Did Gisele Bundchen Cheat on Tom Brady? What the Supermodel Has Said About New Relationship With Joaquim Valente

Gisele Bündchen and her jiu-jitsu instructor, Joaquim Valente, first sparked romance rumors in November 2022, when they were spotted strolling along the beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, on Costa Rica’s coast. Two weeks earlier, her divorce from Tom Brady, 46, had been finalized.

“It all happened so quickly — Tom was out and Joaquim was in — and some wondered if Gisele and Joaquim were involved while she was still married to Tom,” says a source exclusively to In Touch. “In other words, did Gisele cheat?”

The answer is no, insists the supermodel, 43, who is finally setting the record straight about her relationship with Joaquim, 34. The cheat­ing rumors were “a lie,” Gisele tells In Touch. “This is something that happens to a lot of women who get blamed when they have the courage to leave an unhealthy relationship and are la­beled as being unfaithful.”

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Gisele and Joaquim’s Relationship Started With a Strong Friendship

Gisele and Joaquim first made headlines in February 2022, when she shared a video of her session at his academy in Flor­ida and thanked him and his brothers for being “awesome teachers.” But their relation­ship was strictly platonic at that point. “This is the first time I am seeing someone who was a friend of mine first,” she confides.

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While Gisele doesn’t pinpoint when the romance did begin, re­portedly the two started dating in June 2023, months after Tom — to whom she was married for 13 years — was out of the picture. She calls her split from Tom “heartbreak­ing,” but says she has no regrets. “I think sometimes in life things hap­pen. I feel so blessed because, like, I wouldn’t change anything in my life. I had incredible experiences. I learned so much. I have my chil­dren, who are the biggest blessings in my life.”

And now, she adds, “It’s a new sea­son, a new chapter in my life, and I get to learn new things, and I get to walk my path in a different way, you know?”