Gisele Bundchen Honors Joaquim Valente on Father's Day, Omitting Ex Tom Brady 3 Years After Split

Q: Why does Gisele snub Tom Brady on Father's Day when he always includes her in Mother's Day tributes?

Gisele Bündchen appears to have left Tom Brady out of her Father’s Day post because she used it to spotlight the father figures central to her life now: her husband, Joaquim Valente, and her own late father. Her message was highly personal and present-focused. She praised Valente as an “incredible role model” and thanked her father for his love and guidance. That fits the broader picture of Bündchen’s life since her 2022 divorce from Brady: she has remarried, welcomed a baby boy with Valente in 2025, and publicly emphasized a quieter, family-centered chapter in Florida. There is no public indication that the omission reflects a breakdown in co-parenting. Reports and past posts suggest Bündchen and Brady still prioritize their children, Benjamin and Vivian, and maintain a workable relationship. Brady’s habit of including Bündchen in Mother’s Day tributes shows his own approach to public co-parenting, but it does not obligate her to mirror it. The simplest explanation is that Bündchen chose not to make the post about her ex-husband. Instead, she framed Father’s Day around her current household and the men she wanted to honor personally. Fans read that in different ways, but based on the available facts, it looks less like a public slight than a deliberate focus on her new family life.

Q: Is Gisele’s praise for her new husband’s values a subtle critique of her ex-husband Tom Brady?

Probably not definitively, though it can reasonably be read that way. Bundchen’s Father’s Day post praised Joaquim Valente for “love, humility, integrity, discipline, kindness and consistency” and called him an “incredible role model,” while thanking her own father as well. She did not mention Tom Brady, the father of her two older children, and that omission is what drove much of the speculation. The context matters. During the final phase of her marriage to Brady, Bundchen had publicly emphasized wanting more family presence and balance. Because the qualities she highlighted in Valente overlap with those themes, some fans and outlets have interpreted the post as an indirect contrast with Brady. Brady’s own public habit of including Bundchen in Mother’s Day tributes has added to that reading. But there is no direct evidence that Bundchen intended the post as a swipe at Brady. She did not name him, criticize him, or refer to their past marriage. The post was centered on her current husband, their new baby, and her father. Given that she and Brady have continued co-parenting and have generally tried to keep public respect intact, the safer reading is that she was celebrating her present life rather than issuing a public rebuke. So the strongest answer is that the post invited comparison, but calling it a deliberate critique goes beyond the facts available.

3 articles · Updated · Just Jared · Jun 21

Gisele Bundchen used a Father’s Day post to praise husband Joaquim Valente and her own father, calling Valente an “incredible role model” and thanking him for his love, humility and consistency.
The tribute featured her three children and centered on Valente’s role in the family after the couple welcomed a baby boy in February 2025.
Tom Brady, who shares Bundchen’s 16-year-old son Benjamin and 13-year-old daughter Vivian, was not mentioned in the post, prompting some fans to question the omission in the comments.
The post lands nearly 3 years after Bundchen and Brady ended their 13-year marriage in 2022, underscoring her public focus on her new family life.