Gisele Bündchen is debuting her postpartum era one month after giving birth.
The model and author was spotted with her partner, Joaquim Valente, and her daughter Vivian, 12, on Sunday, March 9, according to photos obtained by TMZ. The outing marked the first time Bündchen and her boyfriend have been spotted since the model gave birth to their first child in February.
Bündchen also shares Vivian and her older brother Benjamin, 15, with ex-husband Tom Brady. The former NFL star also has an older son, Jack, with his ex Bridget Moynahan, who Bündchen also helped raise for most of the teenager’s life.
The duo looked relaxed and casual during their first public outing, with Bündchen’s hair pulled back in a loose bun.
Bündchen and Valente have been romantically linked since the summer of 2023. She opened up about their connection in a March 2024 interview with the New York Times.
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“This is the first time I am seeing someone that was a friend of mine first,” she told the outlet at the time. “It’s very different. It is very honest, and it’s very transparent.”
News of the baby’s impending arrival was shared months later in October 2024. “Gisele and Joaquim have been living together for over a year now, and expanding their family is something they’re very excited about,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. “Once the divorce [between Brady and Bündchen] was finalized, they moved in together very quickly and have been linked at the hip ever since.”
A second insider told Us that the relationship was a very different one for Bündchen. “Their chemistry together has always been there, and they have a lot in common,” the insider shared. “They’ve been in love for a while.”
The source also said that Benjamin and Vivian “really like” Valente, who had been living in their Miami, Florida home “for a while.”
Bündchen also made sure to let her ex-husband know about her pregnancy before news she was expecting was made public.
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“When Gisele told the kids about her pregnancy, she made sure to let Tom know as well,” the source told Us in October 2024. “She wanted to give him that courtesy and knew the kids would tell him either way.”
Brady was initially “shocked” by his ex-wife’s pregnancy but was “ultimately happy” for her, the source revealed.
“It was hard to digest at first,” the source continued. “He knows Gisele is a great mom and was destined to be a mom.”
