Gisele Bündchen’s relationship with her rumored boyfriend is reportedly heating up.
The 43-year-old supermodel was reportedly seen hanging out with her jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente on Valentine’s Day, when they were seen kissing in their Miami neighborhood, sources said. Page six Thursday.
“They are deeply in love,” a source said of Bündchen and Valente, although he had previously deflected when asked about rumors about their romance. DailyMail.com has contacted Bündchen representatives for comment.
The source also claimed that the two have remained together regularly following Gisele’s divorce from NFL superstar Tom Brady, which was announced in October 2022.
Last month, the legendary beauty said harper’s bazaar who originally brought his children to Valente’s studio in the hopes that they could learn some self-defense skills, although he soon wanted to learn his own lessons.
Gisele Bündchen is “deeply in love” with her jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente, a source told Page Six on Thursday; seen in December in Miami Beach
The source said Gisele, 43, was even seen kissing Valente, in the 2021 photo, on Valentine’s Day.
Rumors of a relationship only intensified after Joaquim was spotted on multiple trips Gisele took with her children to Costa Rica, as well as back to Brazil, where they are both from.
However, another source tried to stop the ‘love’ talk, although he also claimed that Gisele and Joaquim were seeing each other.
“(They’ve been) quietly seeing each other since the summer,” the source said.
However, she was rumored to be dating the martial arts instructor even earlier, as she was asked about the rumors in a March 2023 Vanity Fair profile.
“I think at this point, unfortunately, because I’m divorced, I’m sure they’re going to try to link me to anything,” she said about the rumors, before lavishing Joaquim and his brothers Pedro and Gui, who runs the Valente studio with him. Brothers Jiu-Jitsu that she attends.
“I am very grateful to know all of them, because not only have they helped me and my children, but they have become great friends, and Joaquim especially,” she said. ‘He is our teacher and, most importantly, he is a person I admire and trust. “It’s so good to have that kind of energy, to have my kids around that kind of energy.”
The fact that Valente has been seen (and photographed) doing much more with Bündchen than just practicing jiu-jitsu (including rowing and horseback riding with the family during a trip to Costa Rica) has led her fans to think that the two They have a romantic relationship. intertwined.
After Gisele and the martial artist were spotted on a trip to Costa Rica just weeks after her divorce from Tom, who has been seen spending time with model Irina Shayk in recent months, a source claimed People that there was nothing to see.
The source said Joaquim had been seen going to Gisele’s house several times, but another source downplayed the “love” conversations, but added that “they have been quietly seeing each other since the summer.”
Joaquim has accompanied Gisele and her children on several trips to Costa Rica and even to her home country, Brazil, which reinforced the rumors that they are dating; Valente photographed in December as Bündchen’s family arrived at his gym in Miami.
Rumors about the relationship have spread since shortly after the supermodel and her ex-husband Tom Brady announced their divorce in October 2022; photographed together in 2019
Gisele was in New York on Monday for a Fashion Week party (pictured), but returned to Miami on Tuesday, the day before Valentine’s Day.
‘(Joaquim) and his two brothers are Gisele and the children’s martial arts teachers,’ they stated. “They’re not dating.”
However, Gisele and Joaquim are also said to have become “emotionally involved” over the years since they met.
Gisele was in New York City on Monday night to celebrate her second campaign with denim brand Frame in New York City for their Fashion Week.
She flew back to Miami and was seen there on Tuesday, the day before Valentine’s Day, taking her German shepherd for a walk.