On Thursday, a new story provided further information about the goings-on involving Tom Brady, the great NFL quarterback, and Gisele Bündchen, the supermodel.
It was revealed on Tuesday that the power couple appeared to be divorcing following weeks of rumors of marital issues stemming from Brady’s choice to resume playing professional football after only a brief retirement. Bündchen had hired a divorce lawyer at this time.
Brady sought out his own legal counsel in advance of any future divorce proceedings, in response to Bündchen’s action to plan to end their 13-year marriage and might be going their separate ways.
According to a new PEOPLE report, Brady is having a hard time accepting things are over. A source close to the 45-year-old quarterback revealed that he is broken; he’s emotionally devastated over the matter that his estranged wife, Gisele Bündchen, has been talking to a divorce lawyer for weeks, the sources also claimed that Brady was still holding out hopes of saving the marriage.
“It’s pretty obvious that he’s hurting” the sources said, “He feels very hurt by her.”
Multiple insiders confirmed that the decision to revive his career put “a lot of tension” on his relationship with Bündchen.
Trouble between Brady and Bündchen first surfaced when the athlete decided to unretire and play another season in the NFL. Brady’s decision was not taken lightly by Gisele; however, their issues may go deeper than simply returning to the field.
Separate sources tell the outlet that their situation “It’s complicated,” the insider says. “There’s a lot more to it.”
“She is the one steering the divorce,” a source says.“She is playing offense, and he is playing defense. He wants to protect himself, protect his interests, but he’s only starting to go the legal route in his defense from her. He doesn’t want this to be ugly; he doesn’t want to fight. If the divorce is happening — and it seems like it is — he wants it to go as smoothly as possible.”
The sources added that this potential split is particularly difficult for the quarterback given that he is a man used to getting everything he wants and losing his wife contradicts his worldview.
“Think about it: Tom has had a very charmed life,” the source said. “Things always seem to go his way. He works hard, he’s a good guy, he hasn’t had a lot of things go wrong in his life. This is awful for him. You can tell that this really, really hurts.”
When the NFL season began in September, a source told the publication that Brady and Bündchen had been away for “more than a month.” They claimed that Gisele had been spending time away from Tom in Miami and New York because she was “busy with her own life now.”
The former Victoria’s Secret Angel was also photographed with a smudge stick to burn sage around her car, she was noticeably missing her wedding ring.
Later that week, Brady responded by making a similar subliminal remark, he flash his hand in front of the camera to reveal that he was not also wearing his wedding ring while promoting his fitness brand, TB12, on Instagram.
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Sources: Dailywire, People, The-sun