Tom Brady ‘lost 15 pounds during 2022 season’ amid Gisele Bundchen divorce and Tampa Bay woes

The 2022 NFL season proved particularly challenging for Tom Brady amid his divorce from Gisele Bundchen and the struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ record, and it reportedly took its toll on the quarterback in the form of weight loss. .

Brady and Bundchen announced their divorce on October 28, 2022 after weeks of speculation since the start of the NFL preseason.

The seven-time Super Bowl winner also didn’t have an ideal start on the field with his Bucs posting a 3-5 record in Week 8.

Brady and Gisele Bundchen announced their divorce on October 28 after weeks of speculation

It has now been revealed that the 45-year-old lost 15 pounds during the season, while dealing with problems in both his personal and professional life, according to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington.

“When Brady sat quietly at his locker after an October 27 loss to the Ravens, marking his first three-game losing streak in two decades, the truth of his grief would be revealed the next morning,” Darlington said in his statement. report, referencing Brady. statement on social media confirming that his marriage had ended.

Since the Week 8 loss, Brady and the Bucs have rebounded as the quarterback seemed to put his woes behind him.

The quarterback has juggled problems on and off the field this season as the Bucs finish 8-9.

The Buccaneers eventually went 8-9 in the regular season and clinched a berth in the wild card round of the playoffs before ultimately falling to the Dallas Cowboys 31-14.

Brady briefly retired last February after 22 NFL seasons, but he made a U-turn in his decision just 40 days after returning to the Bucs for this season.

However, after a tumultuous year in Tampa Bay, it remains to be seen if Brady has another season left.

He is set to become a free agent this offseason and his Buccaneers teammates already reportedly believe he will not return to Tampa and the Las Vegas Raiders are said to be interested.

But retiring, for the second time, could also be a possibility with a ten-year, $375 million analyst deal with Fox Sports waiting for him when he finally hangs up his boots.

It remains to be seen if the seven-time Super Bowl champion has another season left.

However, he made it explicitly clear earlier this week that no decision has been made, during a testy tirade on his Let’s Go! podcast.

Co-host Jim Gray asked him: ‘Do you have a timeline of what you want to do with regards to your football career?’

To which Brady emphatically replied, ‘Jim, if I knew what I was going to do, I would have done it by now. OKAY? I am taking it one day at a time.

Brady and Bundchen ended their marriage after 13 years and many believed the quarterback’s return to the NFL became a bone of contention for the Brazilian supermodel.

The QB sounded frustrated as he answered the latest question about his future on Monday.

A source confirmed to DailyMail.com at the end of September that their physical separation was not affected by Brady’s decision to return to his beloved sport.

Both said they would continue to raise their two children together. The couple are expected to share custody of his two children, Vivian, nine, and Benjamin, 12. Tom also has a third child, Jack, 15, with his ex Bridget Moynahan.

The Bucs star said the divorce had been a “difficult” and “painful” decision that the couple made after “much consideration.”

Brady and Bundchen confirmed their divorce in statements on Instagram in October. She said her priority had ‘always been’ the children, but she said the couple had ‘estranged’. In her statement, Brady called the decision “painful and difficult.”

Brady and Bundchen married in 2009, first in a quiet ceremony in Santa Monica, California, and then in Costa Rica surrounded by friends and family.

The couple is expected to share custody of their two children, Vivian and Benjamin. Brady also has a third child from a previous relationship.

There had been speculation that Brady’s decision to retire from the NFL had been the root of the dispute, but a source told DailyMail.com that it had not affected the split.

After the split, Brady was adamant that he would devote himself to being a father and recently visited a private school in Miami for his children earlier this week.

The quarterback and Bundchen purchased land located on Indian Creek Island in Miami in late 2020 and construction on the $17 million mansion is continuing.

However, Bundchen reportedly bought an $11.5 million mansion directly across the canal from Brady’s Billionaire Bunker mansion just a couple weeks before their divorce was finalized.