Tom Brady's marriage ended in 2022, and his career as an NFL player ended soon after. Professionally, he has reinvented himself as a broadcaster, but love? That's been tougher. Here's what his former partners have said about him.
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00:00Tom Brady's marriage ended in 2022, and his career as an NFL player ended soon after.
00:05Professionally, he has reinvented himself as a broadcaster.
00:08But love?
00:09That's been tougher.
00:10Here's what his former partners have said about him.
00:12Brady and his ex-wife, Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen, started dating in 2006, tying the
00:18knot in 2009.
00:19For 13 years, Brady and Bundchen seemed to be happily married, but to the shock of many,
00:24the couple called it quits.
00:25Bundchen announced on Instagram in October 2022,
00:28"[The decision to end a marriage is never easy, but we have grown apart.
00:32And while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed
00:35for the time we had together and only wish the best for Tom always."
00:39Rumors flew that the reason they split was because of Brady's devotion to football.
00:43But Bundchen denied that, telling Vanity Fair,
00:45"'Listen, I have always cheered for him, and I would continue forever.'"
00:48She continued,
00:49"'If there's one person I want to be the happiest in the world, it's him, believe me.
00:53I want him to achieve and to conquer.
00:55I want all his dreams to come true.
00:56That's what I want, really, from the bottom of my heart.'"
00:58Even though Bundchen wished Brady well, it hasn't always been easy.
01:02"'It's definitely a time of, you know, a transition that had to take place, and it's not something
01:07that you, you, I don't think you wish for that.'"
01:11The two still face ups and downs, but have tried their best to end their marriage cordially
01:14for the sake of their kids.
01:16Long before his marriage, Tom Brady had a brief fling with American Pie star Tara Reid.
01:21The two supposedly dated in 2002, but nothing seemed to be confirmed until Reid broke her
01:25silence years later.
01:26In 2014, she told The Kyle and Jackie O Show,
01:29"'We have kissed.
01:30He's pretty good-looking.'"
01:31In 2023, she finally went into a little more detail in an interview with Bustle, saying,
01:36"'It was nothing serious, but it was fun.
01:38We'd go to beer places and have fun and dance.'"
01:40Reid didn't seem to have a bad experience with the then-New England Patriots star, but
01:44she did give Brady some backhanded compliments.
01:47For instance, she said,
01:48"'He was cool.
01:49He's all skinny now.
01:50He's so serious.
01:51He used to laugh.
01:52When I watch his interviews, he's so cocky now.'"
01:54So clearly, Reid seems to think Brady has changed quite a bit over the past two decades
01:58or so.
01:59Before dating Bündchen, Brady's highest-profile relationship was with actor Bridget Moynihan.
02:04The two first met in 2004 and dated until late 2006, but that wouldn't be the end of
02:09their connection.
02:10In early 2007, Moynihan discovered she was pregnant with Brady's child.
02:14It was a bit of an awkward situation because Brady had just sparked his relationship with
02:18Bündchen.
02:19But the exes welcomed their son Jack, who may look a lot like his dad, but has completely
02:23different interests.
02:24"'More of a basketball player.'
02:26"'Oh, no kidding?'
02:27"'Yeah, he loves basketball.
02:28"'Oh, wow.'
02:29"'Yeah.
02:30Basketball and lacrosse right now.'"
02:31Moynihan and Brady have remained close since, and the actor has even shut down rumors of
02:35drama between her, Brady, and Bündchen.
02:38She told Today in 2011,
02:39"'I never made a comment about Gisele or Tom publicly.
02:42I have a relationship with these people on a daily basis.
02:44The media creates these dramas, and that's not what's happening in my life.
02:48My son has two loving parents.'"
02:49Over the years, Moynihan has continued to talk about how she and Brady co-parent, even
02:54paying respect to the people who have come into Jack's life.
02:56She told People magazine,
02:57"'Tom and I made a decision to raise a child together, and we both found partners that
03:01not only supported us in raising that child, but also loved our child as if he was their
03:05own.'"