Gisele Bundchen made a rare morning show appearance on CBS This Morning (on Tuesday). She did the interview to promote her $700 coffee table book, which has already sold out. Meaning, she didn’t even have to promote it! She could have just stayed home and tweeted about it. Still, I’m glad she sat down for a TV interview because she really doesn’t do this very often. And Gisele ended up saying some interesting stuff too, like she considered dumping Tom Brady when she found out that Bridget Moynahan was pregnant. Here are some assorted quotes (I’m including the video at the end of the post).
On her marriage: “I think we’ve been through a few tough times together. I think that’s when you know who are your friends and who loves you. My father always said the quality of your life depends on the quality of your relationships and I think, no matter how challenging it was, we’ve always been supportive of one another and I think that’s the most important think you can have in life, you know, a support system and love.”
Learning about Bridget Moynahan’s pregnancy: “It was a challenging thing because here I am, you know, thinking I’m dating this guy, you know, we met, we started dating, everything is great, and then this happens so I felt I didn’t know what to do. It was one of those moments of ‘do I just run away?’ And now I think, eight years later, I couldn’t have asked for a sweeter bonus child.”
On Tom Brady: “He’s kind. He’s a good man…I would say that he’s much more competitive than me, I’m more collaborative…He’s kind of the boss, not the boss, but he has to dictate, ‘Not guys, smack something, I don’t know, some language…’”
Whether she was so successful because of her look: “No. Not at all. I don’t think so… I think it was because of my personality. It was because I never complained.”
Her perfectionism: “I’m a person who strives to be the best I can be. If I’m going to clean my apartment, you’re going to be able to eat on the floor. I’m that person, you know what I’m saying?”
[Transcribed from CBS ‘This Morning’]
I honestly didn’t know that the “bonus child” name was something other people used. I thought it was just LeAnn Rimes. But Gisele is a fan of calling Benjamin her “bonus child.” And after all of this time… I think it’s fine. Gisele seems to adore her stepson and Bridget, Gisele and Tom all get along fine. It is interesting to hear, after all these years, that Gisele had a moment of “whoa, this is messy, maybe I should run away from this guy.”
Here’s the video. I actually enjoyed her a lot here, and that’s coming from someone who finds Gisele to be pretty smug. She’s better in motion, and you can see her personality and how she interacts with Charlie Rose (Rose is totally flirting with her too and she enjoys that).
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Sometimes I think she is an alien from another planet, other times like now I think Gisele is loyal, that one person you know is going to be there no matter what. She has a great life and knows it. I do not know if I would have hung in there with a new boyfriend if I knew he had unfinished business from a prior relationship, particularly a pregnant ex and all that it entails.
She looks like Andy Samberg’s twin sister.
A handsome woman.
Yes!!!!
@Priya: DEAD. That really might be one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. It never occurred to me, but it is spot on!
She has an incredible body.
She’s got a unattractive face and personality.
Also after trying to get Leo to marry her for years and failing, there’s NO Way she was going to not be with Tom Brady, even if his girlfriend was pregnant.
I don’t believe their story for a second that the relationship only hooked up After Bridget. Giselle would looks like a snake.
I’m sure Nanny ring gate still bothers her and IMO Tom was knee deep in that too.
Hmm. I don’t see that at all. Some may not care for a woman’s face with such a strong jawline, but I like it. Plus we with strong bones age better in the face. 😛
Ullevall: “after trying to get Leo to marry her for years…” BS! Do you really think she wanted to marry him? She always said she was too young.
You don’t believe their story? So you don’t believe Bridget’s story? I wonder why you don’t want to believe it…
Nanny ring gate? Lol… She doesn’t care….
And you think HER personality is unattractive? Come on… Look at you.
I’m confused- but maybe that’s because it’s so early in the morning. How long had they been dating before Tom found out he’d be pregnant? Did Tom and Giselle start dating immediately after his break up? Also, I never found her attractive, physically or mentally, but now I wish she’d come back so I don’t have to see the group of nepotism going on in modeling currently.
The nepotism is at a all time high, its disgusting to watch these entitled brats ‘model’ and get all the undeserving opportunities.
I will tell you the truth: this woman is so in love with herself and her life and everything about her life, that she does not care one bit that she got caught in a burka. Was it momentarily embarrassing? Maybe. But I bet you my right arm that this smug, perfect, self-loving woman laughed and said “anyone would do the same if they could”. She is smug because she can get away with almost anything. This little snafu does nothing to Giselle.
You want to know what’s going to crush Giselle? When her marriage falls apart. THAT is going to get her in the guts.
Sochan,
I agree if her “perfect” marriage, or at least the illusion of her “perfect” marriage, fell apart, that would gut her. But, I also think the picture of Affleck’s nanny wearing all of her hubby’s Super Bowl rings did not help the “perfect” illusion one iota. 😉
Burqa is not a religious garment. It is a garment of oppression and an instrument of shaming women. There is nothing dignified in burqa or all sorts of coverings that Islam women are forced to wear. Yes, forced because I don’t believe in fairy tales about 6-7 year old girls “choosing to cover”.
Mary-Alic,
I was trying to be respectful. This thread is about Giselle and not about the symbolism of the Burqa. However, her using it as a shield to cover up having a cosmetic procedure, is pathetic.
I agree with Mary-Alic. The burka is a “portable concentration camp” as one sociologist referred to it, which has caused terrible suffering to women and girls for hundreds of years. Mary-Alic obviously feels passionate about this topic, and she wanted to put that out here. And it’s not off-topic since Giselle herself made the burka a topic of conversation when she had the utter audacity to sneak about in one to get fake boobies.
Sochan,
I am not necessarily disagreeing, read my first line, “I was trying to be respectful.”
@Allie
I think he picked up with Gisele like a few months after he dumped Bridget but there were rumors he was hooking up with Bridget once in a while even after they broke up and he was officially seeing Gisele.
Was there some overlap?
After months of “will they or won’t they break up” and arguments in public, Tom and Bridget broke up very publicly at Thanksgiving. Reunited very briefly a few weeks later in early December. Had broken up completely for the last time by Christmas. Tom and Giselle started dating in early February. Bridget then announced she was pregnant. Pregnancy happened during the very brief back together period in December.
