Gisele Bündchen Reportedly Broke Up with Leonardo DiCaprio Because She Was Bored
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It was during Gisele’s relationship with Leo, around 2003, that she began to suffer from panic attacks and suicidal thoughts. “I had been smoking cigarettes, drinking a bottle of wine and three mocha Frappucinos every day, and I gave up everything in one day,” the model told People. “I thought, if this stuff is in any way the cause of this pain in my life, it’s gotta go.” Another lifestyle choice that didn’t make the cut? Leo.
Feeling “alone” in her new life’s journey, the pair amicably split. “Everyone who crosses our path is a teacher, they come into our lives to show us something about ourselves,” she explained. “And I think that’s what he was. What is good versus bad? I honor him for what he was.”
Years prior, Gisele called her ex “a really wonderful person,” and explained that she respected him and his environmental work. “We know what we had; we were very young, and we grew together in a lot of ways. We were just not meant to be boyfriend and girlfriend, but I respect him enormously, and I wish him nothing but the best,” she said.
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Where they are now:
Four years after splitting from Leo, Gisele wed NFL quarterback Tom Brady. They welcomed their son, Benjamin, that same year, and their daughter, Vivian, three years later in 2012.
Bündchen was the world’s highest paid model from 2002 until 2017, when she was eclipsed by Kendall Jenner. Like DiCaprio, she’s also an avid philanthropist and activist. Gisele’s been a UN goodwill ambassador since 2009 and joined the Rainforest Alliance board of directors in 2014.
As mentioned above, DiCaprio’s led quite the prolific dating life since splitting from Bündchen in 2005.
Professionally, Leo’s also thrived. The actor won his long-awaited first Oscar in 2016 with his performance in The Revenant. DiCaprio has several big name productions ahead of him, including a role in Quentin Tarantino’s Manson murders film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, police drama The Black Hand, Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon, and a Scorsese biopic about Theodore Roosevelt.