Gisele Bundchen made headlines earlier this week when she was quoted in Vanity Fair about how connected she feels to Tom Brady's son, Jack. Today, a close friend of Tom's ex and Jack's mother Bridget Moynahan struck back. An excerpt from the statement is below, as well as Gisele's original quote, but the Moynahan camp took the chance to call out both Tom and Gisele's behavior. Check out both sides:
- Gisele originally said: "I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it's not like because somebody else delivered him, that's not my child. I feel it is, 100 percent. I want him to have a great relationship with his mom, because that’s important, but I love him the same way as if he were mine. I already feel like he's my son, from the first day."
- Bridget's camp responds: "If Gisele loved Bridget's child like he was '100 percent her own,' then she would not talk about him in the press. Discretion and respect are not either of Gisele or Tom's virtues, as was evidenced even when the child was still unborn and they publicly flaunted their relationship without any discretion whatsoever. Don't you think Jack will grow up and read her comments and find them disrespectful to him and his mother? If Tom is such a great father as everyone likes to say, then you would think that he'd respect the privacy of his young child and would ask his wife not to use his son as a publicity prop and a subject of public discussion. Is she so desperate for attention that she can't find anything more productive to talk about other than Bridget's child?"
While the situation is not black or white, tell us — do you think Gisele was out of line or that Bridget's camp is overreacting?
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I was under the impression that it was just a friend of Moynahan's, not a spokesperson or member of her "camp."
1I think both of them suffer from lack of communication with each other.
If I were Bridget I sure wouldn't want to be friends, but she should at least establish a relationship with the woman who will be her son's stepmther. They can lay boundaries together as to what's acceptable publicly and what isn't.
2I agree with this.
"If Gisele loved Bridget's child like he was '100 percent her own,' then she would not talk about him in the press. Discretion and respect are not either of Gisele or Tom's virtues, as was evidenced even when the child was still unborn and they publicly flaunted their relationship without any discretion whatsoever. Don't you think Jack will grow up and read her comments and find them disrespectful to him and his mother?"
3i would have to say they are both wrong but while gisele comments are in my mind completely out of line... bridget should follow her own advice and speak directly to tom and gisele rather than the press to air her feelings...
4Although I don't blame Bridget until I hear something directly from her, this whole thing pisses me off. It is not wrong for Gisele to 100% love and protect that child. I do agree that boundaries do need to be set by both parents.
5Its really not un common for people to say something about their families. Tom and Bridge were broken up while he dated Giselle were broken up so I don't really understand bringing that up. I don't think Bridge's family should be upset...Gisele meant no harm.
6i thought the kid's name was john :S
7Wow. From the way that statement sounds, it's more of a personal attack on the relationship than just what she said. She went in on him as a father, attacked her character-that's more personal than just saying she was out of line. Whoever wrote that statement really didn't do any justice to Bridget. It makes her sound bitter, imo. I don't think that Giselle said something out of line; honestly, I think she just didn't word it in the right way. I think it's coming from a good place.
The funny thing is if she never acknowledged their child together, certain people might misinterpret that as her having a problem with the situation or the child. I think they, as a family, need to sit down & discuss how they're going to raise their child & figure out some boundaries together.
8Out of line comment ( but blown out of proportion ) and overreaction.
9G and T were dating while B was pregnant. What were they supposed to be doing? Hide or break up? I don`t thing they flaunted their relationship at all. I expected a reaction from Bridget`s side but I`m not so sure about the comments from her `friend`...
How concerned for the baby's privacy was Bridget when she was pimping him out of the cover of one of those celeb magazines (i think it was OK or People) when he was first born? I think Gisele's couple of sentences about how much he cares about the kid is far less intrusive then an entire photo shoot and cover story. I understand that she might be a little hurt by the comments but her side becomes far less sympathetic when she is being so hypocritical.
10Nobody in this situation has much class. We're talking about Tom Brady...knocked up his girlfriend...dumped her when something "better" came along. Then there's Gisele...a horse faced model who is being way too verbal about someone else's son in the press. I appreciate her "loving" her husband's son...that's commendable, but there is a line that exists between a biological child and a step-child. This little boy has a mother that loves him. I see no reason why there can't be additional people playing the mother role, but there is only ONE mother and Gisele crossed the line.
11I believe Gisele said it with good intention and she really loves the kid.. That statement makes Bridget looks very bitter.. I don't think the kid would feel disrespected when he grows up, if he's raised with a lot of love from his family including from Bridget.. I just hope that Bridget won't tell any of her bitter story to the kid tho..
12neither side should be speaking about it.
13Giselle does her own PR She doesn't have a formal spokesperson I honestly think it was stated wrong being there is a language barrier ( her English isn't the best). I know what she was trying to say " I love this child as if it was my own" but she said it wrong. Yeah I'm sure it's annoying for Bridget to have to hear this but at least she knows her child is in good hands. People brake up and move on sometimes when you have sex you get pregnant. It just comes with the territory, well if you're straight at least.
