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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, who have been living apart for the past few weeks, have hired divorce lawyers and are “exploring their options” regarding their marriage, a source close to the estranged couple told CNN on Tuesday.
CNN reported last month that Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl quarterback who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his wife Bundchen, a fashion model, were dealing with “marital issues,” according to a source close to the couple.
The pair, who married in 2009, “were living apart,” a source close to Bündchen told CNN in September.
Brady, 45, retired from the NFL in February, only to reverse that decision later. He took 11 days off from training camp in August to “deal with personal things,” according to head coach Todd Bowles.
In an interview with Elle magazine published last month, Bündchen, 42, said she had “concerns” about her husband’s return to the field after initially retiring last winter.
“It’s a very brutal sport and I have kids of my own and I’d like him to be more present,” Bündchen told the outlet. “I’ve definitely had those conversations with him over and over. But at the end of the day, I think everyone has to make a decision that works [them]. He must also follow his joy.
In a recent conversation on his podcast, Brady talked about some of the personal costs of playing in the NFL for two decades.
“I haven’t had Christmas in 23 years and I haven’t had Thanksgiving in 23 years, I haven’t celebrated birthdays with people I care about who were born between August and the end of January. And I can’t be at funerals and I can’t be at weddings,” Brady said. “I think there comes a point in your life when you’re like, ‘You know what? I’ve had enough and there’s plenty of time to move on, to move on to other parts of life.”
CNN has reached out to representatives for Brady and Bündchen for comment.
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