Gisele Bundchen has spoken out about her divorce from Tom Brady, condemning ‘hurtful’ rumours that she forced him to choose between their love and his football career.
The former couple, who share children Benjamin and Vivian, shocked the world in October when they announced their divorce after 13 years of marriage.
After the announcement, speculation has centred on why their romance ended and whether the supermodel, 42, has moved on from the Football star, 45.
In a recent honest interview, she defined their breakup as a “death and rebirth,” saying that it was a difficult choice behind the scenes.
‘It’s tough because you imagine your life was going to be a certain way, and you did everything you could,’ she said. ‘You give everything you got to achieve your dream. You give a hundred percent of yourself, and it’s heartbreaking when it doesn’t end up the way you hoped for, and worked for, but you can only do your part.’
Tom and Gisele met on a blind date in 2006 and married three years later in a ceremony in Santa Monica, before heading to Costa Rica for a second ceremony shortly after.
The fashion icon gave birth to their first child together, son Benjamin, in 2009, before welcoming daughter Vivian in 2012 – the sportsman also has a son from a previous relationship, Jack.
Their marriage was thrust into the limelight last year after Tom declared his retirement from American football, only to reverse his decision.
Once their divorce was made public, he retired from football for good in February, with Gisele among many praising his illustrious career on social media.
She also called rumours of an ultimatum over Tom’s business the ‘craziest thing I’ve ever heard,’ explaining that it takes years to develop and tear down a marriage.
In the aftermath of the breakup, Gisele has been connected to a succession of men – including Joaquim Valente, who has taught the family jujitsu – but she refused to be drawn on the gossip, characterising him as their instructor and someone who she ‘admires and trusts’.
‘Listen, I have always cheered for him [Tom], and I would continue forever,’ she told Vanity Fair. ‘If there’s one person I want to be the happiest in the world, it’s him, believe me. I want him to achieve and to conquer. I want all his dreams to come true. That’s what I want, really, from the bottom of my heart.’
‘Sometimes you grow together; sometimes you grow apart,’ she continued. ‘When I was 26 years old and he was 29 years old, we met, we wanted a family, we wanted things together. As time goes by, we realize that we just wanted different things, and now we have a choice to make.
‘That 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.
‘When you love someone, you don’t put them in a jail and say, “You have to live this life.” You set them free to be who they are, and if you want to fly the same direction, then that’s amazing.’
She also vowed that they were ‘not playing against each other’, describing their co-parenting bond as a ‘beautiful’ team.
‘Seeing lies being created all the time about yourself is not easy,’ she added. ‘I’m a simple girl who wants to be in nature – leave me alone. I just want to go do my job and raise my children in peace.’
Source My Celebrity Life.
