Tom Brady was spotted Sunday without a wedding band on his left hand amid rumors he is getting a divorce from supermodel Gisele Bündchen.
The 45-year-old football star was pictured wearing a white t-shirt under a blue button-down and dark blue pants with white sneakers.
He carried a camouflage duffle bag, showing off his ring-less left hand as he walked out of a hotel ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ game Sunday night in Pennsylvania.
The images come amid reports he and Bündchen have hired divorce lawyers 13 years after saying, ‘I do,’ with some speculating that the couple’s issue involves Brady’s decision to return to the NFL after a brief off-season retirement.
Bündchen has made it clear that she has sacrificed for their family and his career.
She was the first to hire a divorce lawyer, with the NFL star following while ‘figuring out what to do,’ according to People.
Tom Brady, 45, right, was pictured Sunday without a wedding ring on his left hand as he walked out of a hotel ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ game Sunday night in Pennsylvania
The Heisman-winning quarterback donned a white t-shirt under a blue button-down paired with dark blue pants and white sneakers. He carried a camouflage duffle bag, showing off his ring-less left hand
The images come amid reports he and Bündchen have hired divorce lawyers 13 years after saying, ‘I do’
Bundchen, 42, and Brady, 45, have reportedly hired divorce lawyers 13 years after saying ‘I do’ in 2009, according to multiple reports
Just hours after the pictures were taken, Brady launched into a foul-mouthed rant at his under-performing Tampa Bay teammates.
He did not hold back in letting the Bucs offensive line know how he felt during their 20-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday.
Brady cut a frustrated figure in the Week 6 matchup and he wanted more from his offensive line with the team trailing 10-6 in the second quarter.
‘You’re so much better than the way you’re f***ing playing,’ Brady was picked up saying by the FOX television cameras.
Not all of the audio could be heard from the footage, but Brady could be heard dropping another f-bomb in his angry talk at his teammates.
The clip sparked the social media mockery from fans asking if he regretted making the U-turn on his decision to quit the NFL.
One wrote: ‘I didn’t leave my wife and kids to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers – probably Tom Brady.’
Another added: ‘Tom Brady sacrificed the love from his wife and kids to lose to Mitch Trubisky [Steelers quarterback]???’ While one said: ‘I can’t believe Tom Brady chose losing to the Steelers over his wife.’
And a third tweeted: ‘Brady divorced his wife just so he could come out of retirement and lose to the Steelers.’
Brady was mocked online after he launched into a foul-mouthed rant at his under-performing Tampa Bay teammates
Brady has previously opened up about the ‘intense stress’ he faces on the latest episode of his SiriusXM podcast.
He stressed the importance of work-life balance, while continuing to omit any mention of his wife.
‘And I think there was a part of us where we felt like, you know, suck it up and deal with it,’ Brady said. ‘And I think you realize that there’s a lot, especially in today’s day and age, with how fast things are happening in life for all of us, and the amount of responsibilities we have.
‘And also, you know, I think there’s part of us that are held to a certain standard that we’re almost inhuman,’ he continued. ‘You know, you hear this a lot from people that say, you know, “I’m only human.”
‘We are only human. We’re not inhuman. We’re not immune to a lot of the things that just life brings us. We’re not robots.
‘You wake up every day trying to do the best you can do, understanding that life has its stresses and to deal with them with a great support system and understanding and having some introspectiveness in your life where you can look at yourself and say, where do I need to commit my time and energy to?
‘And how can I lessen some of the stress and lessen the burden on me so that I can be good for people around me? So those are all different things that you work at. I worked at them when I was 20. There was a lot of things that I was going through when I was 20. There was a lot of things I was going through in my 30s.’
Brady then added: ‘There’s things I’m going through in my 40s,’ but again, neglected to mention his wife or any reported marital issues.
‘And it’s life,’ Brady said. ‘And you learn to grow up and you learn to deal with life. And that’s what we’re all trying to do. We’re trying to do it the best way we can.’
Rumors have flown for the past several weeks that the two are living apart following an epic fight and are now mulling over how they would divide up their multi-million dollar empire.
‘I don’t think there will be any coming back now. They both have lawyers and are looking at what a split will entail, who gets what and what the finances will be,’ an anonymous source told Page Six.
The couple has two children together — a 9-year-old daughter, Vivian Lake, and 12-year-old son Benjamin Rein – in addition to Brady’s 15-year-old son Jack, who lives with his mother, actress Bridget Moynahan, in New York
Meanwhile, Bundchen was spotted Wednesday visiting her spiritual healer in Miami for the second time this month amid her reported friction with Brady.
She was seen with a smile on her face for first time in while visiting her spiritual healer last week, while Brady flew solo at Robert Kraft and Dana Blumberg’s wedding.
Exclusive DailyMail.com images showed the 42-year-old supermodel grinning happily – and even flexing her biceps – after enjoying a lunch with healer Dr Ewa Wieruszewska at an Indian restaurant in Boca Raton.
‘I’ve done my part, which is [to] be there for [Tom],’ she previously told Elle Magazine. ‘I moved to Boston, and I focused on creating a cocoon and a loving environment for my children to grow up in and to be there supporting him and his dreams.
‘Seeing my children succeed and become the beautiful little humans that they are, seeing him succeed, and being fulfilled in his career — it makes me happy. At this point in my life, I feel like I’ve done a good job on that.
‘I have a huge list of things that I have to do, that I want to do. At 42, I feel more connected with my purpose,’ Bundchen said.
Bundchen was pictured with a smile on her face for the first time in weeks as she enjoyed a three-hour session and a lunch with spiritual healer Dr Ewa Wieruszewska last week
The 42-year-old fashion star was positively beaming as she embraced her healer outside of the Indian restaurant in Boca where they enjoyed their lunch
Bundchen has paid several visits to the healer over the past few weeks amid ongoing rumors that her 13-year marriage to NFL star Brady could be headed for divorce
Gisele and Brady (seen together in 2018) have each hired divorce lawyers and are mulling over how to divide their multi-million-dollar fortune
Legal experts have speculated that Brady and Bundchen would file for divorce in Florida, where they are primarily based after a decade in Boston.
Another source told the Post that the pair is assessing how they would divide up their $26million property portfolio.
Most recently, the couple purchased a $17m home on Indian Creek Island in Miami, an area facetiously called ‘Billionaires Bunker.’
Since rumors of the tensions between the pair first emerged, multiple reports claimed that Brady’s decision to U-turn on his retirement earlier this year was the trigger for their marital problems.
He had initially quit, in part, to focus on his family – as he vowed to spend more time with them since Gisele ‘deserves what she needs from me as a husband, and my kids deserve what they need from me as a dad.’
Many believed that Brady’s return became a point of contention for Bundchen. However, their rift is completely unrelated to the former Patriots’ star’s football career, DailyMail.com can confirm.
Bundchen is her husband’s ‘number one cheerleader’ and said she would not care if he played until he was in his 50s. But the friction between the two has still resulted in them living apart from one another.
The couple has two children together — a 9-year-old daughter, Vivian Lake, and 12-year-old son Benjamin Rein – in addition to Brady’s 15-year-old son Jack, who lives with his mother, actress Bridget Moynahan, in New York.