We learned one month ago (almost exactly) that Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen were and are having big marital problems. We’ve heard that Gisele and Tom were largely apart over the summer, and Gisele apparently moved out of their Tampa home a while ago. She’s renting a place in Miami, and she sees the kids a lot, but Gisele’s absences have forced Tom to do more of the daily parenting. Tom has apparently begged her to come back, to no avail. Despite the fact that sources have sworn up and down that Tom’s un-retirement was not “the reason” for their marital problems, it’s very clear that everything fell apart the minute Tom made the unilateral decision to play for another year with the Buccaneers. After a month full of Gisele letting the world know that she was done with all of Tom’s BS, it now seems that Tom and Gisele have hired divorce lawyers:
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen seem to be heading for the end zone: Both have retained divorce lawyers, multiple sources tell Page Six exclusively.
As previously revealed, the couple have been living separately for the past couple months following an epic fight — and they’re now apparently looking at dividing up their multimillion-dollar empire.
“I never actually thought this argument would be the end of them, but it looks like it is,” one source in the know tells Page Six. “I don’t think there will be any coming back now. They both have lawyers and are looking at what a split will entail, who gets what and what the finances will be.”
Insiders close to the seven-time Super Bowl champ, 45, and the supermodel, 42, say both are very involved in their children’s lives and would share joint custody in any separation. The couple would likely file for divorce in Florida, as that’s where they are primarily based, legal experts say. Another source who knows the couple confirm they are looking at dividing their assets, which includes a $26 million property portfolio.
While Page Six seems focused on the money, I doubt the financial aspect will be a huge fight. They’ve kept their assets separate for the most part, and clearly, Gisele wants no part of the Tampa real estate. She might not even want the Miami real estate. Meanwhile, People Magazine is more focused on how everything fell apart. People’s sources say that only Gisele has hired a divorce lawyer and Tom is “trying to figure out what to do” and he’s looking to hire a lawyer now too. Here’s what’s been happening behind the scenes:
Sources previously told PEOPLE that a rift between Brady, 45, and Bündchen, 42, began in part when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback decided to return to the NFL earlier this year after a brief, 40-day retirement. Bündchen had looked forward to Brady being more involved in the lives of their children — son Benjamin Rein, 12, and 9-year-old daughter Vivian Lake, along with Brady’s son John Edward, 15, with ex Bridget Moynahan — in his post-NFL career.
Another source said Bündchen did not like how Brady handled his return to the Buccaneers.
“She was so happy when he announced his retirement, and she wasn’t thrilled at all when he went back on that,” the source said.
“They’re hitting a rough patch,” they added. “But I know they’re trying, or at least he’s trying, to figure it out and make it work. He wants to get through this and for things to get better.”
Since the start of the 2022 season, Bündchen has not been seen at any of her husband’s four games. One source told PEOPLE she has been “spending time away” from Brady.
“Going back to Tampa after the retirement put a strain on the personal side of his life,” a source said. “Gisele is frustrated and sick of his career coming before their family, who has always supported him.”
The couple spending time apart from one another “has happened before,” the source explained. “They decided together that [Brady] would retire, and then he decided by himself that he’d come back,” the source told PEOPLE. “She said they’d talk about it more, but then he came back anyway before they had really talked it all through. She’s a very ‘pros vs cons’ person, and she sees very few pros to him playing anymore,” they continued.
I’m reminded again of Gisele’s Elle interview, which seemed to be perfectly timed for her newly-separated persona. Gisele sounds completely over it in that piece, like she had emotionally and physically detached from Tom and she was ready to focus on herself. She has been over it for months, if not years. Anyway, good for her.
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I am not sure if this is true but i always remembered that Giselle believes/said that the man should pay for everything. It is the mans duty to look after all expenses for home and family. Keeping that in mind a divorce will be interesting.
Her net worth is almost double his, so…
Came here to comment that, Kath. I think a lot of people are going to assume he has the money in the relationship when that’s not true (from a relative standpoint…obviously they both have an incredible amount of money.)
