we are very privileged but what we do isn’t saving lives, it isn’t brain surgery.
And I’m not going to get on with anyone who takes it for granted or thinks they’re someone special. My advice to any young model is very simple. Just don’t believe your own hype.”
From Celebitchy:
http://www.celebitchy.com/344218/gisele_bundchen_busted_driving_atv_with_helmetless_baby/
She’s “thrown shade on mothers who don’t parent to her specifications, or who gain weight while trying to eat for two.”
http://www.celebitchy.com/139477/gisele_bundchen_says_sunscreen_is_poison/
Gisele’s “sanctimony is well known. She’s said that breastfeeding should be a worldwide law, she’s bragged about giving birth at home without medication and she’s said that women who gain weight while they’re pregnant treat their bodies like “garbage disposals.”
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/zwecker/10474585-452/gisele-bundchen-gives-patriot-wives-more-reason-to-hate-her.html
“Another source — close to a lot of the Patriots’ wives — told me, “Gisele is… so stuck up and treats them all like yahoos… In many cases, the other wives are not all that sophisticated, but Gisele has been openly snotty to several of them — making cracks about how they dress and use too much makeup. Stuff like that.”
Quoting posters and gossip isn’t legit. Besides david Gandy, who is a whiner because he doesn’t make as much as she does, the other stuff is doesn’t prove your point.
You seem kind of jealous of her, btw.
Sea Dragon: LOL! Eames is right. I always read nice things about her.
Do you think she likes David Gandy? No, BUT she doesn’t say negative things about him. And it shows she is a nice person.
THAT was the first time that I read something negative about her and you know what? I don’t care. People are always saying negative things about HIM.
I agree with Eames, you sound jealous. That first comment was very strange and the comment with those links was even worse. You have too much time on your hands.
I’m pretty sure he’s just joking…
Yeah, I think he probably exaggerated for effect.
Did it ever occur to anybody that he is joking? The quote sounds lot sarcasm to me but I guess that is not as much fun as running with it as absolute gospel. Gisele does not look unhappy to me.
Word.
He has always followed her around like a lovesick puppy – total turnoff. I think they are basically a nice, bland, family oriented couple, but I hate it what she dresses him up in high style outfits and makes him do wierd things with his hair, like she wants him to be David Beckham or something. I’m sure Tommy complies with every directive she gives him. So boring.
I’ve heard this about them before – she’s super controlling, he’s super whiny and immature.
I don’t excuse his behavior, because it’s embarrassing for an adult to behave this way, but I don’t feel that sorry for Giselle either. I think this is the way she likes things.
I can never take this man seriously after seeing that “weeeee” water slide photos on Dlisted. He looks like a character in an Adam Sandler movie. I don’t know if that’s endearing. At least for a change, here’s a megastar athlete who’s truly crazy about his wife. He looks like a henpecked husband but what the heck. I appreciate someone who has no macho ego.
Heaven forbid a man be silly and fun-loving.
And when he whines, Gisele makes him scrub the bathroom floors as punishment. (Throwback to earlier gossip in case anyone missed that story.)
I am a confirmed Colts/Peyton Manning fan and Pats hater but I will say that this sounds like a joke that didn’t translate well to the excerpt. Yes Quarterbacks are probably the whiniest of football players but somehow I doubt that this is how Tom Brady acts in his marriage.
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Ugh
He throws fits, pouts and whines to get penalty flags thrown on defensive players too. Boo Brady!
I’m married, have been for nearly a decade. We also have a child. My husband does not throw fits or use pouting as a way to get attention. I’m pretty appalled at the antiquated, “boys will be boys” attitude reflected in several of the comments. In my experience, people with those sorts of sexist, intellectually lazy world views, raise their children to perpetuate the stereotypes. It was appalling at university how many of the young men vs young women were unable to do their own laundry properly, or care for themselves. No doubt their parents made all sorts of excuses as to why being born with male genitalia excluded them from common sense and the development of maturity as a personal value.
My husband and I aren’t perfect, but we do talk through things, communicate openly, and strive to model healthy, adult behavior for our child.
Right! I would never put up with a boy-child (Cause they are certainly NOT men!) that threw tantrums like a child or was unable to do chores. Sadly some people just put up with it and want to bitch without solving the issue.
I’m married with children for 30 years, and one of the reasons this marriage works is the fact that my husband is NOT a child, but a partner. His mother raised him to be independent, not looking for a woman to take care of his ‘needs’. There’s nothing cute, or sexy about a man whining to get attention. The movie “Hope springs” springs to mind, or for an older version, “Mr.and Mrs.Bridge”…and it’s strange how many women don’t seem to understand their part in manifesting that kind of behaviour…
I found it cute that he admits he needs attention from her. Few jocks admit that kind of thing and they are off picking up groupies and partying. He loves his wife and they have a lot of kids that take away that attention a husband used to get. How he said it, come on, it’s a tongue-in-cheek comment.
When he whines I hope Giselle pulls out the belt.
ROFLMAO!!!!
I’m gonna go with Tom on this. I think all men are like that, but at least he is self-aware enough to know that he is a demanding little diva.
And deep down, I like it a little when someone is that into me and they are willing to basically make an ass of themselves to get my attention. (I know, I’m a little twisted)
My ex did it once. I just laughing thinking about it.
My father is 68 and still acts like this. They NEVER grow up.
Does that work? Jason Statham get ready. I’ll be whining, pouting and throwing a fit in three, two …
Wow, Tom, way to emasculate yourself, even if you were joking. It is painfully obvious who has always worn the pants in this relationship, but this just confirms it. No wonder why TMZ called you Bunchen’s “errand boy.” Never liked Giselle, but this statement isn’t serving Brady well either.
Go Giants.
I guess self deprecation doesn’t play well on here
You know there is an old saying, “many a truth is said in jest.”
I had to chuckle at the comments trying to equate how he would interact with Bill B with Giselle?! Who treats their co-workers like their spouse?? Both partners from time to time need their egos stroked-no harm there. And when kids are little and time’s at a premium, that tends to be when it doesn’t happen.
While Giselle is a genetic marvel, I will give her credit for being a doting step-mom, tho early on maybe a bit too much so!
He acts the same way on the field…pu$$y!
In all honesty, this doesn’t surprise me in the least. He looks like a crybaby.
I apologize for all the NFL talk in advance, but I am a huge football fan.
Brady is a priss on the field. I think one of the issues is because he blew his knee out in, I believe the ’08 season, and watched Matt Cassel take his place. Since, he replaced Drew Bledsoe, Brady has a fear of karma coming back to haunt him. Sitting out that one season obviously did a number on him, because now, if he is even TAPPED, he runs to the refs like he’s in kindergarten. Great QB, but he needs to man up like Eli Manning or Aaron Rodgers,
He’s a whiny little bitch. NY Giants showed him who his daddy is. Twice. Suck on it, Tommy.
I’m honestly surprised that so many women here experience the same with their husbands. I could never be with a man who acts like this. And Brady even does it on purpose, like playing a game, which makes it worse…but I think Gisele is a strong woman who likes to call the shots anyway. Just…will this make her happy in the long run??
What a catch!…NOT
I can’t stand him, and no, I do not watch American Football. But I have seen and heard of him and that smug face of his just pisses me off!
Also, THANK GOD, my hubunit is not a baby. He has his own hobbies and interests to keep him from whining about attention from me.
Like we didn’t know from this picture
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