This story is from January 03, 2025

Reason for Tom Brady’s Divorce: The NFL got in the way of family time

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, who shared similar family values and had a 14-year-long marriage, have amicably divorced due to growing apart. Brady's return to football after a brief retirement contributed to their separation. Despite their differing net worths, their ironclad prenuptial agreement made asset division simple.
Reason for Tom Brady’s Divorce: The NFL got in the way of family time
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On the NFL grass, where we hear stories like Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift can’t stay a minute apart, Jeremy Reaves and Mikaela Worley start a new chapter of their lives, and Tyrone Tracy Jr. dedicates an appreciation post for Zoe Rollon, picturing “long-love gone wrong” or “it wasn’t meant to be” is next to impossible. Nevertheless, there’s always one fish out of the water; we mean, there’s one couple that just closed their love chapter. This NFL couple started as a blind date but has seen more winters than any other couple. Yet, something was always missing. No man is perfect. But so is marriage. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady called it quits with his long-time wife of 14 years, Gisele Bundchen.

When tensions arose in Tom-Gisele’s marriage, QB Tom Brady chose his first love, football

It’s usually the other way around; couples who retire feel happy that their husbands or wives are finally theirs and all theirs. But what happened with QB Tom Brady is a real shocker. The 46-year-old quarterback took retirement in 2022. Six weeks later, he reversed his retirement and entered the football world. Maybe in those six weeks, the former supermodel and QB of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers grew apart. Gisele wanted Tom to devote more time to the family in his retirement.
But Tom was far too involved in chasing the Lombardi trophy.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen share similar family values, yet they called it quits in 2022

Quarterback Tom grew up with three sisters, and Gisele grew up with five sisters. Brady once shared about Gisele, “To find a woman who is a really great partner and we have so many of the same beliefs, it’s been, it’s just one of the best parts of my life. The quarterback Tom shared more: “Family is everything to me. I had such a great mom and dad growing up—they showed me what a great relationship and marriage is all about… and to find a wife who has the same outlook as I do, I mean, her mom and dad I love so much. They gave their family the same roots, you know.”We guess such similarities were also not enough to keep the long-lasting lovers together.

Friendly divorce of Gisele-Tom, unlike the 8-year-long divorce battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

14 years ago, the beautiful couple, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, created an ironclad prenuptial agreement. Tom Brady is worth $333 million, and Gisele Bundchen is worth $400 million. The division of assets was pretty simple in their case despite their differentiating net worths. The court called their marriage “dissolved and irretrievably broken.”. Their decision to separate was amicable and stemmed from growing apart. Bundchen called it “Tom’s first love, football,” as a part of the bigger puzzle. - Meaning, there could have been more reasons for the NFL star couple to grow apart. - via Beermann Law.Anyway, we’re all shocked. It’s not something NFL fans were expecting, especially when there’s love happening, barring age (Patriots Head Coach 72-year-old Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordan Hudson)!
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