My point was that her money was never spent ,not that she didnt have any.
She’s worth more than him. Like twice more. Her putting her career on hold for him probably actually harmed her (financially).
And also, no offense for the Tom Brady lovers, but he’s 45. He really believes he can just keep playing football in this 50s and he’s going to be a mess since he is getting older and he can’t recover as well as he used to. Such a dumb move IMHO.
Yeah, Gisele will likely be a de facto single parent again in a few years when all of those chronic head injuries start to catch up with Tom. She might as well get a head start on that….
He’ll probably make a ton of money with broadcasting and endorsement deals though.
I don’t know what other businesses and investments she has, but she really did sideline her modeling career for their family, and if it gets nasty or there’s not a definitive prenup, I could see him having to pay some big bucks.
He reminds me so much of Brett Farve not wanting to let go and playing one year too long. Hopefully he will refrain from some of Farve’s other poor decisions.
Noki, 100% spot on. I have heard that for years.
Actually, what she said is that Tom wanted to be the one who took care of things financially as the man of the house and that she was okay with because it was his thing.
However, Gisele is worth $400m to Tom’s $250m so do with that what you will
Technically he could ask her for spousal support. Financially she needs nothing from him. I don’t find either one of them personally appealing but it’s interesting how she seems to be the one in control here and unapologetic about her choice , no mom shaming or gold digger accusations, plus she’s so gorgeous. She’s just had enough and ready to leave him. Let’s see what happens next.
Know who else is recently single…
LEONARDO DICAPRIO!
Anyway, glad she’s done. He seems self centered, selfish, and none too bright. He can’t upgrade from her, but she sure can find better than him. Money isn’t everything, and he’s next to nothing, person-wise. Sports-wise, he’s…a good quarterback and also a very lucky one.
Ha! If only Giselle wasn’t the age of his two previous girlfriends combined.
I totally have been saying this. Im hoping for Leogiz (?) 2.0. They seemed so in love. Gisele is the one that got away for leo in my storyline.
” ‘Leogiz!’ DiCaprio exclaimed as he orgasmed.”
😂 I’m sorry. I had to.
I’m choking on my lunch y’all…LOLOL
Omg, how juicy!
Didn’t they build an insanely large house in California, too?
They sold it to Dr. Dre.
Not they, that was all Gisele. I used to drive by that house in Brentwood and one of Gisele’s companies was the general contractor.
If a man can leave his long term pregnant girlfriend for another woman, he can do anything. He did Bridget wrong all those years ago and now here he is. I remember thinking that Gisele was so smug during that time and still do, but she is absolutely right to assert herself here. He f*cked around and found out.
And I DO think more is going than the football shit. I hope that the children will be okay in all of this.
When they broke up he didn’t know Bridget was pregnant, Tom can be a bit of a doofus, he knew he want out of the relationship and should have used protection, jack is loved and that’s what matters.
He did know she was pregnant. And he left her. He left her for Gisele. I am not talking about Jack being loved, because he is clearly loved by both parents and Gisele. I am talking about how Tom will do what he wants, when he wants for himself.
We should all do what makes up happy but not by trampling others.
His son w Moynihan is gorgeous. Not that all kids aren’t good looking
Agree–all babies are beautiful, and all children are good looking.
But God got a cackle in here by making Bridget’s kid a standout heartthrob.
No doubt all the kids are cute but Jack is a little heartthrob. Jack Kennedy Jr. vibes. He got the best of both parents but having Bridget’s coloring puts him over the top.
Vivian is Giselle’s mini-me.
They’re all good looking kids–jury’s out on whether the middle one will grow up to be as handsome as his brother, but most kids look deeply awkward for a bit in the 10-14 age band. I hope they will handle things well to minimize the fallout for the kids.
