Gisele Bündchen describes her “challenging” relationship with Bridget Moynahan as a “roller coaster.”
The supermodel spoke candidly about co-parenting with the mother of her ex-husband Tom Brady’s eldest son, Jack, in her April 2023 Vanity Fair cover story published Wednesday.
“I have a great relationship with her,” Bündchen said of the actress before noting that “everything in life comes with work.”
“You have to go through the roller coaster,” she went on. “You have moments where you get to the sticky points and you’ve gotta overcome it.”
Jack, now 15, was born a few months after Bündchen and Brady began dating, which the former Victoria’s Secret Angel described as “a challenging situation for all of us.”
“When I met Tom, I was 26 years old, and I wanted a family. I felt so ready,” she explained to the magazine.
However, embracing Jack as her “bonus child” in 2007 accelerated Bündchen and the former NFL star’s plans for having kids of their own.
“Jack came into our lives and I felt so blessed, and it kind of awakened in me this desire of being a mom,” she shared.
“I’ve always dreamed of being a mom, but I think that happened a little faster than I thought, because now I have this beautiful little angel that I get to care for and love,” the Brazil native added of her stepson.
As for Moynahan, Bündchen said her “goal was always, ‘How can I be the most helpful? How can I make it the easiest I possibly can?’
“I put myself in her shoes and I was like, ‘How can I support her?’ Because in the end of the day, we are team players in ‘How are we going to do this so [Jack] can have the best life?'” she continued.
“We’re not playing against each other. We are a team, and that’s beautiful. I look back and I have no regrets. I loved every bit of it.”
Although Bündchen and the “Sex and the City” alum have a “great relationship” today, that wasn’t always the case.
In fact, the model didn’t meet Brady’s ex-girlfriend for more than a year after Jack was born.
“Love conquers all,” she said of the experience. “My life became so much richer because I got to learn so much from that. … Nothing is worth fighting [over].”
Bündchen and Brady went on to welcome two kids — son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 10 — during their 13-year marriage, which came to an end in 2022.
Bündchen left the seven-time Super Bowl champ, 45, after Page Six broke the news that their relationship was on the rocks over his decision to “un-retire” from football.
The legendary quarterback retired for a second and final time this past January.