Tom and Bridget officially announced their break up to People magazine on Dec. 14th 2006 and worded it saying they broke up “weeks ago”. Based on baby John being born August 22 he must have been conceived around Nov. 30th. I’ve always wondered: Bridget must have known she was pregnant in mid to late December. She announced it publically on February 19th. Did she tell Tom immediately or did he learn it through the press in February? I’m guessing she told him ASAP in the hopes it would bring them back together and he’d dump Gisele. The official story is that Tom and Gisele started dating just before Christmas 2006 (or about a week after the official Tom/Bridget spilt announcement). So unless Bridget waited until February to tell Tom she was pregnant Gisele should have known from almost day 1 Bridget was pregnant…..unless of course Tom was dating both Gisele and Bridget for a time and the baby was conceived during that period….
Locally, it was announced they were done in November. (Tom and Bridget’s every move was closely covered by the Boston Herald. ) They tried a reconciliation in December but that lasted about a week. He met Giselle in December but they didn’t start dating until late January /early February
That’s finding out she’s pregnant mid-late December at a minimum (and even then, there are a lot of factors at play, and if the pregnancy wasn’t planned then she herself might have taken much longer to suspect she was pregnant), which would have still put them at broken up when she found out she was pregnant. If it was a bitter breakup or she wasn’t sure how she was going to handle everything (or if she just plain didn’t want to deal with Tom for a little while) she could very well have waited to tell him.
I have wondered if Bridget’s pregnancy was a last ditch attempt to save the relationship. That scenario is as old as time. She probably could tell Tom was drifting away from her. Maybe even he had expressed an interest in dating others (or specifically Gisele) and Bridget thought, “If I get pregnant, he’ll stay.”
I don’t know that it happened, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
And let me say, I applaud Tom for breaking things off BEFORE dating someone else. That is character. It is the way it should be done. If you want to date others, say so and break things off with who you are with before you start up with someone else.
“If I get pregnant, he’ll stay…”
can we please do away with the idea that a woman can magically get pregnant without the man’s consent? He (pardon the bluntness) chose to put it in and, unless he doesn’t know how it works, surely knew that sex CAN LEAD TO PREGNANCY. if he chose to have unprotected sex with a woman who he was in a shaky relationship with, that was his choice and he should have been prepared for any outcome.
No we cannot. When a man has been with a woman in a long-term relationship who, up until that point, told him she was “on the pill and couldn’t get pregnant” he trusts that she is being honest with him.
Whether you like it or not, it is a trap women use. They use the man’s trust in the woman’s honesty and the relationship against them.
Don’t blame the man because he believes a woman who has been honest up until this point, suddenly becomes dishonest at the end.
“When a man has been with a woman in a long-term relationship who, up until that point, told him she was “on the pill and couldn’t get pregnant”
and how is it that you know that’s what she told him? how do you know she was on the pill? how do you know that she lied to him?
it’s just as possible that they never used any BC, or that they used condoms, or that the BC failed. in any of those situations, the man is just as much to blame as the woman, there’s no “trap”.
it doesn’t matter how honest the woman has BEEN, or how trustworthy the man has BEEN. if he is in a shaky relationship, and doesn’t want to get someone pregnant, he can wrap it up. or, you know, NOT HAVE SEX WITH HER. to insinuate that she “trapped” him is pretty misogynistic. he’s just as responsible and just as much to blame.
@: doofus: an actual friend of mine did exactly that.
Her first child was an “accident”, that noone noticed until it was “too late”
Her BF married her. After some years seeing her parenting skills he told her that he’s happy with one child only. You can’t get straighter that that.
What she did was another “accident”, which was also undiscovered until it’s “too late”
After that noone believed that the first pregnancy was an accident. Not a great basis for a happy family life. Ah, yes, and he became a laughing stock for trusting his own wife.
I agree in principle, Doofus. He bears just as much bc responsibility and nobody forced him into bed anyway. Thats fine. However, if Bridget was my friend, I WOULD ask her over a glass of wine if she set this up. Its seriously suspect that after years of sex without pregnancy, you fall pregnant just as the guy is publicly extracting himself from the relationship. I’m just saying it probably wasnt such an “oops” moment for her. He really should have wrapped it up or better still, stayed the hell away.
This is ridiculous. Very few women actually do that. The reality is that people make mistakes with contraception all the time. I’m so tired of hearing that women get pregnant to trap men.
Also studies have shown that men, particularly abusive men, are the ones who either tamper with birth control or engage in reproductive coercion.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/05/when-men-sabotage-birth-control.html
http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/contraception-journal/june-2010
I didn’t say that’s how it went down, I’m just saying it seems suspicious. I have known two women who were married and pulled the “accidental pregnancy” when their marriages were going down the tubes, thinking it would fix things. It didn’t and they are both now divorced.
It is not misogynistic to think there are women who would use a pregnancy to try and get or keep a man. :::ALLEGEDLY::: That is how Faith Hill got Tim McGraw to marry her (as told by a neighbor here in Nashville who was on tour with then at the time). It happens and I think it’s sad that men cannot trust a woman they are in a relationship with.
Do accidents happen? Absolutely. However, when they happen as a relationship is ending, it becomes very suspicious.
I’m with Shelley.
Shelley is speculating on what might have happened. That’s clear as day.
Also, there to say that women using pregnancy to trap men is a made up thing is ridiculous since it happens all the time.
Yes, contraception doesn’t always work, but let’s not pretend that *some* women haven’t used the ‘oops’ baby as a way to get men to stay in a relationship or that it isn’t a thing. Heck we laugh about women who use babies for economic improvement, but I guess you don’t think that’s possible too.
And BTW, just because we are fighting stereotypes, it doesn’t mean those stereotypes don’t exist.
I know women who have done this and admitted to me they had. I actually felt bad for husband because he honestly believed it wasn’t on purpose. Let’s just say I am not friends with these people anymore
Ugggghhh. I too hate the “trapped” line. Gentlemen, here is the deal : Unwrapped penis in….be very prepared for baby out unless you are personally doling out the birth control pills to the woman. I drilled it into SOn of Dirty Martini’s head………”I don’t care who or what or how close…….always always always wear a condom”. Extreme? Maybe. I make no apologies.
@LAK and Shelly
So now anecdotal stories are supposed to trump scientific data? I don’t think so. Are there a few women who do this? Possibly. But it is not as common as people insist. Especially since any woman who doesn’t live under a rock knows that pregnancy does not equal a relationship and it certainly doesn’t equal a lasting relationship.