Ah, I find this such a bummer. My BIL used to play with Tom, and they were genuinely a sweet family. And for what it’s worth, my sister said their kids are so beautiful in person, it is like looking at the surface of the sun. 😂 But if it must end, I’m all for Leogiz 2.0! I LOVED them.
They had a good run for two people with travel-heavy lifestyles, great ego and wealth.
Let’s not compare cheating to anything else. Your logic can be easily applied to Angelina’s situation. Cheating happens, attraction is never neat, it’s a dealbreaker from some, not for others. Disrespectful depending on the circumstances.
Don’t get me wrong, I am experiencing schadenfreude for Tom Brady.
@girl_ninja
THIS. When Bridget announced her pregnancy, Gisele just seemed to double down on making PDA public appearances with him. Woman to woman, all I could think was how I would feel if I had to watch this while I was carrying the baby of this man. Tom is a doofus, but Gisele was heartless. Those pictures of her cradling Bridget’s baby in pap pictures with her perfect supermodel body, which Bridget said she wished that Gisele had not done.
Good for her, everyone is saying. Sarcastic slow clap here.
It has been interesting to see how she has made this whole breakup so very public by sending her team to People mag to spill news. If they make an announcement about a formal divorce and “ask for privacy at this difficult time” I will laugh out loud. Literally.
I wish I had better googling skills; sometimes I’d like to sink back into drama from 15 years ago.
Except Gisele its the one made it public that was Tom. Tom taking another break from football training that started the whole thing and also Tom’s comments on why he took a break is what media attention.
After it was found out that Gisele went way for a week Tom PR team started going to the media and then PR got involved.
I’ve never been able to care a single drip for Gisele because of that time. She was truly awful and came across as an egotistical, nasty narcissist, which I have to assume she pretty much is. But I guess she got much better with the PR game this time around – she is most definitely controlling the story and Brady seems flat on his feet.
Same, Josephine. I have a 12 year old too, and Gisele was sanctimonious in the extreme at that time when I was struggling to produce enough milk for my son, so she’s forever got that black mark with me. It was luck of the draw that we had babies at the same time, or I would know absolutely nothing about her, it’s funny how going through things at the same time as celebrities sticks out in your mind, even years and years later. I was crying all the time, and she was insufferable.
Again, postnatal hormones are not to be fcuked with.
I’m on her side in this, though, because whoa. One does not un-retire without clearing it with one’s life partner first.
I’ve heard that there was overlap/ days between any breakup before he started with Gisele. Like Thursday to Saturday. Tom is an ass. Gisele is taking charge ! She owns herself and it’s great to see. Sadly likely other issues will come to light.
Sometimes in life people let you down once too often and you just close that door. Good for her.
“It’s me and our family or football.”
“…I choose football.”
I’m sure there’s more to it, and I know she knew what she was marrying, but it’s still sad for the kids. Hopefully those Super Bowl rings keep him warm at night.
I don’t follow these people at all, but that is the vibe I’m getting. I don’t think everything was peachy until this one, massive fight. I think she probably kept giving him chances to make decisions that put the family first, and this was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I’m convinced that there’s more to this than just that he un-retired unilaterally.
If you don’t follow the nfl you may be unaware of the lawsuit Brian Flores filed. He is the former head coach of the Dolphins. Here is where I think Brady comes in – they’re building a house in Miami right? Anyway, it’s alleged that the star QB (widely believed to be Brady, not sure if he’s named) and Sean Payton (coach) were part of a scheme to come to the Dolphins with Brady eventually playing but coming as a minority owner. I think Gisele knew about that (as an owner) but did not know about the plans to play. Like I think the un-retiring caused the continued issues in their marriage but I think the big blow up is that the plan was front office Miami post-Tampa and then she found out he planned to play too when that lawsuit info dropped.
I feel like Brady was named but that just may be bc my husband’s podcasts refer to him by name all the time when they talk about it, maybe he wasn’t actually named. But the podcast is based in Miami and they have lots of connections to the dolphins so I think if they’re using his name, they know it was him.