14I think was she said was very badly worded. She made it seem like Bridget gave birth to him, but SHE (Gisele) is his real mother. I would have been pissed too.
15I think what she said was very badly worded. She made it seem like Bridget gave birth to him, but SHE (Gisele) is his real mother. I would have been pissed too.
16I think what she said was very badly worded. She made it seem like Bridget gave birth to him, but SHE (Gisele) is his real mother. I would have been pissed too.
17That ''friend'' should follow his/her own advice and keep the anger in private. That person juts make more unwanted press towards the kid.
18i think gisele just wanted to stress that she loved the child, as she would love a child of her own. there is a lot of miscommunication going most likely. they are all in a very complicated situation and should be pause before making accusations. i do not think gisele was challenging the child's mother, just expressing love and pride as another person in the child's life. blended families are a hard thing to navigate at times. my best to all of them.
19Sorry for the triple post. What exactly is "camp"? I hate this Hollywood lingo.
20I'm surprised so many people are siding with Bridget's camp. Yes, it was really bad timing when she got pregnant and he started dating Gisele, but she is his stepmom now and I think it's great that she feels close to Tom's son.
21I think Bridget is a bitter biyatch.
Maybe I would be too if my man left me for the highest paid supermodel living. lol
But really, this was TOTALLY immature on Bridgets side.
she could of spoke to Gisele and Tom herself rather then making sure the media got the piece.
Also, Gisele did not "reveal" anything about the child, just that she loves him like he was hers.
22It seems to me like this was Bridget's first chance to make Gisele look bad to the media. This comment came out for one purpose-
To make Gisele look stupid.
Gisele certainly had no intentions of doing that to Bridget.
23Gisele was out of line.shes only been the kid's step mom for less than a month...
24Bridget has done a good job keeping quiet through all of this and lets face it she has been through a ton of heart ache and kept a lot of things bottled up inside- but when another woman wants to play the role of mother to your child 100% then I would go ape sh*t too! My remarks wouldn't have been so pleasant.
25Brad and Angie didn't go flaunting their relationship right away out of respect to Jen and I think that was big of them. Tom and Gisele are selfish and say what you want but I don't find him to be that good of a father just because the papz take pictures of him on his visits.
Team Bridget. Gisele needs to put up and shut up. She's lucky she's even met the kid after what she did to Bridget.
26Agreed fleurfairy. That's the way I thought it sounded to. Hopefully it can be blamed on a language barrier, but who knows. Neither of them should be talking about it at all.
But to those who say that the situation when Bridget and Tom broke up was handled the way it should have been, it's obvious from her comments about this that it wasn't. At all. So you can say that they were broken up or whatever when he started publicly dating his supermodel, but the only people who truly know are these three (LOVE) and it sounds like at least one of them might just dispute all of that. Food for thought.
27Gisele simply doesn't have a clue. Once she has her own kids, she will understand how disrespectful her comments were. She will see the difference between the mother (who is raising the child) and herself (who gets to play with him once in a while, and then hands him off to mom). Those who are saying it's not just about giving birth to him: it isn't. It's about TAKING CARE of the baby. So unless you are a primary caretaker of this boy, please don't say you feel like he's yours.
28If the quote is accurate - and who knows with reporters these days- then Gisele is absolutely out of line here.
Gisele is dismissive of Bridgette as just "the birth mother" when SHE (Gisele) is his basically the 'real mother'. It's not respectful of the woman who gave birth to the kid and is actively raising him.
I wonder if this could just be a simple miscommunication because English is not Gisele's first language. I think we know what she meant- she loves the boy as if he were her own flesh and blood- but it came out so wrong in that quote.
29mar - Actually what she said was that even though someone else gave birth to him, she considers him 100% her son. Translation issue? Who knows. But while it's nice if she loves him AS IF he were her own son, but he is not. She could have said she loves him just as much as his mother does, but I didn't read that.
30Bridget definitely has been quiet about the whole thing, and that silence could be interpreted as bitter.. if she's really graceful about this situation, she could have come out and stepped up for herself and said something like, "the care/ attention given by biological mother could be different from stepmother.. it's definitely a blessing for John..i appreciate Gisele's love and attention for john".. However, Bridget is not doing any of this, but release an attacking statement by a friend.. this just show bitterness and sour face..
31i don't think gisele said anything out of line..
32I don't doubt Bridget was totally ok with someone publishing that. She has had sour grapes since they broke up. I don't fault her for being upset on how things ended and I don't know all the intimate details. But if you have a problem with something tell that person privately. Otherwise you come off looking like the shrew that you are. That's my two cents.
33I like Gisele , but I have to agree with Bridget's camp on this one.
