Gisele Bündchen was allegedly done with her marriage to Tom Brady after his final desperate attempt to save his family failed in August 2022, according to the book “Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness” by Lars Anderson.
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attempt → do → Anderson
In an excerpt from the book published by the Daily Mail, Anderson writes that Bündchen had her mind made up after the quarterback traveled to a private resort in the Bahamas for a serious discussion with her — when he missed 11 days of Buccaneers training camp, which was excused by the team.
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which → publish → team
Their marriage was already strained over Brady’s decision to keep playing after he won his sixth Super Bowl ring with the Patriots in Super Bowl 2018 — and things got worse in March 2022 when he decided to play another season, coming out of a 40-day retirement.
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he → keep → retirement
“Everything was going good between Tom and Gisele,” one eyewitness close to Brady said, according to Anderson.
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eyewitness → go → Anderson
“Tom was FaceTiming with Gisele during the day between meetings, just checking in to see if she needed anything.
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she → facetime → anything
These were normal conversations, and she seemed happy.
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she → seem → ?
“Then one day, Gisele, who is really into astrology, basically looked into the stars and told Tom, ‘We’re not compatible.’
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We → look → Tom
And just like that, she was done.
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she → do → that
‘But what triggered that?
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what → trigger → that
Was it the years of feeling like she wasn’t his top priority?
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she → feel → ?
That he kept playing when she’d asked him to step away?
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she → keep → him
“Or was there a particular spiritual adviser telling her, ‘Hey, this relationship is bad for you.
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relationship → tell → you
Even the stars are telling you that.’
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stars → tell → that
Brady returned to Bucs training camp on Aug. 22, 2022, after an 11-day excused absence.
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Brady → return → absence
The pair announced their divorce on Oct. 28, 2022, after 13 years of marriage.
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pair → announce → marriage
Bündchen reportedly tied the knot with her Jiu-jitsu instructor boyfriend, Joaquim Valente, in an intimate ceremony in Surfside, Fla., last December.
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Bündchen → tie → Surfside
They welcomed their first child together in February 2025.
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They → welcome → February
Clyde Christensen, who was the quarterback coach for the Bucs at the time, said Brady “was an empty shell of himself” when he returned to training camp that year.
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he → say → camp
Everything was hard work,” Christensen said.
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Christensen → say → ?
Anderson writes that Brady “remained utterly captivated by Gisele, still lost in the enchantment of her.”
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Brady → write → her
The book recalls an incident during a July 28 practice that year — and one Bucs staffer alleging that’s when Brady realized he made a horrible decision by unretiring.
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he → recall → decision
“During practice on July 28, center Ryan Jensen, one of Brady’s closest friends and his biggest defender on the field, collided with another player.
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Jensen → collide → player
Crashing to the ground, Jensen screamed ‘F!’ and clutched his left knee,” Anderson wrote.
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Anderson → crash → knee
“Practice stopped.
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Practice → stop → ?
Brady lifted off his helmet and ran to Jensen.
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Brady → lift → Jensen
Kneeling by his side and knowing the meaning of that scream — torn ligaments, fractured bones — he watched as the medical staff tended to his friend.
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staff → kneel → friend
“It was pretty clear he was asking himself, ‘Why the F did I come back?'” said one Buccaneers staffer.
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staffer → ask → himself
“I think that’s when he realized he’d made a horrible decision.
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he → think → decision
He didn’t come back and risk adding more troubles to his marriage to get the s–t kicked out of him!”
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t → come → him
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