From the outside they look like one of the world’s most perfect couples.
But Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady’s relationship hasn’t always been so smooth sailing. Just two months after they started dating, the NFL star told the supermodel that his ex-girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan, was pregnant with his baby.
In her new biography, Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life, the Brazilian model writes: "Two months into our relationship, Tom told me his ex-girlfriend was pregnant.
"The very next day, the news was everywhere, and I felt my world had been turned upside down."
Tom and actress Bridget dated for two years before splitting in December 2006.
The same month, Tom and Gisele went on their first date. Jack was born in August 2007.
Gisele says the scandal over Bridget’s pregnancy "wasn’t an easy time", but having Jack in her life has been a blessing.
"I wanted to be there for Jack and Tom and do whatever I could to create stability in their lives and help them to have a close relationship," she writes.
The supermodel says Jack inspired her to start her own family with Tom because she wanted all their children to be close in age.
The pair wed in 2009 and have son Benjamin, eight, and five-year-old daughter Vivian.
Elsewhere in the biography, the 38-year-old reveals she considered ending her life in her lowest moments.
She writes: "I actually had the feeling of, ‘If I just jump off my balcony, this is going to end, and I never have to worry about this feeling of my world closing in.’"
Gisele started having panic attacks in 2003, when she had a $25million contract with Victoria’s Secret and was dating Leonardo DiCaprio .
She admits turning to cigarettes, wine and drinking three mocha frappucinos a day in an attempt to keep herself calm.
After seeing a specialist, she was prescribed the tranquiliser drug Xanax, which concerned the Brazilian model as she didn’t want to become addicted.
It was then that Gisele decided to overhaul her lifestyle, including cutting out sugar, saying no to modelling jobs, quitting smoking and taking up running and yoga.
Reflecting on her chaotic early twenties, she said: "When you’re that age, in your teens or in your early 20s, you don’t think about your body as your temple. You think you’re invincible in some way.
"I couldn’t go back to that same life. I didn’t want to. My life changed completely that was like one Gisele before age 23 and one after."
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