34esweet I agree with you. Many single mothers can agree with me. When you have a child and the father of your child has a gf/wife, its very important that she loves the child, If I were Brigitte I would be eternally great full for the love she has for my baby, its nothing more important than having the tranquility of knowing that your child is love and is being taken care of in his father's house, and that in case God forbids something is to happened to you he would have someone that loves him like he was her own, their is nothing better than that for a single mom.
35who cares. one kid. 3 adults acting like children. 1 baby. anyone want to be the token adult here?
36I think they should keep all of this out of the press. It's a messy situation & hard for Bridget, I'm sure. Gisele should have focused any remarks she wanted to make on how adorable the kid is, etc. Does the world REALLY need to know how she feels about that child? Is it any of our business? Some things should be private.
37Ms. Bundchen's comments were dumb and insensitive, especially her reference to the baby as "it." But the not-so-scientific poll doesn't give me an option that doesn't at least describe her as "respectful." I don't understand why people would allow their loyalty to a football team to justify vilifying a single mother who has basically taken the high road here.
38wow, I can not believe how bad Gisele's comments are being percieved.
I have to say that Gisele probably would not have said that publicly if she knew the backlash she would get, but her feelings are what they are, she is saying she has a real love for this baby??? How is this bad?
39I am a mother too and I am NOT on team Bridget
An unnamed friend doesn't make this from Bridget or her "camp". Bridget hasn't commented on this situation, so we hardly know what she thinks of it all.
Giselle is a multimillion dollar enterprise, so it's a pretty safe bet that she and her team, or camp, know what they are saying and what kind of carp storm they are kicking up here.
40Well, if Bridget's "camp" was really concerned with the kid being put into the spotlight or a subject of public discussion, they probably shouldnt have released this "statement". It just perpetuates the issue.
But, on the other hand, Gisele is pretty stupid if she thought her comments werent going to cause any waves. Maybe she did do it for publicity?
41i feel like Gisele should have (at the very least) mentioned something about Bridget being a good mom. now they both look catty. i'll just blame tom!!
LOL-i just think of Natasha getting dumped by Big and how pissed she was at Carrie!!
42Giselle was def out of line. Of course she should and does love the baby - but it is beyond unnecessary for her to go and make a public statement like that...ESPECIALLY considering the sensitive nature of the way the baby came about! It is insensitive, rude and not necessary. I feel Giselle (and Tom) both lack the same sensitivity chip that Brad and Angelina lack. Have a bit of tact and compassion, people! Geesh.
43Bleck. The question here isn't who was out of line, there will always be two sides to a story, but rather, why oh why, for the love of God must these celebs have their public spats in the press. Tacky! Something totally classy would be to, if you felt wronged or pissed, say NOTHING. If forced to say something, say "No comment". Silence speaks volumes. Sometimes the best response is no response. They both come out looking tacky. And how does this benefit the kid? If I were that kid I would love to grow up and see that either one or both of my parents finally grew up and decided to leave their grievances with each other OUT of the media for chrissakes.
44Oh my God! Are we all really speculating on what happen in these people's relationships? So Giselle loves her step-son....that is good thing people!! Both women seem pretty mature and I am sure they have put less thought into this than we have. I hope so. Next.....
45i don't know if gisele is being genuwine about what she has said, i hope she means it in the best possible way and not a dig at bridget, i always think there are a lot of sour grapes with the two women, im probably wrong, but it must be a tough situation.... one having the father of your 1st child the other being married to him, i think it was a bit of a slap in the face for all parties...
46I don't think Gisele meant it as a dig at Bridget...I think she meant that she loves John as if he were her own child, wihch is good! I think Gisele was trying to say that when she has her own children John will not be any different to her than her own children are. I think she genuinely loves that little boy. I tend to think Bridget is bitter...she gave the boy her own last name...that's kind of a slap in the face to Tom especially when he is in the child's life.
47Who responded? Oh a family member of Bridget? If this were her publicist, she'd be better off firing her.
The issue should remain between these 3. Not out airing in the public. This is ridiculous and unnecessary.
As for Giselle's comment, I think it was taken out of context, but maybe it feels offensive, with the part of the mom pushing the baby out thing (I thought it was good to know she really loves the stepson)? I dunno. Whatever.
48Bridget seems really committed to keeping her personal life out of the press. So I can easily see how upset she would be reading about her son, particularly when the mouthpiece is her ex's new wife. It is super tough pill to swallow seeing another woman with your child, let alone having her blab about how she loves him as much as you do. I really like Giselle, she seems really fun and sweet, but she shouldn't discuss the kid. He isn't her son and clearly, it will just create drama.
49Bridget seems really committed to keeping her personal life out of the press. So I can easily see how upset she would be reading about her son, particularly when the mouthpiece is her ex's new wife. It is super tough pill to swallow seeing another woman with your child, let alone having her blab about how she loves him as much as you do. I really like Giselle, she seems really fun and sweet, but she shouldn't discuss the kid. He isn't her son and clearly, it will just create drama.
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