Gisele Bündchen has employed a divorce lawyer following months of “pressure” between her and her longtime husband, Tom Brady, sources confirmed to PEOPLE.
A supply tells PEOPLE that Brady is “attempting to determine what to do” after Bündchen employed a lawyer, and is on the lookout for one himself. Representatives for Bündchen and Brady didn’t reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.
Web page Six was the primary to report the information.
Sources beforehand advised PEOPLE {that a} rift between Brady, 45, and Bündchen, 42, started partly when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback determined to return to the NFL earlier this yr after a quick, 40-day retirement.
Bündchen and Brady share two youngsters — son Benjamin Rein, 12, and 9-year-old daughter Vivian Lake, together with Brady’s son John Edward, 15, with ex Bridget Moynahan — in his post-NFL profession.
One other supply stated Bündchen didn’t like how Brady dealt with his return to the Buccaneers.
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“She was so completely satisfied when he introduced his retirement, and she or he wasn’t thrilled in any respect when he went again on that,” the supply stated.
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“They’re hitting a tough patch,” they added. “However I do know they’re attempting, or no less than he is attempting, to determine it out and make it work. He needs to get by this and for issues to get higher.”
One other insider stated the seven-time Tremendous Bowl winner is “completely devoted” to his youngsters through the offseason, and spends time together with his household in between video games and touring.
“No different husband will get six months off a yr to be completely devoted to only their household,” the supply stated. “And through the season, sure he travels for video games and trains, however he is together with his household quite a bit too.”
Because the begin of the 2022 season, Bündchen has not been seen at any of her husband’s 4 video games. One supply advised PEOPLE she has been “spending time away” from Brady.
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“Going again to Tampa after the retirement put a pressure on the non-public aspect of his life,” a supply stated. “Gisele is pissed off and sick of his profession coming earlier than their household, who has at all times supported him.”
The couple spending time aside from each other “has occurred earlier than,” the supply defined.
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“They determined collectively that [Brady] would retire, after which he determined by himself that he’d come again,” the supply advised PEOPLE. “She stated they’d speak about it extra, however then he got here again anyway earlier than they’d actually talked all of it by.”
“She’s a really ‘professionals vs cons’ particular person, and she or he sees only a few professionals to him taking part in anymore,” they continued.
The Buccaneers have misplaced back-to-back video games over the past two weeks after successful their first two video games of the season. They’re at present tied with the Atlanta Falcons for first place within the NFC South and can face the workforce on Sunday.
