Gisele Bündchen And Tom Brady's Ex Bridget Moynahan Didn't Always Get Along

It's got to be hard when you split from your baby daddy before you've given birth. It's got to be even harder when he marries a supermodel, especially when she's Gisele Bündchen. However, those cards were dealt to Bridget Moynahan after she became pregnant with Tom Brady's child in 2007. Moynahan's life wasn't easy after her split with Brady. "Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down and inside out and just knocked the wind out of me," she told Harper's Bazaar. "But now I have a child, and it's the best thing in the world."

Moynahan and Brady's child, Jack, also had a new stepmom. Actually, no, Jack had a "bonus mom." Bündchen shared why she prefers the latter in an Instagram Q&A (via Harper's Bazaar). "I don't like the word 'stepmom.' I like the word 'bonus mom' because I feel like it's a blessing in my life."

Jack also gained two half-siblings after Bündchen and Brady welcomed son Benjamin and daughter Vivian. Bündchen quickly became the spokesperson for perfect parenting. She claimed her toddler thought broccoli was "dessert," boasted that her labor was utterly pain and drug-free, announced that she only gained 30 pounds during pregnancy, and decreed there should be a "worldwide law that new mothers breastfeed for six months," per Daily Beast. Oh boy. Can you believe that Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady's ex Bridget Moynahan didn't always get along?

Bridget Moynahan's struggles as a single mom weren't helped by Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen's high-profile relationship. She was suddenly thrown into a media circus and ambushed by the paparazzi. "Having a baby should have been the most joyous time of my life," Moynahan wrote in the book "Our Shoes, Our Selves," a collection of women's personal essays. "But instead, I felt assaulted. It's unnerving to be stalked like that."

Bündchen admitted to struggling herself after she learned that Brady's ex was expecting his baby. "I felt my world had been turned upside down. Needless to say, that wasn't an easy time," Bündchen wrote in her memoir "Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life." She said it spurred the couple to start their own family instead of waiting as they'd planned. "With Jack in our lives, our priorities definitely started to shift," she wrote.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Bündchen confessed that she initially found it "challenging" with Moynahan. "Everything in life comes with work. You have to go through the roller coaster," she shared. "You have moments where you get to the sticky points, and you've gotta overcome it." Bündchen admitted she didn't even meet Moyhnahan until a year or so after Jack was born, but that "love conquers all." They eventually formed a "great relationship" after Bündchen went out of her way to ensure that they all worked as a team in the best interests of Jack.

Bridget Moynahan moved on a long ago to her husband Andrew Frankel. She insists she's never had an issue with Gisele Bündchen and just wants her son to be happy. "I never made a comment about Gisele or Tom publicly. I have a relationship with these people on a daily basis. I'm raising a child, and it's public," she told More magazine (via Fox News). "My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love." 

Despite Bündchen splitting from Brady in 2022, she told Vanity Fair that she still intends to see her "bonus child" when he visits his half-siblings. "I love him so much," she confessed. Meanwhile, Bündchen was reported to be spreading her love elsewhere too. The Daily Mail reported that she was getting hot and heavy with a multi-billionaire who knows a thing or two about supermodels, Elle MacPherson's ex-husband, Jeffrey Soffer.

Bündchen's rumored new flame is also buddies with Brady, making for some awkward interactions. Or not. The Daily Mail was forced to perform a 180 after Page Six reported that Soffer plans to marry another woman, Colleen Schiff. "He's been in a serious relationship for seven years and is currently engaged," a source insisted. Bündchen also denied the rumors. "I have zero relationship with him in any way," she told Vanity Fair. "He's Tom's friend, not my friend."