Gisele Bündchen Opened Up About Her Relationship With Her Jiu-Jitsu Instructor

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last year, has been spotted in Costa Rica several times with her jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente. Their appearances in public and on vacation have sparked dating rumors, which were quickly shot down by reps.

In a new cover interview with *—*her first post-divorce—released Wednesday, March 22, Bündchen addressed the rumors and her relationship with Valente, who runs a martial arts academy with his brothers based in Florida. “I think, at this point, unfortunately, because I’m divorced, I’m sure that they’re going to try to attach me to anything,” Bündchen said of the rumors. “I’m so grateful to know all of [the Valente brothers], because not only have they helped me and helped , but they have become great friends, and Joaquim especially,” she said. “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.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Gisele Bündchen and Valente were on a walk in Costa Rica earlier this month.

Valente accompanied Bündchen on two other trips to Costa Rica since her divorce from Brady was announced. In November 2022, just two weeks after the divorce went public, Valente joined Bündchen and her children on a trip.