A former teammate of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady posted a photograph with Brady’s wife this week on social media amid rumors that the two are on the verge of getting a divorce.
The shot, which garnered sharp backlash online, came from former wide receiver Antonio Brown, who made headlines late last week after video emerged showing him allegedly exposing himself to a woman at a hotel in Dubai several months ago.
Brown posted a photo of Tom Brady’s wife, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, with her arms wrapped around Brown’s neck following Tampa Bay’s 2021 Super Bowl victory over Kansas City, writing: “Put that S*** On.”
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The post from Brown comes as news broke Tuesday that Brady and Bündchen have reportedly hired divorce lawyers after they recently had a nasty fight.
TMZ reports that the two have been searching for divorce lawyers “for weeks,” and the marriage, at least at this point, “is beyond saving,” according to sources who spoke to the publication. Sources told the publication that if divorce papers are filed, the proceedings will take place in Florida.
“I never actually thought this argument would be the end of them, but it looks like it is,” a source told the New York Post’s Page Six. “I don’t think there will be any coming back now. They both have lawyers and are looking at what a split will entail, who gets what and what the finances will be.”
Us Weekly reported that a source close to the matter said that Bündchen was “waiting for Tom to make a big gesture of support to her.”
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl champ hinted at problems on the homefront when he left training camp in August. But he returned to lead the team to a 2-2 record and a first-place perch in the NFC South Division.
Regarding the recent controversy involving Brown, the New York Post reported that Brown, 34, was caught “shoving his bare buttocks into the face of a stunned woman” while both were in the swimming pool and that he later lifted “his manhood out of the water” and whipped “it in her direction.”
Brown responded to the report on Twitter, claiming that “disinformation” was coming out about him. “Ironically, during a time when the NFL is getting heat for allowing players to play when they’re clearly concussed,” Brown added. “They’ve been using black men as guinea pigs.”
Brown’s remarks were in reference to Miami Dolphins star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa getting rushed to the hospital late last week after sustaining a head injury while being sacked by a defensive lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Every chance they get to sway the heat off themselves they use me. In the video you can clearly see she runs off with my swim trunks,” Brown continued. “If roles were reversed the headlines would read ‘AB having a wild night with nude female.’ Yet when it’s me it automatically becomes a hate crime.”
The report said that Brown had just met the woman and that she was reportedly “fuming” after the encounter.