Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady are ‘living apart’, source tells CNN

Superstar couple Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, who married in 2009, are going through a rough patch.

Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his wife, Bündchen, who is a model, are dealing with “marital issues,” according to a source close to the couple.

The two are currently “living separately,” another source close to Bündchen told CNN .

THE CNN contacted representatives for Brady and Bündchen.

Brady, 45, retired from the NFL in February, only to later reverse that decision. He took an 11-day leave of absence from training in August to “deal with personal stuff,” according to his coach Todd Bowles.

In an interview with Elle magazine published this week, Bündchen, 42, said she had “concerns” about her husband’s return to the countryside after he initially retired in February this year.

“It’s a very violent sport, I have my children and I wish he was more present,” Bündchen told the publication.

“I definitely had these conversations with him several times. But ultimately, I feel like everyone has to make a decision that works for them. He needs to follow his joy too.”

On his podcast “Let’s Go!” with co-host Jim Gray on Tuesday, Brady noted the impact of his decades of playing in the NFL.

“I haven’t had a Christmas in 23 years and I haven’t had a Thanksgiving in 23 years, I haven’t celebrated birthdays with people I care about who were born August to late January. And I can’t go to funerals or weddings,” Brady told Gray.

“I think there comes a point in your life where you say, ‘You know what? I’ve had my fill and that’s enough, it’s time to move on, to evolve into other stages of life.’”