A look inside Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s co-parenting relationship

A year after I quit, Tom Brady and ex-wife Gisele Bundchen still present a united front when it comes to raising their two children.

“Tom and Gisele have been doing very well in their co-parenting relationship,” a source said exclusively We weekly. “They have made a focused effort to put their children’s needs first, even though things didn’t work out for their marriage.”

Brady, 46, and Bündchen, 43, share son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 11. The former New England Patriots quarterback is also the father of son Jack, 16, whom he shares with his ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.

Brady has been co-parenting with 52-year-old Moynahan since Jack’s birth in August 2007, and now his and Bündchen’s part-time parenting approach appears to be working the same way. (Brady and Moynahan called it quits in late 2006, prior to Jack’s birth.)

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“Their children spend equal time with both parents, which works out well all around,” the insider says of the retired NFL player and Bündchen’s friendly dynamic.

Brady and the model “have very healthy communication between them,” the source said Usnoting that the former couple is “able to discuss the needs of their children in a very mature way.”

Us confirmed in October 2022 that Brady and Bündchen hired divorce lawyers and began living apart after a difficult few months. The tension between the pair reportedly began after Brady retired from the NFL in February 2022, only to return for a 23rd season weeks later.

The pair’s divorce was finalized in October 2022, with Brady noting via Instagram that it was “painful and difficult” to end the marriage after 13 years. Bündchen later denied that her and Brady’s divorce was due to his return to football. (Brady officially retired from the league in early 2023.)

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“What was said is one piece of a much bigger puzzle,” she said Vanity fair in March. “Listen, I always cheered for him, and I would forever. 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.”

As the exes reached the one-year mark of their separation, Brady confessed that he focused on staying out of the spotlight when it comes to bad press. “For someone like me, I’m in the public eye a lot. I always try to say the right thing,” he explained during an October episode of his “Let’s Go!” podcast. “I don’t want to experience any more drama in my life. I already have a lot of drama.”

The following month, Bündchen shared a post about heartbreak, writing via Instagram: “Everyone we meet has faced or is facing 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.”

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She added in November: “During our daily routine, we may miss someone who needs a simple, kind word or gesture. I believe that an act of kindness leads to more kindness, and this is what we need most in the world today.”

Following their divorce, both Bündchen and Brady have made headlines with their love lives. The former Victoria’s Secret model was rumored to be dating her Jiu-Jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente after they were spotted together in November 2022. Bündchen has never publicly responded to the speculation.

Brady, meanwhile, was linked Irina Shayk in July after they both attended Michael Rubin’s Independence Day party in the Hamptons. The whirlwind romance “fizzled out” over the fall, with an exclusive source revealing it Us in October that they had gone their separate ways.