Gisele Bündchen was said to have issued an ultimatum to Tom Brady.
Gisele told Tom either he leaves football to spend time with the family or she is gone for good.
The quarterback, 45, and the model, 42, married in February 2009 but have recently battled to find common ground since Brady’s return to the NFL.
Bündchen, for one, is concerned about her husband’s health. “She doesn’t want him to continue to get injured and not be able to enjoy life in the future,” the source adds. “She is doing it for her family.”
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers player expressed his intention to return to the game earlier this year, only six weeks after his retirement was officially announced.
Brady and the former Victoria’s Secret model have two children: Benjamin, 12, and Vivian, 9. He also has a 15-year-old kid with his ex-wife, Bridget Moynahan. One of the rare times Bündchen has spoken out regarding the athlete’s comeback to the field, she mentioned their children.
“Obviously, I have my concerns — this is a very violent sport, and I have my children and I would like him to be more present. I have definitely had those conversations with him over and over again,” she told Elle in their October 2022 cover story. “But ultimately, I feel that everybody has to make a decision that works for [them]. He needs to follow his joy, too.”
The environmental activist elaborated, “I’ve done my part, which is [to] be there for [Tom]. I moved to Boston [when he played for the Patriots], and I focused on creating a cocoon and a loving environment for my children to grow up in and to be there supporting him and his dreams. … Seeing my children succeed and become the beautiful little humans that they are, seeing him succeed, and being fulfilled in his career — it makes me happy. At this point in my life, I feel like I’ve done a good job on that.”
The public first learned that the two were living apart in September, and that they had contacted divorce attorneys a few weeks later. They’ve both been seen without their wedding bands, and Brady was seen attending a wedding alone earlier this month.
Brady has irritated everyone in the couple’s tight circle. “Gisele and Tom’s pals are unhappy with Tom for breaking his commitment and coming out of retirement,” a source said earlier this month. “They hate the way Tom is refusing to bend for Gisele.”