Goodbye to the perfect couple. The best American football player in history, Tom Brady, and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen are getting divorced. Rich, famous and successful, with two children in common and after 13 years of marriage, this Friday, October 28, they register their divorce papers in a court in Florida (USA), as confirmed by the athlete on his social networks. “We came to this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we’ve spent together,” Brady posted in an Instagram story. your Instagram account, in which he has 12.8 million followers. “We have been blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world in every way,” he added.
“We came to the decision to end our marriage after much thought. Doing so is, of course, painful and difficult, as it is for many people who go through the same thing every day around the world. However, we only wish the best for each other as we continue the new chapters of our lives that are yet to be written. And we kindly ask for privacy and respect as we navigate what is to come in the coming days and weeks, ”concludes the footballer’s statement on his social network. A separation that has now been made official, but that has been making headlines for months.
A few weeks ago it transpired that both had hired matrimonial lawyers for the dissolution of their marriage. They no longer lived together. The athlete’s return to the playing fields seems to have been the last straw in the relationship. After announcing his retirement, Brady, 45, repented and signed for the Tampa Bay Bucaneers in Florida. Gisele Bundchen, 42, made it clear in a recent interview with the magazine she that she did not like the idea of her husband returning to competition. “Obviously I have my concerns: This is a very violent sport, and I have my children and I would like him to be more present,” she said. “I’ve definitely had those conversations with him over and over again. But ultimately, I think everyone has to make a decision that works for them. He also has to seek joy from him, ”he pointed out, after explaining that she had already made sacrifices to be together.
Within minutes of Brady’s announcement, Bündchen was doing the same in your Instagram account (where he has 20 million followers). The message began in a similar way: “With much gratitude for our time together, Tom and I have amicably decided to divorce. My priority has always been and will continue to be our children, whom I love with all my heart. We will continue to raise them together, to give them the love, care and attention they so richly deserve.” She continued: “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 by the time we have spent together and I will always wish Tom the best. ”. He ended the message also asking for privacy at this time for the family.
Since last September, various media have published that Brady and Bündchen had a strong fight at the end of August. In an unusual gesture, the seven-time Super Bowl winner missed 11 days of training that month, and to justify himself he explained that the reason was “a personal matter.” “Everyone has different situations to deal with, challenges in our lives. I am a 45-year-old man, there is a lot of shit involved, ”he told reporters after returning to training.
In its podcast staff let’s go, Brady also spoke of the sacrifices that his career as an athlete entailed: “I haven’t had a Christmas in 23 years and I haven’t had a Thanksgiving in 23 years, I haven’t celebrated birthdays with the people I care about who are born since August to the end of January. And I can’t be at funerals and I can’t be at weddings,” he said. “I think there comes a point in your life where you say, ‘You know what? I’ve had enough and it’s time to move on, to move on to other parts of life.
A source close to the couple has told the magazine People that the agreement between the two parties is resolved, after a few weeks working on its terms, and that they have agreed on joint custody of their children: a 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl. Brady has another 15-year-old son a previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan. The publication affirms that the initiative of the separation was of the model.
The couple married on February 26, 2009 in a small ceremony at the Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California, and held a second ceremony in Costa Rica in April 2009.
multi-million dollar separation
Both are billionaires for success in their careers. Gisele Bündchen has been the highest-earning supermodel in several years of the past decade and her fortune is estimated at around 400 million dollars (a similar figure in euros), with annual income between 30 and 40 million.
Estimates of Brady’s fortune speak of about 250 million dollars, although given the sports and advertising income figures he has received throughout his career, it could be higher. The deal he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March 2020 netted him $50 million, with up to $4.5 million each year in incentives. Along with advertising Forbes estimates that this year alone will earn 84 million dollars, which places him as the ninth highest paid athlete. On May 10, Fox Sports announced that, after his retirement as a player, he would join the network as a main commentator, and figures were handled that speak of 375 million dollars over 10 years, which would make Brady the highest paid sports commentator in history.
Both also have a portfolio of assets in common worth 26 million dollars and, among other properties, a house valued at 17 million dollars that they bought less than two years ago in Indian Creek (Florida), an apartment in New York, a ranch in Montana and a house in Costa Rica, where they usually spend their vacations. The economic terms of the divorce have not transpired.
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