Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen Divorce After 13 Years of Marriage

Brady and Bündchen married in 2009, after meeting through a friend and going on their first date in 2006.

“The moment I saw him, he smiled and I was like, ‘That is the most beautiful, charismatic smile I’ve ever seen!’” Bündchen told the magazine in 2009. “We sat and talked for three hours. I had to go home for Christmas, but I didn’t want to leave. You know that feeling of, like, you can’t get enough? From the first day we met, we’ve never spent one day without speaking to each other.”

They had two ceremonies, one at a Catholic church in Santa Monica, Calif., and another with friends in Costa Rica.

“Sometimes I tell people that my husband and I love each other so much we got married twice,” Ms. Bündchen wrote in “Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life.”

Bündchen and Brady have two children together — a son, Benjamin, 12, and a daughter, Vivian, 9. Brady has also has a son, Jack, 15, from a previous relationship with the actress Bridget Moynahan.

After 22 seasons in the N.F.L., Brady announced his retirement in February, but he then announced in March that he would return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for another season. Since then, there has been much speculation over whether Brady and Bündchen fought over his decision to return to football. That has also led to questions over whether their marital struggles have affected Brady on the field this season.

The Buccaneers are 3-5 this season and are currently on a three-game losing streak — the first such streak for Brady since 2002.

Before the season began this year, Brady missed several practices, including a preseason game. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles told reporters in August that Brady had been excused while he was “going to deal with some personal things.”

Kevin Draper and Jenny Vrentas contributed reporting.

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