Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen‘s divorce continues to be a hot topic, and a new book on his life has exposed more about where he was at when they split.
Tom Brady’s divorce from Gisele Bündchen has been revisited in a new biography about the NFL legend, with the book offering new details about the difficult final months of their marriage. According to the author, sports journalist Lars Anderson, the athlete was reportedly “blindsided” by how quickly his relationship with the model unraveled in 2022. The news is likely to fuel renewed speculation and rumors that she was unfaithful with her former jiu-jitsu instructor and now-husband, Joaquim Valente. Read more about what the new book claimed below.
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New Tom Brady Biography Reveals Details About His Marriage
A new biography of Tom Brady is shedding light on the football star's personal life, including the events surrounding the end of his marriage to Gisele Bündchen. In the book, Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness, Anderson details the strain the Patriots icon was experiencing both at home and while preparing for another NFL season.
Tom and Gisele began dating in 2006 and married in 2009, going on to welcome two children together. After 13 years of marriage, the couple confirmed their divorce in October 2022, describing the decision as painful but saying they had reached it amicably. The new biography takes a closer look at that turbulent period, including the footballer's decision to ask the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an extended leave from training camp in August 2022. He ultimately spent 11 days away from the team in what the book describes as a final attempt to work through his personal problems and save his family.
"'I've got to take care of some personal things,' Brady told [coach Clyde] Christensen before leaving training camp," the book reads, as reported by People. "Upon seeing his quarterback's lifeless stare — a numb, disengaged expression — Christensen speculated that Brady may have been experiencing a form of shock."
Tom Brady Was Reportedly 'Blindsided' By His Split From Gisele
According to the biographer's account, the dad-of-three's behavior when he left training camp suggested that he was struggling to process what was happening in his marriage. The biography claims that Buccaneers quarterback coach Clyde Christensen believed something had "blindsided" Tom and left him deeply shaken, with the quarterback reportedly returning to camp in an emotionally drained state. The author specifically described his state as "an empty shell."
"Something had blindsided him — something very bad and something that had completely devitalized the forty-five-year-old man," the author continued.
The claims that Tom's marriage to Gisele fell apart rather suddenly and had him shaken to the core are likely to contribute to the rumors that surrounded her current marriage to jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente, with whom she had a baby in February 2025 and married ten months later. Some believe the Victoria's Secret star "cheated" on him, though she has actively denied those rumors. Whether or not there was infidelity involved, the biographer makes it clear that the divorce and dissolution of their marriage hurt the retired football star.
