Gisele Bündchen and her jiu-jitsu instructor, Joaquim Valente, first sparked romance rumors in November 2022, when they were spotted strolling along the beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, on Costa Rica’s coast. Two weeks earlier, her divorce from Tom Brady, 46, had been finalized. “It all happened so quickly — Tom was out and Joaquim was in — and some wondered if Gisele and Joaquim were involved while she was still married to Tom,” says a source. “In other words, did Gisele cheat?”
The answer is no, insists the supermodel, 43, who is finally setting the record straight about her relationship with Joaquim, 34. The cheating rumors were “a lie,” says Gisele. “This is something that happens to a lot of women who get blamed when they have the courage to…
