Gisele Bundchen is dealing with ‘heartbreak’ years after divorcing Tom Brady

One year after divorce from NFL legend Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen posted about heartbreak.

“Everyone we meet has faced challenges in life that we know nothing about. We don’t see the silent struggle, the fear, the obstacles, the heartbreak or their daily ups and downs,” the Brazilian model, 43, wrote on Saturday, November 18. on Instagram.

Bündchen made no mention of her divorce from Brady, 46, which they announced on October 28, 2022. They were married for 13 years and have two children, son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 10. Bündchen was also stepmother to Brady’s son, Jack, 10, from his previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan.

“During our daily routine, we may miss someone who needs a simple, kind word or gesture,” the former Victoria Secret Angel continued. “I believe that an act of kindness leads to more kindness, and this is what we need most in the world today.” Bündchen’s post was accompanied by a photo of her sitting on the beach with her eyes closed.

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In September, Büchchen had kind words for her former husband when she spoke CBS Sunday morning.

“He is the father of my children,” she said of the seven-time Super Bowl champion. “So I always wish him the best. I am so grateful that he gave me wonderful children and I think: when one door closes, other doors open.”

She added that she has adjusted to the fact that she is no longer married.

“I’m in a different place in my life,” Bündchen said during the interview. “I can choose more what I want. I used to be more about surviving, and now I’m living. It is different.”

The divorce was announced during Brady’s 23rd and final season in the NFL. He announced his retirement on February 1, 2022, and 40 days later, Brady revealed that he had changed his mind and would play one more season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Bündchen said Vanity fair in March that she supported Brady in following his passion.

“Listen, I always cheered for him, and I would forever,” Büchchen insisted. “If there’s one person I want to be the happiest in the world, it’s him, believe me. I want him to achieve and conquer something. I want all his dreams to come true. That’s what I really want, from the bottom of my heart.”

In the same interview, Büchchen said her divorce was “the death of my dream.”

“It’s hard because you imagine your life going a certain way, and you did everything you could, you know?” she told the magazine. “You give everything you have to achieve your dream. You give 100 percent of yourself, and it’s heartbreaking when it doesn’t end the way you hoped and worked for.”