Gisele Bündchen praises Joaquim Valente in Father’s Day tribute, skips Tom Brady

Gisele Bündchen used her Father’s Day message to elevate Joaquim Valente, calling him an “incredible role model,” while leaving Tom Brady out of the tribute. The post, shared on Sunday, June 21, also honored her father, Valdir Bündchen, and quickly drew notice for what it said and what it left unsaid.

The message lands inside a tightly watched family narrative that now includes three children, a new marriage and a very public split from Brady. Bündchen, 45, shares son Benjamin, 16, and daughter Vivian, 13, with Brady, and she welcomed her third child, a baby boy, in February 2025 with Valente. By Father’s Day 2026, the child was being described as about 1 year old.

Bündchen and Valente married in December 2025, adding another milestone to a relationship that first drew attention through their jiu-jitsu and wellness connection. The pairing has since become part of a broader celebrity economy that trades on family imagery, staged intimacy and carefully managed glimpses of private life. In that world, a beach photo, a baby reveal and a holiday tribute are never just personal moments; they are also content, shaped for maximum attention.

The latest post followed that pattern. Coverage around the tribute noted the absence of Brady, and some fans read the omission as a deliberate snub. That reaction reflects how celebrity family posts often become proxy battles over loyalty, access and public relevance, especially when a figure as visible as Brady is no longer part of the frame.

For Bündchen, the post reinforced a new center of gravity: Valente as husband, father and public-facing partner, Valdir Bündchen as the honored patriarch, and Brady as the absent ex-husband. The result was less a simple holiday greeting than a curated family statement, one that again showed how much value the celebrity system places on intimate details when they can be packaged into a headline.