Regardless its still sort of the same thing…..its clear Giselle thought he was done with playing, and then it was like oops! Tampa again! oops, the whole Miami thing was also sort of a lie! Sorry hon!
If I was her I’d be like….when does it end? what are you still playing for?
She’s also been super up front and honest with how she feels about the continued stress on his body/head compared to most nfl-adjacent folks. And seriously, just why? What is the benefit to continually risking a catastrophic injury in his 40s? Tbh, I would have packed it up long ago if I were him – he has the money, he has his health, he has a lovely family…continuing to press your luck after all he has accomplished is insane to me. And I don’t blame her one bit for being done with it.
I agree the straw that broke the camel’s back for Giselle was the ethics violations of Tom’s involvement in the Brian Flores case. I fully believe he went back to the Bucs not because he wanted to but because of all the dirty f-cksh-t he was planning to do with the dolphins & playing again would hopefully paper over all the bad sh-t.
I fully believe Tom wanted to move into management/minority ownership via all his planned moves for the dolphins, not play again. I’m glad Brian Flores sued to not only get what is due to him but to stop the racist f-cksh-t.
For non-fans of the NFL, Brian Flores is black. Tom Brady and Sean Payton are white. Brady and Payton thought they could back door their way into a team ownership share by offering themselves as a package star QB and coach at the expense of the current coach Flores. On brand selfish behavior by Brady and Payton.
@stacy – Brian is Latino, to be more specific Afro-Latino.
I think his decision to line up the 10-year, $375 million contract to be an analyst for FOX Sports after he stopped playing also played into Gisele’s frustration. There was either a promise or an assumption there that Tom would completely retire (thus freeing up Gisele to resume her career) not start a second career that requires a similar time commitment and travel schedule as his current one.
I agree and think this was yet ANOTHER factor. Like yay, you’re done with football, but oh way, you’re still traveling every week and watching game tape etc? At least as a minority owner of the Dolphins, he prob wouldn’t be traveling that much.
I wonder if Giselle is looking at Eli and Peyton on ESPN2 or whatever on Monday nights and thinking. why couldn’t you do that??!? they sit in their man caves with their 1/4 zip sweaters, drink “water” from their Yetis, and talk football with a bunch of famous people, without traveling, and without needing the same depth of knowledge that someone like Tony Romo or Troy Aikman needs – although my guess is both Manning brothers know way more than those two lol. But like they really figured out how to have the best of both worlds.
Agreed. And the Mannings are producing it themselves so it’s also pretty lucrative for them as well.
Good for her. I just imagine how pissed she is but also it looks like the last nail to the coffin.
And Tom is a typical guy who never listened to her, probably thought that Giselle must be ecxtatic because she’s married to him and lives a life of luxury and never concerned himself with her life goals or aspirations. And now he is shocked. Happened in my family. The guy was still relieving the shock in his 70ties, 30 years after the divorce.
If there weren’t children involved, I’d be laughing at Brady F-ing Around and F-ing Out. While he is probably one of the GOATs in football, he has never seemed very bright, and this demonstrates it. Team Gisele and Kiddos.
The two of them are so unlikeable. I feel bad, though, whenever a break up involves children.
Maybe it’s just me but in some photos she looks beautiful and in others downright homely.
I think a lot of high fashion models are like that. They have interesting or distinct faces which make them either extremely photogenic but odd looking in person (and in pap photos), or their features being distinct are what makes them stand out.
I was talking with a top Hollywood cinematographer and he said that models and movie stars were rarely the “pretty” sister in their family. The camera likes different things than the eye.
Yeah. It always makes me laugh when people are surprised that his son with Bridget is the beautiful kid. Bridget is objectively more attractive. Gisele is beautiful because she has large and distinctive features.
@Kebbie- definitely. Gisele has a million sisters, and while she’s clearly Model Beautiful, she’s not at all the most attractive.