At 30something, I’d sy that Bridget did not actually “plan” it, but most probably hoped for a baby, regardless.
I find in poor taste to call a child a “mistake”, a “bandaid”, etc. The baby is there and it is unfair to call him/her that, IMO.
I know someone who did that. She told me she hasn’t been taking her BC pills, she wawantednted to get pregnant. And she did, her bf was pised but married her anyway.
Putting aside the “trap” question, you do all notice that many people on this thread are leaning towards the “poor Bridget all alone with a baby because he dumped her when he should have stayed with her” angle? Whatever the circumstances of the conception, it occurred as the relationship was ending. And the relationship had been ending very loudly and very publicly for months. Local gossip columnists detailed every one of Bridget’s public pouts and there were many and every disagreement over restaurant meals and both of them looking positively miserable with one another through the summer and fall before the breakup with bets on when it would finally end. There was no “overlap” relationship with Giselle. There was no continuing to see Bridget after starting up with Giselle. One ended in December; one began in February the full-term baby was born in August. Whether she planned the pregnancy or not, Bridget is the one who decided to carry the pregnancy to term, even telling local papers that he had offered to pay for an abortion if she wanted. And miserable couples who stay together for “the sake of the baby” usually end up divorced with an unhappy kid.
I agree, Lilac.
It is an uncomfortable, awkward situation, but if the person you are with is really done with the former relationship, you are really not interfering.
Giselle and Bridget were not friends, they did not owe each other loyalty. He was done with Bridget, baby or not baby. Getting on with the relationship would only cause everybody pain and a waste of time.
That boy Jack is precious, and I hope they continue co-parenting happily.
Sherry is just SPECULATING. Are people not allowed to do that without others jumping on them? Bridget wouldn’t be the first woman to try to hang onto a man via a baby, don’t act like she would.
@lila fowler
It is just amazing how all the speculation is always about how the woman in question must be crazy behind closed doors. And in this particular case it doesn’t seem like Bridget was interested in being with Tom again. Especially since many reports about his personality indicate that he is a full on man child. I would say Bridget got the better deal. The split seems to have been relatively amicable and there was no unhealthy custody battle. People want to create drama, where is doesn’t seem like much drama existed.
Tom and Bridget were pretty rocky for a while. I’m from Boston, people were talking about them having trouble way back in training camp(July or August).
I don’t think it’s fair to point the finger. I mean they were an off and on mess towards the end, it’s not surprising that birth control was messed up or an oops happened. Bridget also may have tested a bit late since she would have found out around the Christmas holiday while everything was crazy and she was dealing with a break up. i also wouldnt be shocked if it was ex sex
What matters is that they all get along now. Tom and Bridget are both obviously loving and proud parents. They’re both happy with new partners. Everyone has moved on.
Even if Bridget was trying to “trap” him, i don’t see any resentment there. Tom loves their son.
Because if there’s a pregnancy post breakup it’s on purpose… Ugh!
Exiting thread. We’re better than this.
Judging by the responses on this thread, women really are their own worse enemies. Did Tom Brady accidentally happen to fall into Bridget’s vagina and conceive a child? Maybe Bridget is religious and didn’t want to get rid of her child regardless of how she felt about the father? Maybe she thought she was getting older and worried that she might not have another chance for a child? Why is she the one being blamed for birth control failure, Mr. Brady not keeping it wrapped up, ect? If Mr. Brady was so worried about oopsie children, then he shouldn’t have slept with her right before leaving the relationship. How is it that George Clooney, Leo DiCaprio, ect. manage to have numerous girlfriends and no oopsie children? Do men have no agency and are powerless against conniving female golddiggers?
Giselle the snake would say Anything to make herself look better. I don’t believe a word this snake of a woman says.
She is right, her success as a model isn’t really because of her look, it’s the personality. People may say any skinny girl can be a model, but if you’ve got nothing behind the eyes, it really does show in pictures. And it doesn’t make for good pictures.
It’s the way I feel about Kendall Jenner. I find her to be a bland model because no personality shines through when she’s modeling. That something a great model can exude is not there.
Agree.
This is true, I think having a good personality and the ability to convey that helps the longevity of a career like hers. But of course, as a model, looks are what open the door in the first place.
She was asked to get a nose job many times too. And she refused. I think she’s a great model. I love her work. It’s what Tyra used to say on ANTM, looks aren’t everything. Personality, confidence and charm make a real model. Giselle’s walk is everything.
I just wish she didn’t say “You know” every ten seconds. It’s worse than “like.” And “you know what I’m saying” is especially grating.
But she did get a nose job as well as breast implants. She then had the implants removed.
I don’t think think she messed with her nose because everyone hates her nose since 1995! It looks ugly when photographed or filmed at certain angles. Gisele said that she lost too many jobs because of her nose in the past.
@ Cassie click on this. Oh and there are plenty more before and after. I just chose this one.
http://www.drrawnsley.com/blog/gisele-bundchen-was-a-brazilian-beauty-before-the-nose-job/
She did have a nose job and then shoots her mouth off that she would never have plastic surgery. Not to mention the boob lift and eye job she just got caught having in Paris.
Thank you, V4Real for the pictures.
LOL she had a nose job and other plastic surgeries/procedures. There are plenty of before/after pics all over the web… not to mention sneaking into a surgeon’s office in a BURQA.
WOw.
I do not know much about Giselle, but the angles of the picture are different, one with make up and other with it.
Also, her eyelids look a bit creepy in the upper pics. , as in if she had an eye job, they did a poor one.
Some times one see what it is. I do not think she is the devil incarnate, that is Leann, I agree , but not Gisele.
Gisele has being working since 1994, I need every picture from that year until 2005 analyzed to make the claims believeable.
Two pictures taken in different angles, makeup and light posted at a plastic surgeon’s website doing propaganda of his work do nothing.
She had a nose job. That detail is irrefutable. It was many years ago, probably before she even got out of her teens. And it was really a very minor change. I think she had the bridge straightened but otherwise it is the same.
She currently has boob implants, which she got on the sly thanks to that burka. Pretty sure her eyes are done, but again whatever she had done was very low-key. That’s the way to do it. Her implants, however, look exactly like implants. She is very, very thin and fake boobies never look anything but giant and fake on skinny women.
