Gisele Bündchen responds to rumours she divorced Tom Brady over football: 'It's not so black and white'

Gisele Bündchen has addressed the constant rumours about her divorce from NFL star Tom Brady, which saw many assuming it was Brady's commitment to football that broke them.

In her new Vanity Fair cover interview for the magazine's April issue, the Brazilian model, 42, opened up about her relationship with the football star, 45, in-depth, insisting the truth behind their split is much more complicated.

"What's been said is one piece of a much bigger puzzle," the model said. "It's not so black and white. Sometimes you grow together; sometimes you grow apart."

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The famous couple, who married in 2009, officially split last October after the model filed for divorce from Brady. The pair had spent the months prior living separately.

The divorce brought an end to their 13-year marriage, though the pair seemed to split reasonably amicably, keeping their relationship strong for their children.

The couple share two children – Benjamin, 13, and Vivian, 10 – as well as Brady's 15-year-old son from his prior relationship with Bridget Moynahan, John.

"The decision to end a marriage is never easy but we have grown apart and while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed for the time we had together and only wish the best for Tom always," Bündchen wrote in an Instagram post at the time.

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Bündchen says in her cover interview that she and Brady realised over time that they wanted different things.

"When I was 26 years old and he was 29 years old, we met, we wanted a family, we wanted things together," she said. "As time goes by, we realise that we just wanted different things, and now we have a choice to make.

"[It] doesn't mean you don't love the person, it just means that in order for you to be authentic and truly live the life that you want to live, you have to have somebody who can meet you in the middle, right? It's a dance. It's a balance," she added.

Bündchen also addressed the swirling rumours about her and her son's jiu-jitsu instructor, Joaquim Valente. The pair have been spotted together on numerous occasions – along with Bündchen's children, sparking questions about a romance.

"I think, at this point, unfortunately, because I'm divorced, I'm sure that they're going to try to attach me to anything," she told the outlet.

But the model did take the chance to gush over Valente.

"I'm so grateful to know all of them, because not only have they helped me and helped my kids, but they have become great friends, and Joaquim especially," she said.

"He's our teacher and, most importantly, he's a person that I admire and that I trust. It's so good to have that kind of energy, to have my kids around that type of energy."

Just last week, the pair were seen holidaying in Costa Rica together with the model's children.

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Published Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:03:00 GMT