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Gisele Bündchen didn’t expect to get emotional when talking about her divorce from Tom Brady.
In a new interview, the Brazilian supermodel opens up about life after splitting from the former NFL quarterback, to whom she was married for 13 years.
“Everything I’ve experienced has made me realize what I want and what I don’t want,” Bündchen told ABC News’ Robin Roberts for the new interview “IMPACT x Nightline: Gisele Bündchen: Climbing the Mountain,” published on March. .
Bündchen became emotional when they discussed how you don’t get married thinking it’s going to end, saying it’s a “heartbreaking” situation to deal with.
“You said it was… I think the phrase you used was the death of a dream,” Roberts said before asking, “How are you?”
“Well, when you say…” the model began, before pausing and crying. “Sorry guys, I didn’t know…can I have a moment?”
After taking a deep breath, Bündchen continued with her thoughts.
“It’s definitely a moment of, you know, a transition that had to happen, and it’s not something that you… I don’t think you want that, you know?” she said. “But I think sometimes things happen in life. I feel very blessed because I wouldn’t change a thing in my life. I had amazing experiences. I learned a lot. I have my children, who are the biggest blessings in my life. life.
“And now I can create: it’s a new season, a new chapter in my life, I can learn new things and I can walk my path in a different way, you know?
“And I’m grateful for all of that. I’m grateful for every lesson.”
Bündchen referred to co-parenting with Brady. The couple are parents to their son Benjamin and daughter Vivian. Brady is also father to son Jack, whom he shares with actress Bridget Moynahan.
“Some days are easier than others. But it’s surprising that children are super smart,” Bündchen said, laughing. “They know what they can get away with. So I think it’s natural that there are different rules, and kids just adapt and they’re going to try to do what they want. And I can only control what I do.”
He added that it is “amazing” that children spend time with both parents because it is “more enriching for their lives, two different worlds, and they can learn from two different worlds.”
At different points in the interview, Bündchen gushed about being an “extra mom” to Jack.
“I raised him. I love him,” she said.
After her divorce and while making that transition she mentioned, Bündchen said she feels at peace.
“I’m very committed to living my truth more than ever, so I would say that’s where my heart is right now, where I am right now. I’m living my truth and I make no apologies for it,” she explained.
That also includes leaving the door open to find love again.
“I think right now, really, my priority is my kids and creating this beautiful sanctuary for our family. And then, yeah, like, why not, right? I think life is full of surprises and I don’t have a ball glass. about what’s going to happen tomorrow, but yeah.” (He declined to comment to Roberts about rumors that he is dating jiujitsu instructor Joaquim Valente.)
In the wide-ranging and personal interview, which took place at her Florida home, Bündchen also talked about the ups and downs of her modeling career and her new cookbook, “Nourish.”
Bündchen and Brady had been together for 16 years and married for 13 when they announced they had “amicably” finalized their divorce in October 2022.
“With much gratitude for our time together, Tom and I have amicably finalized our divorce,” she wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. “My priority has always been and will continue to be our children whom I love with all my heart. “We will continue to co-parent to give them the love, care and attention they so richly deserve.”
“The decision to end a marriage is never easy, but we have grown apart and while it is of course difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed by the time we had together and wish only the best for Tom always.” . he added in part.
Months later, Bündchen told Vanity Fair that her divorce was “like a death and a rebirth.”
“It’s hard because you imagine your life was going to be a certain way and you did everything you could, you know?” she said.
“IMPACT x Nightline: Gisele Bündchen: Climbing the Mountain” is available to stream on Hulu.