V4Real: Cassie is right. It’s the same nose. It’s not “before and after”. She was OLDER in that first pic. She was in her 20s.
In that interview you can see some pics… Her nose looked much better when she was younger.
Yes teacakes. I was surprised I have never paid attention to her or any other model but the interview was interesting. Plus she has hardworking type of values that I am familiar with.
I agree. They have to have some kind of vitality coming through the eyes, a mood or perspective, otherwise it falls flat.
Also, I think angles are important and Giselle is a MASTER at working her angles. She contorts her body to make diagonal lines with her arms, legs, etc. which carries the eye across the page into the picture. Art history is full of angles, and so it Giselle’s modeling work.
What personality? She’s a smug narcissist.
A damned smart smug narcissist, though, looking at the way she’s managed her career.
She obviously didn’t mean her personality as in “my awesomeness shines through.” She said “I never complained.” Having worked as a model myself I can attest to it: the most easy-going models get requested the most. There are tons of skinny girls who look good on camera. But not everyone treats modeling like a job, show up on time, gets along with the crew, follows up after the job has been completed.
It’s a very much “who you know and how you are know” industry.
Quite frankly, anyone who is genetically blessed, and can earn tens of thousands of dollars for a few hours work, should be gracious.
As for Bunchen saying that she never complained, I wouldn’t believe one word out of her mouth. She has already been caught lying on more than several occasions, so her credibility is toast, as far as I am concerned.
Also, I have heard quite the opposite through the grapevine. I had heard that she could be quite unpleasant and a bit of a diva. Again, this is pure PR damage control.
BTW, did she get new veneers?
In this instance, I can believe she’s telling the truth since she was hired so much. Maybe she’s unpleasant in non-working situations, but for work I can imagine she changes her personality to get paid.
It’s the same for everything really. If you’re a difficult and unreliable person, no matter how good you are at your job, you’re going to get replaced.
She was probably easy going at first, these days I’m sure she’s a nightmare.
I never compared her to Rimes, and while she may not be in SkeezAnn’s fire breathing dragon territory, that still does not negate the fact she is smug, narcissistic and very unappealing. I put her in the same nauseating category as Goopy.
That’s true, she does seem to be talking more about how she was on set rather than how she comes across on the page, but like her or not, she has a tremendous photographic and runway presence, and actual expression in her eyes. That makes all the difference between ‘tall skinny girl on a runway’ and ‘model’ to me.
So if she was short, fat, with buck teeth and bad skin but was a nice woman, she’d have 400 million dollars from modeling? 🙂
She isn’t beautiful in my view, and I think she’s a spoiled prima Donna – she’s successful because she has a great body. In my view, that’s all it is.
did I say she would?
She may not be beautiful to you, but her looks opened the door to fashion for her – and her professionalism kept the door open despite the fact that she’s not exactly a classical beauty, and long after “prettier” younger girls with equally great bodies dropped out of sight.
Who would buy that book?
Roger Goodell.
Dying!! That almost made me spit out my coffee.
My theory is that everyone close to Gisele is getting a copy from the Brady family for the holidays.
And every NFL owner is getting a copy from Roger Goodell
Donald Trump ? For every room in his house?
Apparently 1000 people did because that’s how many copies were produced.
She has many fans and Brazil worships her like a God.
I like her work a lot, but I would never spend $700 on her book. If I’m spending $700 on a book, it better be something that makes me 5 times smarter and excellent at something. Not someone’s modeling portfolio.
In her case I would have dumped the guy.
Too much unfinished business and maybe they could have worked it out.
I don’t like drama and split incomes.
I would have also. It all sounds very shady. It appears he was dating Gisele and still sleeping with an ex. I wouldn’t have forgiven a betrayal like that, because it was a sign of things to come.
I couldn’t do it.
I’m trying to live a drama-free life and that includes not having to make timelines to figure out when and if he knew and what my relationship with this child will be. Too messy for me but it seems to be working well for them.
I’m sorry, it’s Tom Brady and I’m not dumping him. Gisele may come off as smug and dumb but she’s not stupid.
I probably would have as well. It’s hard to date someone who’s just coming off a long term relationship. It’s hard to date someone who has children. Dating someone who’s in both situations, and who hasn’t resolved feelings with his ex or figured out a parenting plan? That’s a lot of stress to place on a new, developing relationship.
I’m not saying it’s easy but it’s doable. I’m doing that exact same thing in my current relationship.
I too think she is smug and I don’t like Brady either. But I do have to say, hearing her say tht she never complains or complained really earns respect points.
I don’t think the term “bonus child” has any bad meaning when the stepmother for the last eight years always treated him like her own child with the avail of the child’s mother.
I think it’s a matter of culture. From what I’ve seeing from the Brazilian people I know they do not treat stepchildren as outsiders, they are children that are introduced into the nuclear family and stay there.
I understand Portuguese and her interviews for Brazilian TV channels are so much better.
Agree, she gives great interviews in her native language. People sometimes snark on her for how she words things but I doubt they realize that English was like the third language she learned and that she speaks something like five or six languages.
Unfortunately Gisele doesn’t speak fluently any other language besides Portuguese and English. I’ve seeing her giving interviews in Spanish she is understandable but not fluent at all. Her Italian doesn’t go beyond the basic. Her French doesn’t go far from survival sentences.
@Cassie – that’s still a lot of languages, especially considering she acquired most of them later in life i.e. after the age of 15 or so.
@Cassie: well gee whiz, excuse her for trying. Are you from Europe, by any chance? I notice a lot of Europeans seem to have this mindset toward anyone from outside Europe: ridicule them for only being able to speak their native language, and then ridicule them even more for trying to learn others and not doing them perfectly.
Before anyone jumps down my throat about generalizing a whole continent: I didn’t say “all,” I said “a lot.” I’ve been to all but two countries in Europe, and I have noticed this phenomenon in nearly all of them. And before anyone comes back with “how many languages do YOU speak?” : Four, fluently.
Holmes: I’m Brazilian living in USA. I didn’t any way criticize Gisele’s foreign languages.
Gisele and her publicity team has being claiming she can speak five languages fluently which is not true at all. I already said in my comment the level of oral knowledge she has in each language she claims to know fluently.
