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Tom Brady takes a swipe at Gisele Bundchen over their divorce in letter about providing for his family
The Daily Mail ^ | 29 Jul 2025 | JACK BEZANTS

Posted on 07/29/2025 12:33:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Tom Brady has seemingly taken a swipe at his supermodel ex-wife Gisele Bundchen in his latest newsletter about providing for his family.

The NFL great, a seven-time Super Bowl winner, split from his wife of 13 years in October 2023, months after dramatically reversing his decision to retire from football.

After their split was announced, Bundchen repeatedly alluded to her unhappiness at how much Brady focused on his sporting career at the cost of his family, with his unretirement said to be the tipping point.

Now, in a newsletter Brady has recently started writing to his fans, the 47-year-old has said that he viewed his career as a central part of being a good father to his three children.

'I think part of being a great father is being a great example of doing what it takes to take care of your family,' Brady wrote. 'I chose to do it by playing football.'

He continued: 'My dedication to the sport, the hours of practice, the moments when I was laser focused - those were times when I believe I was doing the best possible thing for my family and my kids, by prioritizing my profession and teaching, by example, what it takes to be really good at your job, what it takes to follow through on commitments, what it takes to be a great teammate; and showing them, also by example, that work is a big part of all of our lives.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: brady; clotheshorse; giselebundchen; golddigger; shewassickofhiscrap; tombrady
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To: Eccl 10:2

She should be there supporting him on the road


41 posted on 07/29/2025 2:49:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Valpal1
Women initiate divorces because men aren’t paying attention.

You are entitled to your opinion.

Where I come from and from my time, people believe in vows which are promises made by a couple during their wedding ceremony, symbolizing their commitment to each other.

I recognize that in a modern marriage it's all about "Happy wife, happy life". I think it's one-sided. And Tom Brady's marriage was a perfect example of that.

Women no longer have to stay married to dysfunctional men because they have economic options their grandmothers didn’t.

That's not the topic of this thread. Especially not Tom Brady who had his "****" together lol.

42 posted on 07/29/2025 3:15:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I know people with not much going for them who struggled at times but were devoted to each other in marriage and raised great kids. But two highly successful, ambitious, wealthy, famous, and — most of all — self-centered people could not figure out how to make marriage and children work. Are we supposed to be surprised?


43 posted on 07/29/2025 3:17:06 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Tell It Right

And when I left this town, it was for her and me,
Now I’m home, all alone with a paper that says I’m free
Guess I’ll do what I do best
The hell with her, the hell with him, the hell with all the rest.

One man’s loss is another man’s gain
One man’s pleasure is another man’s pain.


44 posted on 07/29/2025 3:17:35 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: red-dawg

“”””Many women just cannot be satisfied.”””””””

Bitches be crazy.


45 posted on 07/29/2025 3:31:39 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Antoninus

Three don’t forget about the truth


46 posted on 07/29/2025 3:35:48 PM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“After their split was announced, Bundchen repeatedly alluded to her unhappiness at how much Brady focused on his sporting career at the cost of his family, with his unretirement said to be the tipping point.”

Interesting that so many golfers, gone half or more every week, have no problem keeping things together with a dedicated wife. Scottie Scheffler, Dustin Johnson, Jack and Barbara and many other football players and coaches....👀


47 posted on 07/29/2025 3:55:53 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: MinorityRepublican

A man who blew up his marriage over broken promises does not have his **** together.

My husband used to drive race cars as hobby. Then he had one very serious incident that bruised one entire side of his body black. He’d have been dead in a non race car.

I could handle the time commitment of being a race widow, but not a real widow. He’s done or we’re done.

I’m a golf widow now :) and I am happier because I feel safer.

Women need safety and when men keep doing (unnecessary) unsafe things, it kills us a little bit inside every time. There is a threshold where women would rather grieve the marriage than grieve the man. It makes no rational sense and I know this, but it’s also a real true thing.


