Wedding candles!
Surf fans could not believe this turn of
events, this radical shift. Weeks ago, they were sitting
by their windows, lighting candles as it was revealed that Gisele
Bündchen and her husband Tom Brady were having a rocky go. Oh,
there was no implied sadism, no hope for the destruction of a grand
union, but there was an even grander union to repair.
Namely with Kelly Slater.
The Brazilian supermodel and world’s greatest surfer had dated
over the 2005s and 2006s, forming up the grandest power couple in
surfing history. She at the height of her art. He winning two
Association of Surfing Professionals World Titles.
Aspirational.
As fate had it, though, Bündchen fell into the arms of a dashing
quarterback, married, built a life but, now, all that is officially
in the rearview.
Per People:
Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady will file for divorce after 13
years of marriage, PEOPLE confirms.
Sources tell PEOPLE that they will both file in Florida on
Friday morning. (Update: Brady and Bündchen have since finalized
their divorce, according to court documents obtained by
PEOPLE.)
“The settlement is all worked out,” a source with knowledge
of the situation tells PEOPLE. “They’ve been working on the terms
this whole time.”
The source adds: “They agreed to joint custody of the
kids.”
The couple’s split comes after months of reports that the
couple had been struggling, and that Bündchen, 42, “is done with
their marriage,” another source previously told PEOPLE.
“She was upset about it for a long time and it’s still
difficult, but she feels like she needs to move on,” the source
said in early October. “She doesn’t believe that her marriage can
be repaired.”
Though what, exactly, was Bündchen upset about? Surf fans
worried that it might be Brady’s refusal to retire as Slater also
plans to surf, professionally, forever. But no! According to an
Us Weekly
source, “Gisele told Tom either he leaves football to spend time
with the family or she is gone for good. She doesn’t want him to
continue to get injured and not be able to enjoy life in the
future. She is doing it for her family.”
And there we go.
Injury worry.
Ouchies are extremely rare in professional surfing. Slater, for
example, hurt his foot a long time ago and, again, foot. Not head
or anything important.
The Kid from Cocoa Beach will be fit as a fiddle for years to
come and talk about having cake and eating it too.
Bolo de Rolo.
Divorce, anyhow, becoming official. The next step, for surf
fans, is a sort of Parent Trap bit of
intrigue.
Ideas?