Tom Brady, former American football superstar and ex-husband of supermodel Gisele Bündchen, once again clearly exposed the difficulty of combining the task of being a good father with being an athlete elite by confessing that he has not been the best father in the world for his three children, although he has assured that he is doing everything possible to make up for it.
The legendary NFL player spoke candidly about his personal life within the framework of the Fortune 2024 Global Forum New Yorkwhich brings together the leaders of the largest multinational companies in the world for different presentations and round tables. And in one of them he spoke Gisele Bündchen’s ex-husband to admit that he has not been the best father in the world to his three children.
Tom Brady, 47, was asked how he is able to motivate his 17-year-old son, Jack (who he shares with Bridget Moynahan), and his other young children, Benjamin and Vivian (who he had with Gisele Bündchen), and he wanted make it clear to the audience that he is by no means the greatest of all time at fatherhood.
Correct bad decisions from the past
“Every parent in the room knows that being a parent is probably the hardest job we all have…and we make a lot of mistakes. And I have made many mistakes as a father,” explained the billionaire former player.
However, Tom Brady assured that in these times, now retired, he is making amends to correct the bad decisions of the past and try harder as a father. «My goal is for them to trust me more and do it consistently.».
Therefore, one of the objectives is support your children more decisively in their dreams and convey your full support to them, regardless of their choices. “The blessing my parents gave me was that when I was that reserve player on a freshman team, they never told me, ‘Man, don’t do that.’ It’s going to be too difficult. Let’s do something different. Let’s think about another plan B’. Instead, they said something like, ‘You know what? Do it'”.
Precisely, he defined his parents as «my parenting style». In this sense, he gave as an example his son Jack, who wants to be an NBA player. “I want him to know that his dad absolutely has his back,” Brady said.
A billionaire ex-couple
Gisele Bündchen’s ex-husband concluded the conversation at the Fortune 2024 Global Forum by explaining that he knows that his children will have to face more difficulties than normal in the future due to their father’s fame, although he assured that this is fully assumed. «I’m going to be there to support them. I will learn along the way along with them», he summarized.
Estimates of Tom Brady’s fortune speak of about 250 million dollarsbut it must be taken into account that it would be a lower figure due to other sports and advertising income that he has received during his career and that he still maintains.
For her part, Gisele Bündchen, 44, was the highest-paid model in the world between 2002 and 2017. According to figures managed by the financial press, she has earned more than 500 million dollars only with her modeling career and different sponsorships.
As recently published by the ‘Page Six’ portal, Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen had among their plans to be parents of their third child before the deterioration of the relationship and signing their divorce in October 2022. «Gisele and Tom were open to having another child during their marriage», revealed a source to the aforementioned portal.
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