48 posted on 07/29/2025 4:14:10 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Valpal1
My husband used to drive race cars as hobby. Then he had one very serious incident that bruised one entire side of his body black. He’d have been dead in a non race car.

Women need safety and when men keep doing (unnecessary) unsafe things, it kills us a little bit inside every time. There is a threshold where women would rather grieve the marriage than grieve the man. It makes no rational sense and I know this, but it’s also a real true thing.

Tom Brady played football when Gisele Bundchen married him. If she wasn't cool with that, she should have never married him in the first place.

Plenty of actors in Hollywood for her to marry instead.

49 posted on 07/29/2025 4:20:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s a cumulative threshold, you don’t always know it’s there until you start to feel it with time and repeated injuries.

She’s talked about repetitive concussion injury.

My husband raced while I was home with 4 small children and it didn’t bother me a lick. Now we’re 60+ and last year after that crash, I was done. I had made a few noises before about the time and money, but this time I was done, the danger threshold had been reached. It surprised both of us, actually.

But I’d rather leave him than bury him early because he’s chasing adrenaline and tire smoke.


50 posted on 07/29/2025 4:35:41 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Valpal1
She’s talked about repetitive concussion injury.

Football is a dangerous sport and she knew that was the sport (and career) for Tom Brady.

Even before we started to learn about CTE, we've known that it's risky to play football.

Obviously, she shouldn't have married him if she was uncomfortable with the risks he was taking.

51 posted on 07/29/2025 4:44:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

At some point though there’s a line. How much risk do you really want your loved one to go through. Jackie Stewart has talked about the day he and his wife sat down to count funerals, how many of his fellow racers had died. And they both got scared and he didn’t finish his next before he decided the risk was too high.


52 posted on 07/29/2025 4:49:04 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Eccl 10:2

Half the games were at Foxborough so he could come home at night. And even with travel for away games he was still so much better off than hundreds of thousands of Americans who did long and dangerous tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.


53 posted on 07/29/2025 4:59:44 PM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: Eccl 10:2
And gone virtually all the time the other six months. There’s always two sides...

NFL teams only play 8-9 road games a year, and travel in the Saturday before a Sunday game. So they're only away from home about 16-18 days during the season. Maybe 20-35 with playoffs. Most teams have training camp at home as well these days.

54 posted on 07/29/2025 5:12:53 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: kawhill

Well, Bridget and he seem to get along, so I’d say fair to middling at worst.


55 posted on 07/29/2025 5:17:59 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: kawhill

And I wonder how Jack feels about having a mother who was so casual about her son’s having a family. Sleeping around is not a good plan for family structure.


56 posted on 07/29/2025 5:33:24 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m taking time to post on a situation that I don’t care about. 😎


57 posted on 07/29/2025 6:15:11 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Lizavetta

Thanks for chiming in with the female perspective.

Like we didn’t know what it was before you even posted it.

L


58 posted on 07/29/2025 6:20:19 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Valpal1

Men cheat more

I'm not so sure about that.

I have personally seen a couple of marriages break up due to infidelity. In both cases, it was the woman who cheated.

One was a real shock: she came from a devout Christian family, her and her husband had been high school sweethearts, and she always acted like a very conservative, straight-laced lady. It turns out, she was a cheater (caught in the act). My friend left her immediately. At first, her family disowned her; her family and his were very close. After some time, they flipped and took their daughter's side (blood is thicker than water), and started lecturing him about how he needed to be a good Christian and forgive. He remarried, and has been with a good woman for decades now.

I also have a friend who worked for a private detective once. He told me that based on the cases he worked, women definitely cheat more than men.

59 posted on 07/29/2025 6:21:41 PM PDT by chud
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To: chud

There’s actual studies on who cheats more and it’s not women.

Anecdotes are not evidence. Female infidelity has increased but still doesn’t match male infildelity. Particularly if you define porn and OF interactions as cheating.


60 posted on 07/29/2025 6:47:42 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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