If you doubt me, you can search Gisele’s interviews in Spanish at YouTube. Her Spanish is very understandable with Brazilian accent and she always mix in Portuguese words. Her Italian does not go beyond basic level, there are no videos of her speaking it at YT but Fashion TV several years ago had a video of her having a chat with Dolce&Gabbana in Italian. Her French does not go far from survival phrases as evidenced at French tv shows she always speak English.
I think some people are overly impressed by people who learn other languages. But look, The German and Dutch people I know all speak at least two. (French, depends on their napeolonic pride) Many Brazilians, while speaking Portuguese, are fluent in Spanish since..duh Brazil is in Latin America, surrounded by Spanish speaking countries. Speaking survival phrases does not mean you speak a language, and it’s actually not that hard to pick up a language provided you practice a lot.
I really wish my tax dollars went towards teaching children to speak more than one language
Mac, right now I’d be happy if our tax dollars just taught our kids to speak English. I work for a university that is more of a trade school, really, and some of the people that come through the door wanting to take classes can’t even put together a coherent sentence. I mean, good for them for wanting to get an education and better themselves, but you’ve got to have some basic skills to begin with!
When I was a teenager I’d read all the “Dear Abby” type columns in the newspaper and there was a syndicated column called “Bonus Parents” or some such title. It was all about step-parenting and blended families, and they used the terms “bonus child” and “bonus mom/dad” exclusively. The idea was that the terms of step-mom/dad and step-child had negative connotations so new terminology was needed.
Since I’ve been familiar with the term for some time I was confused about why people cared so much that Leanne used it, and now Giselle. Not sure when it came to be (or who exactly coined it), but it’s been around for at least 15 years or so now.
I remember first hearing “bonus child” with Tricia Yearwood and then Jada Pinkett Smith. I don’t think the term is a big deal; I only get annoyed when a stepparent starts blurring the boundaries and trying to edge the other parent out. Leanne . Frankly, if I had step kids and needed to be interviewed for a publication, I would probably say upfront that questions about the step kids were off limits other than “they are wonderful and I am blessed to be a part of their lives.”
I sincerely don’t know how woman whose current bf has an “ex” gf who is carrying his baby pull it off. My conscience and morals would never allow it. Maybe she is as happy as a clam with her so called bonus child, but at what price. He had no problem with it obviously, he was hooking up with Giselle, but that left Bridget by her lonesome, pregnant and alone, how glorious. I give big ups to Bridget for being so classy while Tom so publically pursued Giselle and she had to hold her head high and carry on with her life as then a single pregnant woman.
So he should have gone back to her again? For what purpose? To break up yet again for a third time but with a kid involved?
lilacflowers exactly what i think tom and bridget were done even with John involved. I also heard that Tom’s parents were very happy when that relationship ended, everyone knew that couple wasn’t working. So good thing that she stayed, tom and her have 2 beautiful kids and their mariage seems to be working (for now).
I was saying how I felt not how they should feel. It’s like the Hugh Dancy/Claire Daines thing….impregnate one woman and marry another. Seems so shady to me. I don’t know the details of Brady’s relationship with Bridget nor do I want to. I guess in the end what’s supposed to happen will happen.
Wait, what? Hugh Dancy got someone else pregnant? You mean Billy Crudup?
I don’t think he should have gotten back together with Bridget, but in most of those cases, I think things tend to work out better when the parents-to-be concentrate on setting up a co-parenting relationship and preparing for the new baby, and then start dating once things are a little more settled.
That being said, I don’t think Tom dating Giselle harmed Bridget. It just seems like a lot of drama in an already volatile situation. In this one, it apparently worked out fine.
This wasn’t a case of someone knowingly pursuing someone who was attached with a pregnant girlfriend.
By all accounts, Bridget and Tom had broken up when he took up with Giselle.
At best, Bridget’s pregnancy was a fluke that happened at the very end of their relationship – Tom took up with Giselle pretty much immediately after his break with Bridget, or at worst, Tom cheated on Giselle with Bridget and ended up with a pregnant Ex.
For what it’s worth, Giselle dumped him for a several months after she found out about the pregnancy, so it wasn’t all sunshine and roses and carry on.
MAF: Same sort of messy situation is what I meant. Life in the fast lane.
I can believe that Bridget and Tom were still being intimate after the breakup around December. Note that Gisele said she started dating Tom in February. She never said at that time he was her boyfriend or they were exclusive. It seems this was the start of their relationship. Perhaps it wasn’t serious in the beginning and Tom was still having casual hook-ups with Bridget.
BTW I met Bridget while she was still with Tom several times. She was very laid back and down to earth. I even had lunch with her once.
I agree.
Lilacflowers, I am not suggesting that he should have gone back when he found out his ex of many years was pregnant – but maybe, you know, not jump straight into a very high profile relationship right away, rubbing it in her face, getting married in the NYC church where Bridget took him?
Giselle can say anything she wants now, but I remember vividly how in the beginning after Ben was born she called him”hers’ and there was a bit of public outrage… maybe they are all getting along now but for the first year if I remember correctly Bridget talked about how hard it was to be alone during pregnancy, delivering alone and then sending the baby off via nanny to be with the dad, because the relationship was so strained.
I thought she behaved with dignity and Giselle IMO should have waited to date him until the baby was born and the money/custody was arranged. It wouldn’t have killed either of them to be discreet.
I’m pretty sure they got married on Cali in a very small, private ceremony. Not in NYC.
They were married in California, not New York. Once a relationship is over, people are free to see whomever they want. Bridget CHOSE to go forward with the pregnancy, which she learned about AFTER the breakup. Bridget also chose to deliver the baby alone. All four grandparents were at the hospital at the time of the birth. Bridget herself has said Tom asked to be at the delivery and she said no.
Bridget could have chosen to have an abortion. She probably also knew that they hadn’t used protection the last time they were together so I doubt that her pregnancy was a surprise to her. If you really don’t want to get pregnant after a final fling with your ex, there are ways to deal with it, like a morning after pill.
She didn’t do any of these things and was likely hoping Tom would come back to her.
As much as Gisele can be annoying, she was not the problem here. It was Tom and Bridget that created this situation by not being careful.
“If you really don’t want to get pregnant after a final fling with your ex, there are ways to deal with it, like a morning after pill.”
yeah, and if you really don’t want to get your ex pregnant during a final fling, you can use a condom, which I guess Tom didn’t see the need for?…
they are BOTH to blame for a pregnancy. please don’t imply that Moynihan has all the responsibility for not getting pregnant.
