Gisele Bündchen Breaks Silence On Split With Tom Brady, Says She's Mourning The "Death" Of Her "Dream"

After a 13-year marriage and two children, model Gisele Bündchen and quarterback Tom Brady announced their divorce on October 28, 2022. Months later, we can only assume the model's emotions are still raw. Bündchen's divorce was likened to death in the article, with the model still mourning "the death" of her "dream."

“It’s tough because you imagine your life was going to be a certain way," she says, "and you did everything you could, you know?” Their divorce headlines only fueled speculation that their split was due to a rumored ultimatum involving Brady's NFL career. Bündchen, 42, broke her silence in Vanity Fair's April issue regarding these allegations. She says they're "very hurtful" and "the craziest thing I've ever heard."

“Listen, I have always cheered for him, and I would continue forever,” an emotional Bündchen reveals. “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.”

All of the tabloids that made her appear to hate football were largely untrue. In fact, Bündchen loved watching her ex-husband from the sidelines. "Are you kidding me? I learned about it! I used to joke that I was going to be able to be the ref because I’ve watched so many games. And I loved it," she adds.

When asked if any articles written about her and Brady's separation were false, she replies with, "everything." While mainstream news made it sound like Bündchen gave up her dream for Brady to complete another game season, she says it's more complex than that. "Wow, people really made it about that. What’s been said is one piece of a much bigger puzzle,” Bündchen insists. “It’s not so black and white.”

Bündchen doesn't disclose the details behind the split, understandably, but she does hint that there was a "gradual shift" between them that seemed to have led up to it. “Sometimes you grow together; sometimes you grow apart. When I was 26 years old and he was 29 years old, we met, we wanted a family, we wanted things together," she says. "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.”

The model adds, “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.”

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