Life͏ ͏afte͏r retirement ͏͏ca͏n͏ b͏e͏ toug͏h͏ fo͏r any͏one, but͏ ͏͏when ͏you’r͏e ͏T͏om ͏Br͏ady—arg͏u͏ably the͏ great͏est qu͏arterback of al͏l time͏, it hits d͏ifferently. From domina͏t͏in͏g the footba͏͏l͏l field ͏͏to͏ ͏n͏avi͏g͏atin͏g ͏͏a high͏-profil͏e ͏di͏v͏orce ͏fr͏om s͏upermode͏l G͏is͏ele Bündch͏en, B͏ra͏dy͏’s rece͏n͏t journey ha͏s been anything but a͏ smooth͏ to͏͏uchd͏ow͏͏n drive.

The G͏O͏AT’͏s recent ͏behavio͏r͏ ͏has spa͏r͏ke͏d͏ co͏nversat͏i͏͏ons͏ about ͏w͏hether ͏he’s experiencing what ͏m͏any of ͏u͏s mere͏ mo͏rtals͏ call a͏ midli͏fe cri͏sis. But ͏here’͏s͏ the t͏h͏ing:͏ even champ͏io͏ns ͏n͏eed time to͏ ͏fi͏nd th͏eir foo͏tin͏g ͏͏on n͏ew ter͏ra͏͏in. For Brady, this chapter might just be the beginning of something more interesting than his stellar NFL career.

On December 13, Tom Brady took to his Instagram Story to post a message about his “problems.” Vibing to the rap track ‘No Problem’ by Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne, the 47-year-old Fox announcer highlighted a lyric that read, “you don’t want zero problems, big fella.” He even posted a comment agreeing to the statement, writing, “yup!!!!” While the lyric seems harmless at first glance, wait till you hear the whole story…

The timing of the post, according to many, is a bit suspicious. Brady’s ex-wife is currently pregnant with her third child (her first with boyfriend, Joaquim Valente). What’s more? Well, if you pay close attention to another line in the song, it reads, “I know you tried to cheat, you shoulda never took a nap.” As we all know, at one point Brady’s ex-wife was accused of being unfaithful—an allegation she has categorically denied. “That is a lie,” she had said to The New York Times in March this year.

“This is something that happens to a lot of women who get blamed when they have the courage to leave an unhealthy relationship and are labeled as being unfaithful. They have to deal with their communities. They have to deal with their family. Of course for me, it just happens to be a little bit amplified,” she had said further.

Notably, Valente is a 37-year-old Miami-based jiu-jitsu instructor. Romance rumors between the two started circulating when Bundchen was seen together with Valente and her children in Provincia de Puntarenas (a province located on Costa Rica’s coast), two weeks after her divorce from Tom Brady in November 2022.

In the following months, the pair were seen together several times. However, the supermodel initially denied the rumors telling Vanity Fair in April last year: “I think, at this point, unfortunately, because I’m divorced, I’m sure that they’re going to try to attach me to anything…I’m so grateful to know all of them, because not only have they helped me and helped my kids, but they have become great friends, and Joaquim especially. He’s our teacher and, most importantly, he’s a person that I admire and that I trust. It’s so good to have that kind of energy, to have my kids around that type of energy.”

Fast forward to February 2024, and reports stated Bundchen had been dating Valente since June 2023. Then, on October 28 this year, PEOPLE Magazine confirmed that the couple was set to welcome a baby—a development that Brady didn’t take too lightly, it seems.

Exactly a day after the news, the former New England Patriots quarterback posted a Story on Instagram. Sharing the lyrics to The Chick’s ‘Landslide’, he wrote, “Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?” And yet again, the rest of the lyrics painted quite a picture of what the veteran NFL player was feeling. For the unversed, this is what it reads:

“Can the child within my heart rise above? / Can I sail through the changing ocean tides? / Can I handle the seasons of my life? / Well, I’ve been afraid of changing / ‘Cause I built my life around you / But time makes you bolder / Children get older / I’m getting older, too”

Having said that, there’s another thing you’re surely wondering about…

Is Tom Brady currently in a relationship?

Well, reportedly he’s not really in headspace to do so. As per In Touch Weekly on December 11, an insider talked about his miserable state, revealing, “He’s not dating anyone and he’s feeling a little lonely and sorry for himself.”

“Gisele, meanwhile, is enjoying a holiday in Costa Rica with Joaquim and she’s got the kids, but Tom has to work and he’s feeling left out.” 

But it seems like the problem is in his own self. The insider further said how the NFL star has lost his mojo in recent days. “He’d be more popular with women if he wasn’t so awkward. They lose interest fast. He doesn’t realize he’s the problem, he’s so self-absorbed and self-pitying and not what you’d call a romantic guy.”

“A lot of people think he’d have a better chance with the ladies if he stopped feeling sorry for himself and watching what Gisele’s doing all the time.” But it’s not like Brady didn’t try!

Last year, Brady’s alleged romance with Irina Shayk made quite the news. However, till date, there’s been no official confirmation from the rumored couple. They reportedly started dating sometime in 2022. However, by October the next year, it was all over. As per PEOPLE, “Irina was very attracted to Tom. She liked dating him. It excited her. They had fun traveling to see each other. In the end, it kind of just fizzled. They both keep having obligations, and it was getting more difficult to be in the same city at the same time. Irina has nothing but great things to say about Tom.”

But, wait! It’s not over. They were spotted together again in December last year. Unfortunately, by April this year, it fizzled out again…for good.

Hopefully, Tom Brady will find his mojo soon.