AFTER the confirmation of the pregnancy, if she chose to keep the baby and “go it alone”, THAT is her choice, to be sure.
“Bridget could have chosen to have an abortion.”
Maybe that’s an easy decision for some to make but not for Bridget. Most women don’t like to use abortions as a form of birth control. Also it’s not like Bridget got pregnant from a one night stand, a casual relationship or a man she dated for a few months. She got pregnant from a man she was in a relationship with for a few years.
I agree that Tom and Bridget created this new life by not being careful. But Bridget could have decided to keep the child for several reasons.
1). As a ploy to hold on to Tom.
2). Abortion is not for her. She wanted this child.
3). Though they announced their break-up publicly Tom could have been leading her to believe that there still might be a chance of them working it out.
And none of us know if it was a final fling with her ex. Whose to say they didn’t have sex again after she was already pregnant.
Birth control fails. When something is 98% effective, that’s still 2 people out of 100 that it’s not effective for.
Wasn’t she a bit older (around 36 or so) when she had her son? She might have decided to keep the child because she wasn’t sure if she might be able to get pregnant again (by a guy she sort of liked, at least). The sperm bank route probably didn’t look attractive to her if she had decided to not keep this particular child. If the condom didn’t break, I’m a little baffled as to why they were irresponsible with protection, but since she had a pregnancy going on with a guy she actually knew fairly well and most perceive as fairly genetically gifted (he’s tall, considered attractive by most people, and a football player — maybe she didn’t care about brains that much), I can see why she’d be more likely to keep the kid. I suspect a woman in her mid-30s might be less likely to want an abortion than someone in their early 20s, but I have no statistics to back up my speculation.
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+1000 absolutely agree.
I am Bridget’s same age and I’d do the same. She got pregnant by a person she used to be with , cared for. I do not think she regrets her decision at all. I find funny how people are berating her for keeping the baby, hey, it was her choice!
I do not think Brady is complaining either. They might saw him more than a complication than a blessing at first, but I think they chose correctly.
They are not poor people who cannot support one boy.
I don’t think Gisele is the one whose morals are questionable here. It is Brady’s. if he was done we his ex, he should’ve been done, not stringing her along and using her for sex.
EN: his, hers and hers. Strange situation. Wasn’t questioning her morals, but rather what I would have done. No way would I ever trust a man who leaves a woman pregnant. I would have left Dodge immediately. That old saying you lose a man how you get a man has some validity. I want everything nice and tidy with no baggage to come back and bite me in the butt. Gisele seems strong, so hopefully this is a marriage made in celebrity heaven.
“No way would I ever trust a man who leaves a woman pregnant. I would have left Dodge immediately.”
Hey, I can be as judgy as the next woman but is this really a shady situation? First, Brady didnt leave a woman pregnant. He was actively supportive through out the pregnancy and going by the leaked emails, remains a major part of the kids life. Second, they werent a couple when he found out anyway. Third, which masochistic fools get back together solely over a pregnancy in the 21st century? Fourth, Gisele did dump him and then they reconciled. Fifth, all three parties are happy with the balance they found clearly. It isnt nearly as messy as you are making it out to be.
Breaking up is often extremely complicated and I don’t for a minute think he was “stringing her along for sex”. That’s overly simplifying a sensitive and complex situation. They clearly hit a few bumps but in the end chose one that works for them all, i.e. the baby’s well-being and care came first, so all three chose to work cooperatively in HIS best interests. He seems to be a well-adjusted, happy young kid now who is loved by the equivalent of three parents.
It was messy in the beginning. Bridget and Tom were not on good terms during and right after her pregnancy. Thankfully down the road they both grew up and worked it out.
“I don’t think Gisele is the one whose morals are questionable here. It is Brady’s. if he was done we his ex, he should’ve been done, not stringing her along and using her for sex. ”
If he just wanted sex, he didn’t need to string Bridget along. A wealthy, successful, young, professional, champion-level athlete could easily pick up women who were just interested in a one-nighter.
And Bridget has made it clear that he made it clear to her that it was over in December.
‘sold out’-like our DK &her clothes, this is a bit misleading. Pre-sale about 1000 were only sold out. Of course she’ll sell more as time passes. Shades of Honest Co. & $1bn.
It’s a super limited prestige book from a high end publisher. There’s not going to be a wider release, and it’s actually a very big honor.
Even Jada Pinkett uses that term, maybe its a Hollywood thing I have never heard any ‘peasant’ use it.
Just adds to the pretentiousness of Hollywood. Like Goop and her ‘conscious uncoupling’ nonsense. You’re right, us mere peasants don’t speak like them and I don’t know why we would want to.
A bonus child sounds like a term that should be used if their SO or husband cheats on them and that affair produces a child. Jack shouldn’t be considered a bonus child because he was conceived before Tom and Bridget were in a serious relationship. How can he be a bonus if he came first.
I guess Gisele is a bonus mother.
I think it has something to do with the way high profile couples and families are reported. Having a kid constantly referred to as a step-child is probably tough on the kid, and may make them feel like they don’t have a real place in the family. “Bonus” has a much more positive connotation.
“Bonus” has a much more positive connotation.”
I don’t think so.
A bonus sounds like something you get at Christmas every year from your job.
A bonus sounds like something that is awarded to you after you have reached level 10 on the video game.
A bonus sounds like something you are awarded.
A bonus is something extra. So is Jack an extra child?
That’s exactly what it means. As in, he’s not her biological child and he’s a happy addition to her life. Not only does it imply a pleasant addition, but it acknowledges the fact that it’s a different relationship between the step-parent and step-child (which is important because things get weird when it feels like a parent is being replaced). Granted, it’s not like it’s a requirement that people say “Bonus parent” and “Bonus kid”. Different strokes for different folks.
Bonus child is just a stupid phrase used by people trying too hard to dress up relationships. He’s her stepson, not a bonus. It’s not a positive connotation, it’s just condescending.
Actually Benjamin is HER son; I think Bridget’s son is named Jack.
Personally, I would’ve dumped Brady after learning about the pregnancy. I mean, what a d-bag.
I was going to say that too. You guys might want to fix that before Gisele yells at you. Benjamin is not her “bonus child” but her real child.
