'Tom is acting bitter': Tom Brady's reflections on work and parenting allegedly reopened rift with ex-wife Gisele Bündchen
Tom Brady intended his latest newsletter to be a meditation on fatherhood and work ethic. Instead, it reopened an old wound with ex-wife Gisele Bündchen and reignited a familiar public debate about how high-profile parents should talk about their families.
What Tom Brady wrote and why it struck a nerve with his ex despite their post-divorce quiet
In the note, Brady reflected on how his
NFL
grind shaped him as a dad, stressing that being a superstar doesn't automatically make someone a great parent, but that the daily habits forged by sport—discipline, accountability, persistence—inform how he raises his kids. He framed it as a values lesson: children learn from what they see you do.
On its face, that's standard Brady ethos. But the context is complicated. His decision to unretire 40 days after first stepping away in 2022 overlapped with the final months of the marriage.
Bündchen had long voiced concerns about the toll of football, and friends believed those differences accelerated the split. So when Brady publicly connected his professional dedication to his parenting, some read it as a pointed defense of choices that once divided the couple.
According to a tabloid report, Bündchen's camp bristled at the timing and tone. One source put it bluntly: 'Gisele is furious and feels Tom is acting bitter.'
The same report claimed her team saw the comments as unnecessary and likely to 'stir conflict,' urging him to leave private family dynamics out of public messaging.
Where things stand now: new partners, co-parenting, and a communications tightrope
Since the 2022 divorce, both have moved forward in plain sight. Brady has settled into his new reality as a Las Vegas Raiders minority owner and the face of FOX's revamped NFL booth. Bündchen has kept a lower public profile while building a life with Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente; they welcomed a son in February 2024.
Through it all, they've continued to share responsibility for Benjamin and Vivian.
The latest flare-up underscores a modern celebrity dilemma: when personal 'reflections' double as mass-distributed brand content, they can land like subtweets. Brady's message may resonate with parents who juggle ambition and family. But for an ex-partner who prizes privacy, even broad comments can feel like reopening the group chat to the entire internet.
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Bottom line: the football legend and the supermodel aren't just navigating new careers and relationships—they're negotiating how to speak about the past without reliving it, all while raising two kids under the brightest lights in sports and pop culture.
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