Billionaire supermodel Gisele Bündchen recently quietly married jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente, and foreign media reported that his family has expressed deep concerns about the marriage.
U.S. entertainment outlet Page Six reported on the 9th (local time) that Gisele Bündchen's family is worried about the marriage because of the vast difference in wealth. According to the report, Gisele Bündchen's family and close associates are said to be concerned that she "chose marriage without sufficient defensive strategies."
One source told the outlet that the family warned it would be a mistake for Gisele, who has assets worth millions of dollars, to marry a man who is virtually penniless. Another source said the family had encouraged cohabitation rather than marriage, but that Valente's pressure and Gisele's traditional values, combined with the fact that she has a child, seem to have led her to choose marriage.
Joaquim Valente is known as an instructor who runs a jiu-jitsu academy in Miami with his brothers and has celebrity clients, but he is not considered to match Gisele Bündchen's fame and wealth. Gisele Bündchen has been named the world's highest-earning model multiple times, and according to a celebrity asset site, she is said to own about $400 million (about Hanwha 500 billion won) in wealth.
According to the report, the two signed a prenup, but there are also criticisms that it is not the "perfect level of protection" the family had expected. One source claimed, "There is a prenup, but it contains loopholes that would allow Valente to receive financial compensation in the event of a divorce."
Gisele Bündchen and Valente welcomed a son in February last year, and in November last year they became husband and wife through a small private wedding. Valente taught jiu-jitsu to Gisele Bündchen's children and formed a relationship, which is reported to have developed from friendship into romance.
Gisele Bündchen is also known for being close to her family. She maintained a close relationship with her late father, Vlajir Bündchen, and her five sisters, and in a past interview said, "Family is my everything, and my sisters are sometimes at odds but they are my best friends." However, her mother, Vania Bündchen, passed away in January 2024 after battling cancer.
Meanwhile, Gisele Bündchen divorced NFL star Tom Brady in what was called the divorce of the century in 2022, and the two have a son, Benjamin, and a daughter, VIVIEN. Neither Gisele Bündchen nor Joaquim Valente issued a separate statement regarding this report.<
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