It’ll be interesting to see if their kids get in the industry. Neither Tom nor Gisele seem social media thirsty enough to make nepotism models babies, but who knows. The gene mixing of those three adults could go in a variety of ways.
nope, not just you.
and he’s the same way. sometimes I’m like “wow, he’s really good looking” and other times it’s like…”LURCH!”
I cannot unsee that court drawing somebody did a few years back. All I see is Lurch.
His head is starting to resemble a football. Karma! lol
OMG FhMom I can still picture that Lurch drawing in my head.
I just finished listening to the Celebrity Memoir Bookclub podcast; their book this week was Gisele’s memoir. Hilarious podcast this week, they were so frustrated with her book.
Frustrated in what way?
Gisele’s book gave them nothing, no details, no specifics. There was so little insight, so little self-reflection. And this followed last week’s episode on Victoria Beckham’s memoir, which was overly-detailed, so it was quite a contrast for them.
All of this And he won’t even win the Super Bowl this year—not unless he cheats again.
I identify with Giselle’s position. My first husband made three unilateral career decisions during our 11 year marriage and the third one was the nail in the coffin for me. You cannot be partners when one party makes huge decisions impacting the lifestyle of the other family members without allowing the other to weigh in. In my case my ex applied for a job with the CIA that would have us living overseas, under cover. No. Not what we had planned for and especially not because I was just graduating law school and for the first time in our marriage I was going to get to work on my career (after following his Army career all over the world). Enough is enough, sometimes.
Dodged a bullet. Grew up in DC area. CIA is hell on a marriage. So much cheating on those overseas assignments. Lots of gambling problems, too.
When you’re done, you’re done. It’s a shame that Tom prefers football (and worsening his CTE) over spending more time with his family. Gisele has talked about his concussions and memory issues, so it must’ve been awful to see him break his promise and go back to football.
Perhaps he forgot he agreed to retire?? /s
I’m sorry, but Tom is a dumbfuck. He could easily have retired and settled into a cushy seven figures, two day a week analyst job for ESPN, but he just can’t quit playing. Man’s gonna have his AARP card and still be trying to play.
Tom has that already. He has a 10 year, $375 million deal to be an analyst for Fox Sports after he’s done playing. And those aren’t two day a week gigs. NBC’s top NFL analyst Cris Collinsworth notoriously studies game film for 8 to 12 hours a day ahead of the broadcasts. The trips are normally three days. Friday production meetings, Saturday interviews with players and coaches (and more meetings) and Sunday game coverage — for approximately half the year when you add in preseason and playoffs. That’s not including other stuff they will have Tom do in the off-season to get their money’s worth. He won’t take the physical punishment, but the time commitment to be an analyst is similar to that of being a player, which I think is a big part of the friction in the relationship.
Tom Brady is all ego.
What f’ng multi-millionaire chooses to continue to play NFL football, risk his health, and downgrade his family to second place?
Idiot. Ego driven. Stubborn. Fool.
In 5 years time his children will be nearly grown, out living their own lives.
Damn fool!
Brady himself has said for 20 years, during the season, no Christmas, no Thanksgiving, no attending family or friends weddings, etc. because of his football career.
I say again Damn Fool.
Oh, forgot to say…..The divorce lawyers must be dancing!
Can you imagine the billable hours? Holy cats.
I think the unretirement was the last straw. She was already over it a few years ago. Then to announce it to the world only to go back on it… I think she has truly accepted that it is “all about Tom”. She feels taken for granted and she’s right.
I believe the last paragraph in the news release, that he “unilaterally” decided to return to football after they shared the decision that he’d retire and started talking about his dissatisfaction with retirement. After 40 days, without telling or talking to Gisele, he went to the news or called his former team and said he’s coming back. That would have seriously put a crimp in my spine, the kind that leads to immediate estrangement and divorce. He IS a dumbfuck as someone above said AND incredibly selfish, ego-driven (again, as people said above). If I were Gisele, I’d have been done that instant. Yes, that instant, thinking, “We are NOT a family. He’s been solo all along and I and the kids are in a side-car of his life.” Do I believe he also physically cheated on her? Yes. But I think the thoughtless, asinine un-retirement was the prime motivator for her.
