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Inside Gisele Bundchen's Post-Divorce Trip to Costa Rica
Gisele Bündchen has finalized her divorce with Tom Brady, but that whitethorn not needfully mean she's jumping into the dating pool.
Over the weekend, the supermodel—who shares kids Benjamin, 12, and Vivian, 9, with the NFL star—sparked romance speculation with her children's jiu-jitsu teacher Joaquim Valente after they were seen grabbing meal successful Costa Rica. While the juncture marked the 1 of the archetypal times Gisele was sighted since announcing her split from Tom, a root adjacent to the concern exclusively tells E! News that she and Joaquim are not dating and their meal was really a affable radical outing.
"Any proposition that Gisele's narration with Joaquim Valente is thing different than strictly platonic and nonrecreational is conscionable ridiculous," the insider says, noting that the brace were joined by a radical of kids and adults—including a schoolhouse teacher for 1 of her children and Joaquim's brothers, who person besides been teaching the household martial arts for "a agelong time."
The root adds of the romance rumors, "This is not conscionable wholly false—it's absurd."
A co-founder of the Valente Brothers martial arts workplace successful Florida, Joaquim has besides trained Gisele in jiu-jitsu. In February, she posted a video of herself taking 1 of his classes, penning connected Instagram, "I judge the much tools we person successful our toolbox the better. I consciousness stronger, much assurance and empowered since I started practicing self-defense. I consciousness it's an important accomplishment for all, but specially for america women."
Thanking the Valente Brothers for being "awesome teachers," she continued, "I americium looking guardant to support improving. Let's go!"
The 42-year-old besides posed successful a martial arts photograph shoot with Joaquim and his brothers for Dust mag successful 2021.
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Their radical meal comes much than 2 weeks aft Gisele and Tom confirmed they had ended their 13-year marriage. In an Oct. 28 statement, Gisele shared that she and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback had "grown apart" but some were filled with "much gratitude" for their clip together.
"My precedence has ever been and volition proceed to beryllium our children whom I emotion with each my heart," she wrote connected Instagram Story. "We will continue co-parenting to springiness them the love, attraction and attraction the greatly deserve."
Meanwhile, Tom said successful a connection of his ain astatine the clip that that their decision to interruption up was made after "much consideration," noting, "Doing truthful is, of course, achy and difficult, similar it is for galore radical who spell done the aforesaid happening each time astir the world."
He added, "However, we privation lone the champion for each different arsenic we prosecute immoderate caller chapters successful our lives that are yet to beryllium written."
A abstracted root aboriginal told E! News that Gisele took her kids to Costa Rica because she "wanted to get distant to her blessed place."
"They person been relaxing, playing with their dogs connected the formation and surfing," the 2nd insider said. They wanted to get distant from it each and person a small vacation."
E! News reached retired to Gisele's rep and Joaquim but has not received a comment.
E! News returns Monday, Nov. 14, astatine 11:30 p.m., lone connected E!.
