The closely watched celebrity couple said on Instagram that they had finalized a divorce after 13 years of marriage.
The star N.F.L. quarterback Tom Brady and the supermodel Gisele Bündchen are ending their marriage of more than 13 years, Brady said on Instagram on Friday.
Brady said in his post that he and Gisele had finalized their divorce in recent days.
“We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together,” Brady said. “We arrived at this decision to end our marriage after much consideration. Doing so is, of course, painful and difficult, like it is for many people who go through the same thing every day around the world. However we wish only the best for each other as we pursue whatever new chapters in our lives that are yet to be written.”
Bündchen said in a post on Instagram that she and Brady will continue co-parenting their children “to give them the love, care and attention they greatly deserve.”
“The decision to end a marriage is never easy but we have grown apart and while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed for the time we had together and only wish the best for Tom always.”
Brady, 45, has played professional football for more than two decades, and Bündchen, 42, has publicly spoken about wanting him to retire and spend more time with their family. Brady retired after last season, then reversed his decision and chose to return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It is not clear yet how Brady and Bündchen are approaching the legal filings for their divorce, even though they said they had reached an agreement. A representative for Brady declined to comment, while a representative for Bündchen referred to her statement on Instagram.
There is no filing from either of them in Hillsborough County, which encompasses Tampa and where the family previously rented a home owned by Derek Jeter. A clerk for the court in Miami-Dade County, where Brady and Bündchen were building a house, said it may take up to 72 hours for any new filing to be assigned a case number.
Since they met, Brady, a star quarterback, and Bündchen, a supermodel, have been a high-profile couple, constantly under the public eye. By the time they had met, Brady had already won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and Bündchen was one of the most famous people in the world, a fixture on magazine covers and one of the top figures in the fashion industry. In 2016, she was reportedly the world’s highest paid (and richest) model.
In the time that they were together, Brady went on to win four more championships, including one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with Bündchen often seen supporting him at games and during trophy celebrations.
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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