I have seen every major model and actress up close and Gisele is still my favorite of them all; stunning and huge in person. Image search this – gisele bundchen 2008 victoria cbs
She was single and no kids at this event. I was there and still remember how incredibly beautiful she was/is. She is 42 with two kids and still looks hot.
I still love the idea upthread that she should get back together with Leo. The public would go WILD! He could prove that 25/27 are not his limit, and she could prove that she still has it (who doubts THAT anyway?) and say she never really got over Leo, although Tom was an acceptable substitute . . . for awhile. This has to happen!
@JFerber, I agree that this would be great for gossip. I just don’t get the impression that Leo is shall we say emotional present in his relationships and I hope that Gisele finds someone who is not only better looking, but also who doesn’t seem to be intellectually and emotionally stuck in the 90s. Plus I really don’t wish Leo as a stepfatherly person on her kids.
Given some of the comments that Gisele has made before this, about traumatic head injuries, and the number of concussions Tom Brady has dealt with already, I’m sticking with my assumption that the reason she’s really mad about this is because it’s 100% a health issue.
I don’t want to compare this to addiction, bc I don’t think it’s comparable in that way, but I think it’s similar in that it’s extremely difficult to watch someone you love, who you have children with, just be so damn reckless with their health and well-being. Especially if you have children with them. I think the separation and divorce is as much about Brady going back on his word, career-wise, but also about the fact that she can’t just stand there and go through this sh-t again, where she has to watch him play a sport that is likely causing him a lot of health issues. That takes an emotional toll, and I’m not surprised that she’s just ready to be done with it.
I know Gisele is unlikable, but if it’s like what I think, then I feel bad for her, bc that’s heartbreaking. All of the stuff from the last week, the various cheating scandals, the divorces, etc, are making me realize that relationships are complicated, and we try to make them very simple and reductive, when they are just not. It’s really hard when someone you love hurts you emotionally like this. It takes a lot of maturity to be able to decouple the two conflicting feelings, and to realize that getting hurt does not have to be the price you pay for a relationship.
100% agree with you. She’s worried about his health and wants a functioning partner into old age. He could already have serious brain issues. Hope he doesn’t.
In Australia it’s also very common; our Aussie rules football is also a violent contact sport. But they’re tough men so who cares, right? See my comment below on these sports being exploitative and getting them young.
I hope they don’t divorce. That is so hard on kids, especially when the parents start dating and bringing new people around the kids. Kids just want their parent’s together and their family in tact.
According to the Sun (Not something I read often) Tom Brady attended a Man U game featuring Cristiano Ronaldo (an old at 37 football as in soccer player). The Glazers own both Manchester United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Right after that game is when TB decided to backtrack on his retirement promise to Gisele, so the Sun says Ronaldo might be responsible for their breakup.
Personally, I think it’s great that Gisele has set her boundaries as to what works for her in their relationship and is sticking to them. That is good for her mental health and ultimately better for her children as well: better to have two happier and healthier parents and to have a mom that models good mental behavior.
Think this is 0% about the money and 100% about his return to playing football.
She’s talked about worrying about his brain injuries etc before.
She hates him playing the game because of that, because she wants a functioning husband into retirement. He might already have permanent brain decline, so who knows. (*touch wood* and hope he doesn’t)
American football and other contact sports like Australian football and rugby are very exploitative. They get these super talented kids when young, and they’re on the path to fame and $$$ but the risk of permanent brain injury is huge. At least with soccer you don’t have that violent contact.
If it were up to me and I were the Dictator of the World, I’d shut these sports down tomorrow. But it probably all adds up to trillions of dollars and many, many jobs for people.