The start of Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady’s relationship back in 2006 was far from ordinary, as they found out that his ex-girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan, was pregnant just a few months into dating. The supermodel has helped to raise the footballer’s son, 11-year-old Jack, and now has two of her own kids, Benjamin, 8, and Vivian, 5. Married for close to 10 years, Gisele reflected on the odd circumstances that started her blended family in a new interview with People mag. “It wasn’t the ideal situation for anyone,” she revealed in the Sept. 28 issue. “There’s no manual to prepare you for that. But I’m so grateful for [Bridget]. I know this was hard, but I couldn’t imagine my life without [Jack]. I call him my bonus child.” Gisele admitted that she originally wanted to wait a decade to have children with Tom, but that her stepson changed her perspective. “He opened my heart in ways I didn’t even know my heart could expand. I fell in love with him,” she gushed, adding that she realized it would also be great to give Jack a sibling close in age. Gisele chronicles more about her journey through motherhood in her new memoir, “Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life.”
