Photo: Gisele Bundchen Instagram
Gisele Bündchenhad no idea what she was in for when she first began datingTom Brady.
The supermodel mom, 42, appears on the cover ofVanity Fair’s April 2023 issue, where she reflects on her relationship with the recently retired NFL quarterbackfor the first timepublicly since their divorce. The pairfinalized their divorcelast October, shortly afterannouncing their decision to splitafter 13 years of marriage.
It was early into her relationship with the NFL star, 45, that Brady shared the news that his ex,Bridget Moynahan, was expecting. Embracing their son Jack, now 15, as her “bonus child,” made the couple feel more confident in taking steps toward growing their own family.
“Jack came into our lives and I felt so blessed, and it kind of awakened in me this desire of being a mom,” Bündchen told the outlet. “I’ve always dreamed of being a mom, but I think that happened a little faster than I thought, because now I have this beautiful little angel that I get to care for and love.”
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Gisele Bündchen on the cover ofVanity Fair’s April 2023 issue.Lachlan Bailey/Vanity Fair
Brady and Bündchen later welcomed daughterVivianand sonBenjamin— now 10 and 13 — at home during the family’s time living in Boston while the football pro played for the New England Patriots.
“My world was them,” Bündchen recalled of time. “Do you know how grateful I am that I got that time for myself? I breastfed my kids until they were almost two years old. I was taking them to school every day. I was making them breakfast, lunch… I wasthere.”
Reflecting on the dissolution of her relationship with Brady, Bündchen suggested that family was a big factor that brought the two together.
Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady with their kids.https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4izlXgY83/
“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 shared.
“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.”
source: people.com
