This post has been updated since its original publish date to include Gisele Bündchen’s comments about Joaquim Valente in Vanity Fair’s April 2023 issue
Gisele Bündchen has finally addressed the rumors that she’s dating Jiu-Jitsu trainer Joaquim Valente! As well as opening up about her and Tom Brady’s divorce in her candid Vanity Fair interview for its April 2023 issue, for which she is the cover star, the 42-year-old former Victoria’s Secret Angel also revealed how she *really* feels about the 34-year-old Valente Brothers trainer.
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Gisele Bündchen Addresses Joaquim Valente Dating Rumors
“I think, at this point, unfortunately, because I’m divorced, I’m sure that they’re going to try to attach me to anything,” Gisele began, before going on to reference all three of the Valente brothers, which as well as Joaquim, also includes his brothers Pedro and Gui, adding: “I’m so grateful to know all of them, because not only have they helped me and helped my kids, but they have become great friends, and Joaquim especially.”
“He’s our teacher and, most importantly, he’s a person that I admire and that I trust,” she added. “It’s so good to have that kind of energy, to have my kids around that type of energy.”
Gisele Bündchen and her jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente are back in Costa Rica together, and she’s showing off her toned abs. https://t.co/D0g8nZ5aAg
— TMZ (@TMZ) March 15, 2023
Gisele Bündchen Rocks Strapless Bikini Top & Wrap Skirt For Daytime Outing In Costa Rica
Just last month, Gisele was once again spotted enjoying another outing with her Jiu-Jitsu instructor and rumored new boyfriend in Costa Rica. The supermodel showed off her sculpted abs in a reddish-orange bandeau bikini top and tan wrap skirt while on a stroll with her friend and fitness partner. Valente donned a blue t-shirt and green khaki shorts while walking beside the ever-so-radiant Bündchen. The mom-of two-wore her signature long, wavy blonde tresses down and added gray flip-flops and tiny hoop earrings to complete her summery get-up.
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The former Victoria’s Secret Angel and Jiu Jitsu enthusiast were previously seen riding horses together through the jungle and sparking romance rumors. They were also photographed hanging out in January with her two children (that she shares with Brady), Benjamin, 13 and Vivian, 10. Bündchen and Valente’s March 2023 visit marks the third time in four months they visited the tropical nation following her October split from Brady.
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According to The Daily Mail, inside sources previously dished that Bündchen and Valente “have a deep personal relationship, and he is a teacher to her and the kids. Whether or not it will ever become more than that rests on the table.”
Another source supposedly noted that the Vogue cover girl is currently “happy and doing really well” after divorcing Brady, who she was married to from 2009 to 2022, and is “focused on her kids, her health and work.”
