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Gisele Bündchen Secretly Ties the Knot with Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Joaquim Valente
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen and her jiu-jitsu instructor, Joaquim Valente, have officially exchanged vows, mere months after welcoming their baby boy. The couple filed a marriage license in Miami-Dade County on December 1st, listing their wedding date as December 3rd and the location as Surfside, Florida.
According to reports from TMZ, the ceremony was an intimate affair, attended by only their closest friends and family.
Valente initially entered Bündchen’s life as a jiu-jitsu instructor for her son, Benny. Bündchen’s own interest in the martial art was reportedly sparked by her son’s enthusiasm.
In a 2022 interview with Dust magazine, Bündchen explained how she came to the Valente Brothers academy through a friend. “I wanted to steer my almost teenage son in the right direction.
I thought he might be interested in this,” she shared.
The Brazilian beauty began her own jiu-jitsu journey in December 2021. “Initially, I wasn’t even considering it for myself,” she admitted. “But when I brought [Benny] to the first class and started talking to Joaquim, I realized that it was much more than self-defense.”
What began as a teacher-student relationship, and then a friendship, reportedly blossomed into romance in June 2023. A source close to the couple told Fox News Digital that “way after she was already divorced and she had no commitment to Tom Brady, something else started.” The source described Valente as “an extremely charismatic person with a great sense of humor,” adding that he is “very intelligent, very loving, he’s just a good person,” and “he loves kids.”
This marriage comes roughly seven months after Bündchen finalized her divorce from NFL legend Tom Brady. News of Bündchen and Valente welcoming their son broke in February of this year.
Bündchen and Brady announced their divorce on October 28, 2022, in separate Instagram posts. Brady stated at the time, “In recent days my wife and I finalized our divorce from one another after 13 years of marriage.
We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together. We are blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world in every way.
We will continue to work together as parents to always ensure they receive the love and attention they deserve.”
Bündchen echoed similar sentiments, writing, “The decision to end a marriage is never easy but we have grown apart and while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed for the time we had together and only wish the best for Tom always.”