Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady.Photo: Gisele Bundchen Instagram
Tom Brady"knows that this is his last season" in the NFL “if he wants to stay married” to wifeGisele Bündchen, according to a source close to the 45-year-old Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback.
“She doesn’t hate that he’s playing football, but she sure hates the way he handled the retirement and coming back,” a source tells PEOPLE. “He knows that, and he’s doing what he can do to smooth things over. He does know that this is his last season if he wants to stay married.”
“He can’t do this again,” the source adds.
“So now all he can do is make this season count, spend time with his family whenever he can, and then retire at the end of the season,” the source adds.
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen.George Pimentel/Getty
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“One of these days, they’re going to be right, I will say that,” Brady added, referencing those who try to guess his next moves. “One of these days, if you make enough predictions and so forth.”
In a wide-ranging recent cover interview forELLE’s October issue, Bündchen shared she would like for Brady, 45, to “be more present” amid his busy football career as she continues to raise son Benjamin, 12, daughter Vivian, 9 and stepson Jack, 15.
“She’s a very ‘pros vs cons’ person, and she sees very few pros to him playing anymore,” the source added.
source: people.com
