Gisele Bündchen opens up about new chapter

Take someone who is Jaelle sitting in front of me right now, well, I think someone who has been through a lot of new lessons and I think that's one of the greatest blessings in life. I hope we are not the same person we were yesterday. I mean, I think that shows that we're evolving. I am an eternal student of life. I have been a very different person for 30 years. Jezelle Bunin has been one of the most successful and recognizable models in the world, a style icon and Gazelle muse. She has walked in nearly 500 fashion shows and appeared on the covers of more than 1,200 magazines.

Beautiful, she has built her entire career on being perfect for the camera, but this woman sitting in front of me right now is someone we have never seen before. things keep happening in our life and that just keeps you on your toes, let's put it that way, yes, life has thrown a number of obstacles in your path from healing after hitting rock bottom, which could have killed me, gave me a whole new life for that devastating breakup with her husband of 13 years, future Hall of Famer Tom Brady, the end of a power couple's marriage Tom Brady and Jelle Bunin announcing their divorce is now final.

She met Tom Brady for the first time in New York City in 2006, he, the famous quarterback. To the New England Patriots and her, one of the most powerful figures in fashion, Jazelle remembered her first date on The Tonight Show when I saw those kind eyes. I literally fell in love immediately. I thought the two became the latter. Power couple Tom attended high-profile fashion events like the Met Galla year after year. Jazelle, in turn, joined the ranks of soccer wives and was a pillar in the stadium stands cheering on her husband. All eyes were on them, what they did, what they wore, even what they ate so jaelle bunin Tom Brady's wife just revealed her diet that gives her this bikini b What does Tom eat like he doesn't were I making Tomatoes?

If you have to name a couple that literally has goals, it's Tom Brady and Jazelle Bunin. They were inseparable. Jazelle became the second mom. to her son Jack in 2007. I was able to experience what it felt like to be a mother before I was, you know, being an extra mother, so I was able to experience how my heart could feel that love and expand in ways that I never thought it would. would. The couple may have welcomed Benny a few months after marrying in 2009 and Vivy, 3 years later Jazelle's motherhood came for the first time, taking a step back from modeling in 2015 to support Tom's career and build a life for his children in Boston.

My mother, who is Stu, looking from her heavenly balcony, said about the seasons of life and I and I felt that my mother put her life on hold in many ways, yes, for a time, for the children. her. I think we do it as moms, right? I think so. everyone has done it, I don't know everything because I can't really speak for everyone, but for my sisters I have five sisters, you know, we have a lot of girls, so from my personal experience with my sisters, we have all had our seasons. to nurture our little babies because I think that's and I think that's right, you know, I think that they, you know, you see this little being, so you know they need you for everything, I mean, so I feel like if you get the chance to stay in that moment of motherhood and really be there with your child, I think it's the G, it's the greatest gift you can give yourself and your child, but at the end of 2022, after much public speculation about the status of their relationship, the couple announced that they were divorcing.

After more than a decade of marriage, in a statement on Instagram, Tom called the decision painful and difficult, but that they only wish the best for each other. In his own statement, Jazelle said they had broken up, with so many people adoring you and just wanting to know. This season of your life is so relatable that you didn't think the marriage would end, no one gets married thinking it's going to end, but it does and it's heartbreaking, you know go to that, you said it was him, I believe the phrase you use the death of a dream yeah how are you okay when you say sorry guys?

I didn't know. Can I have a moment? I'm sorry, but let me take a deep breath. Okay, it's definitely a moment where you know, a transition that he had. for it to happen and it's not something that you don't think you want that, you know, but I think sometimes in life things happen. I feel very blessed because I wouldn't change anything in my life. I had incredible experiences, I learned a lot, I have my children, who are the greatest blessings in my life and now I can create a new season, a new

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in my life and I can learn new things and I can do it.

I walk my path in a different way, you know, and I and I'm grateful for everything. I am grateful for every lesson. Those lessons are constant, especially with his family now split into two different homes. Shared parenting, what has that been like? I think it's been, you know what I think you know, some days are easier than others, but I think you know it's amazing that kids are super smart kids and they know what they can get away with, so I think it's natural that So be it. different rules and then the kids just adapt and they're going to try to do what they want and I can only control what I do and I think for me now it's really about balance, now that we have, you know Tom has time with them and I have time with them, which I think is incredible because they get to really experience, they get to know two different worlds that are more enriching for their lives and they learn from two different worlds and that is wonderful for them, I think that after moving away from it was the center from care nearly a decade ago to focus on motherhood, she's now embracing her ambitions on her own terms working on passion projects like her new cookbook nourish super nourishing super delicious and if I can do it because I'm not a chef, you can do it and the Last year I signed up to be the face of several brand campaigns.

How are you? I feel very lucky because I get to work with all my friends, people I've known for so many years when I used to do all this. Jobs used to be like, you know, 360 days, work, it was a different tone, like when everyone pulls your hair and does all that stuff, you feel like you know, wow, it's like you just need a moment to yourself, but now there is more space in the works. I do that because, of course, after I became a mother, that became my priority, so when I work today, I feel like it's a time to nourish myself in a way that it's so funny how that changes in this time of change. where things can seem so chaotic Jazelle says she is at peace everything I have experienced made me realize what I want and what I don't want.

I think when you're younger you try to adapt and I think what I've learned in my life is about clear and current communication, you know, now I'm learning how to communicate better, we're also raised sometimes saying like, oh, you have to say these things or act a certain way, then you know you want to be liked, but at the end of the day. like if you're not true to who you are then it doesn't work you know so I think I'm very committed to letting my truth out more than ever so I would say that's where my heart is right now. is where I am now is that I am living my truth and I make no apologies for it our thanks to Robin the full impact of the Nightline episode Jazelle bunin climbing the mountain is now streaming on Hulu hello everyone here George Stephanopoulos thanks for checking out the YouTube channel from ABC News for more videos, highlights and live event coverage, click here on the right to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app to receive breaking news alerts, thanks for watching.