Meh, I think the bonus child thing is fine. I’ve heard people use that before. I remember when people used to give her so much grief over how she referred to Bridget’s child, which I always thought was a bit unfair because she seemed to adore the kid and she also just words things awkwardly at time (I think people forget that English is like her third language). Plus, Bridget only ever threw a bit of shade at Tom and never Gisele. All the tab drama over her and Bridget back in the day and then when Tom’s emails came out it turns out that she and Bridget seem super friendly, perhaps even more friendly than Bridget and Tom.
Anyway, she seems fairly likable here and this is coming from someone who thinks she can be a bit obnoxious at times too.
It says a lot about the maturity of Bridget and Gisele that they managed to work through the issue and work together for the best interest of the child. From what i can tell they seem friends.
I think it was a little rough in the beginning but they now seem happy and well adjusted. As long as Bridget is OK with how she refers to her son, fine by me.
Charlie Rose has the skill to pay the bills. He can make anyone seem personable.
Wow…Gisele seemed pretty likable in that interview. I do believe that she sometimes doesn’t come across well in written interviews that are done in English is just that it’s not her first language.
How many times did Charlie touch Gisele’s knee in that interview…He seem entranced with her.
One thing that bugs me about celebrities, is when they say something like, I don’t know what I’m going to do next…and that’s scary. Honey, you have a gazzillion dollars, you don’t have anything to be afraid of. You will never have to worry about things like healthcare costs, or will I be able to pay my mortgage this month….but, all in all, I thought she came off very well…I still cry when I talk about my dogs, that have gone to doggy heaven…so I totally felt her pain there…
I’m so sorry about your dogs, one of the hardest things to deal with. It just sucks.
Regarding the money issue as someone who’s lived fairly comfortably my whole life but is still always afraid of ‘what I’m gonna do next’ and always hears people laugh it off. I think it comes down to how you were raised, how much of a concern money was growing up, and how aware you are of how fleeting success is.
I think even celebrities (the smart ones) know that having huge sums doesn’t protect them and that they could somehow lose all their income, which is why they diversify how they earn money.
Will Smith for example, I look at that man and fully agree on the gazillion dollars part but his kids? I could honestly see an entire fortune wiped out by the time he and Jada are gone and his kids are alone. They’re flaky and oblivious, all it takes is one ‘Bernie Madoff’ and I don’t think they have the talent or work ethic to get back to that gazillion dollars.
I really like that Charlie Rose, known for his serious, hard-hitting journalism, did not condescend to her at all. Such empathy is the mark of a great reporter.
I LOVE Charlie Rose. I personally find him to be the last great journalist. The man does his job so well.
I named my dog after Charlie Rose, I love him so much. Also to amuse myself by yelling “Charlie Rose, you are in such trouble!” when she’s naughty.
This isn’t the first interview in which she told how she considered ending it with Tom when she learned about Bridget’s pregnancy. I can’t remember when the earlier interview was but it was several years ago, before she had her daughter.
Brady didn’t learn Bridget was pregnant until AFTER they had broken up multiple times. It was not a case of dumping her knowing she was pregnant. That relationship was over and they had tried to revive it several times and failed. The pregnancy occurred during a make-up attempt. Bridget chose to go forward with the pregnancy – choice does exist in Massachusetts. Couples really should never stay together for the sake of the child. Doing so makes everyone, especially the child, miserable.
Yes, it was sad that things turned out that way, but I agree – staying together because of a child never works in the long run. And this child has never known any different, and seems to have his father in his life as well as a step-mother who loves him.
She’s getting us ready for the break-up. That’s my take.
And so scared about what to do next? How self-involved can these people be? Try be excessed at 55 years old – even with a Masters degree, no one will hire a 55 year old. Many people I know stay in jobs they despise because of that, health care, etc.
Having hundreds of millions in the bank and saying that makes me hate her smug face.
I have reservations about her, but I’ve always liked them as a couple.
I don’t know why, but it bugs me when people go on and on about what a perfectionist they are. Sounds like an excuse for being critical and bossy. My house is clean and orderly, but I wouldn’t eat off of anyone’s floor. Such a stupid concept. I have no patience for that, and better things to do with my time. I think that being “perfect” was ingrained in me, and I’ve had to work very hard to accept my imperfect self, so it pushes some kind of button in me when people say things like that. Probably me, not her.
I’m pathological about cleanliness to extent that you can eat off my floors.
On th flipside, i’m incredibly messy so there I that.
I’m fascinated by the idea of that. What is the cleaning regimen for proper floor eating?
This! GNAT, you’re always dropping some witty wisdom that I agree with.
Some people are precise, perfectionist, orderly, and like to have and do things a certain way. It bothers me when someone who isn’t like that criticizes the concept (and vice versa) as if you have a mental illness.
Do any of you come from Irish Immigrant back grounds?? Because the wording she used -eating off floors that are so clean-is exactly that. The floors that clean do exist in Irish house holds (in U.S.) . It is in my life time something my family said. As an immigrant she speaks with a different accent but the same hardworking principles apply.
Well, it’s better than saying (as one friend once did after cleaning her house thoroughly for company), “My toilets are so clean you could lick them!”
I am suspicious of any woman that prides herself with never complaining because I suspect in reality she is just ignoring the fact that she has needs of her own.
I understand being professional at work, which Gisele seems to be, but something about her words hints that she is not complaining at home either.
Being a drama queen and complaining/ whining all the time for stupid reasons is different from having needs and expecting that others take them into consideration.
Maybe she means it as in being grateful for what she has and not complain about fame and success like many celebrities do?
For some reason, I always imagine her as someone who will not take any crap from anyone especially her husband, then again I don’t know her personally, but that’s the impression I get from her.
All I know is that it’s nice to see another woman with a nose just as big as mine be a model.
😹 well that got me.
I love her nose, it’s fabulous and it’s the only kind of nose that would even work on her kind of face. If your nose is anything like that, you should hold it high and proud and work the statement nose 🙂
She is fifth generation German-Brazilian. So pretty unlikely.
Not a fan of Giselle, but I did think it was sweet how she teared up talking about her dog who passed 2 years ago. I lost my beloved furbaby 3 months ago (he had been with us for 14 years) so I can relate to her sadness.
We already knew this, move along.
