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Gisele Bundchen has shared her love for ex-husband Tom Brady's son Jack in honor of his 17th birthday.
The supermodel, 44, took to Instagram on Thursday, August 22, to wish her stepson a happy birthday. Bündchen, who also shares a son, Benjamin, 14, and a daughter, Vivian, 11, with the former NFL player, shared sweet throwback photos of herself with Jack while writing a heartfelt message.
“Happy birthday to this sweet peanut,” she wrote over an old photo of her smiling with a young Jack. She then posted a more recent image of the pair together, with her arms around the teenager.
“He grew into a beautiful, kind, amazing young man,” Bündchen continued. “We are so lucky to have you in our lives! We love you so much!”
Brady, who welcomed his eldest son with ex Bridget Moynihan, also paid tribute to Jack on his 17th birthday. The retired quarterback shared a post on Instagram, which included several photos of the father-son duo golfing and an image of Jack posing with his siblings.
“Happy 17th birthday to the kindest, sweetest, most thoughtful 17-year-old boy I know. You are a true blessing in my life and I am so grateful to watch you mature into a young man,” Brady wrote in the caption. “Your love for family, friends, school, athletics, hard work, and dedication to everything you put your energy into are just a few of your amazing qualities. I love spending every minute with you and cherish our time together so much.”
He added jokingly: “Those are all my favorite things about you. My least favorite thing is that you can now beat me in a one-on-one duel.”
“I love you always and forever, happy birthday dad,” Brady concluded in his birthday tribute.
Brady welcomed his son, John “Jack” Edward Thomas Moynahan, with the Sex in the city actor in August 2007. The soccer star had begun dating Bündchen at the time, and the couple married in February 2009. After 13 years of marriage, Brady and Bündchen announced their divorce in October 2022.
The former Victoria's Secret supermodel has previously spoken out about her close relationship with her stepson and how she's coped with co-parenting with Brady and Moynahan over the years. In a cover story for Vanity Fair In an article published in March 2023, Bündchen said she has a “great relationship” with Moynahan and has accepted Jack as her “bonus child.”
“Jack came into our lives and I felt so blessed and he kind of sparked in me the desire to be a mom,” she told the outlet. “I always dreamed of being a mom, but I think it happened a little quicker than I thought because now I have this beautiful little angel that I can take care of and love.”
However, when it comes to co-parenting with children, Blue blood Actress Bündchen explained that her “goal” was always to ask herself: “How can I be of the most help? How can I make everything as easy as possible?”
“I put myself in her shoes and thought, ‘How can I support her?’” he recalled. “Because at the end of the day, we are team players in: ‘How are we going to do this so that [Jack] “Can you have the best life?'”
According to the model, her experience co-parenting Jack with Moynahan has helped her maintain a friendly relationship with Brady as they navigate joint custody of their two children.
“We didn’t play against each other,” Bündchen said of her ex-husband. “We’re a team and that’s beautiful. I look back and I have no regrets. I enjoyed every moment of it.”