I like looking at photos of Giselle (apparently I’m in a minority of people who do consider her beautiful), but I can’t stand The Overbite, and while this interview was probably scheduled a while ago to promote the book, it’s also timely to diffuse or distract from the “Tom is a cheating douche with a myriad of vacuous side pieces” rumors that are raging lately. (I personally have no opinion on whether those rumors are true. Sure, they’re credible given what we know about him, but he’s a convenient target right now, and for this family’s sake I hope they’re not). This would have been prime gossip 7 years ago, I guess. I’m just here avoiding clicking on the Duggars story because I’m not interested in providing hits on any publicity for that fecund tribe of hypocritical bigots.
“But Gisele is a fan of calling Benjamin her “bonus child.” ”
Or maybe she just calls him her son since she gave birth to him and uses the term bonus child for her stepson, Jack.
Lol. Good point.
She doesn’t go to parties and events! She is a supermodel, the last one!
I don’t know why she is not hired to go to the events and parties as other super models go to.
And she doesn’t spend time outside work hours with fashion legends.
Yeah… if a woman doesn’t want to get pregnant she will find a way not to get pregnant.
How do you think Kate Middleton stayed child-free for 10 years?
Right, because accidents never happen
Keep telling yourself that.
There is next morning pill. No excuse for “accidents”.
I wouldn’t dump TB, for sure, but I wouldn’t care to get involved with someone non-Tom Brady who had a newly pregnant ex-girlfriend. No thanks, that’s too much drama potential.
Okay. This is just a theory:
Tom was seeing both women plus others.
Tom was at the end of his relationship with Bridgette when Tom and G decided to make it exclusive.
I believe Tom told G that his last relationship was over while dating her when really it was on its last leg. Then Tom found out Bridgette was pregnant and panicked because because he wanted G as his trophy girl. This is why he tried denying paternity in public so her could still hang on to G.
He never denied paternity. That is not true.
I don’t understand the complete adoration of this woman. But, that’s just me.
The same with Brady. He is a lucky SOB who will just coast through life because there will always be someone in his life to coddle him. He has temper tamtrums that can rival any 2 year old.
Perhaps that is their ‘tie that binds’?
I think Tom Brady looks like Lurch … and he definitely reminds me of Kim K’s ex husband Kris ??
I think Tom is the only one who comes out looking bad in all of this (and possibly kind of dumb?). Maybe Bridget wasn’t using birth control (and I find that a little odd too), but he really should have remembered to wear a condom if he didn’t want to have a kid by her (although I guess maybe the condom broke? Who knows…)
People always made it sound like Gisele “stole” Tom from Bridget, but hearing about this story now it seems as though he did a lot of overlapping. I guess he’s lucky that Gisele was willing to forgive him, and that Bridget was willing to have a peaceful arrangement with Giselle. He could have easily wound up with two wackos warring with each other (like Leanne Rimes and that Housewives lady?), but everyone involved in this particular situation seems relatively sane. But I think the credit goes more to the women than him (although I guess I’ll give him credit for choosing decent women to sleep with, on one side, and marry, on the other).
I think that’s a pretty natural reaction, honestly. Would you want that baggage while you were in the dating period? It’s not like she was dating him for the money. She could have easily gone elsewhere.
I do often find her smug, but here is what I do like about her here: she’s confident. She doesn’t play down her prestige or impact on the modeling world. I’ll take a woman who’s occasionally smug and unapologetic than one who constantly self-abnegates.
Agree
I just hope Tom thanks his lucky stars that Bridgette gave him that beautiful son.
That whole situation is a bit screwed up. I’m not sure any of them came out looking good on that one.
I would’ve dumped him. Way too much drama.
Jack isn’t Gisele’s child.Bridget has full custody and she is a mother.She and her husbnand raising Jack.
Lilacflower.
1. There was overlap: G admits to starting up with Tom, perhaps not physically, but emotionally in mid-December; Tom was likely still keeping the proverbial spark going with Bridget
2. Sadly I do agree that Bridget wanted a “save the relationship” baby – of course she seems to be a great mom (and I hope very happy in her new marriage)
3. Gisele knows she married a dog and even she had reportedly kept in contact with former very wealthy Brazilian flame right up until her wedding
Tom and Gi deserve each other
–> He plays for a cheating team
–>She is a hypocrite on the plastic surgery front (nose years ago, then the offensive Burka-gate
And Bridget has said she and Tom were done by mid-December.
Please identify a NFL team that has not cheated?
Gisele, you suck with that ‘bonus child’ crap. You are not that kids mother-get over it!
SMH
Her eyes look unnatural. I find her whole take on life superficial. I also think these people who get massively successful mainly due to luck (modelling is about luck too) get very insecure in life. I think she probably basically has a bored socialite’s life, but she does endorse lots of products, inlcuding her own shoe brand, but I don’t think she does a lot of hands-on business stuff. Hence the tome-to-myself-and-my-fab-life project.
I’ve always found it interesting that Bridget gave Jack her last name instead of Brady. That had to have been a intentionally direct stab to the gut for Tom. He’s always been a hands on dad with Jack. I’d bet that when Jack is old enough to make his own choice, we’ll see him change his last name to Brady. Like Tim McGraw did when he found out his real dad was Tug McGraw, the famous baseball player. I’d be shocked if he doesn’t want the Brady legacy when he’s old enough to appreciate it’s meaning.
I don’t know why some people don’t like her. I love her interviews and she is right: It’s her personality. The fashion world loves her. Some people think she sounds likable in this interview, but she is always like that. She is a nice girl. Get over it.
BTW: Gisele almost dumped Tom when she learned of Bridget’ pregnancy? It’s old news.
So i got 3 things:
Gisele’s eyes look really awake…. she had that hooded european (german) eyelid thing going on which I kinda found enduring….. but the recent messy secret surgery burka, michael jackson in 09 – esque thing in France …. i guess this is the result
Her thing about contemplating bolting is a very real thing (from experience)and she has won points with me on admitting that and handling a in the front in (a curveball in life)
lastly…. i truly believe that all scandals and dramas and gossip will be revealed always like 10 to 30 years after they happen…. because I remember the tom brady baby thing and she wouldnt talk about it and neither would he even until they got married and a little after…. and now here it is…. i just say give it time.
What are you talking about?
“because I remember the tom brady baby thing and she wouldnt talk about it and neither would he even until they got married and a little after…” They talked about it. Gisele said the same thing years ago. Bridget said she didn’t know she was pregnant (but I don’t know if it’s true).