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The in-season divorce from supermodel Gisele Bündchen was “traumatizing” for Tom Brady.
That’s according to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who appeared on “First Take” Wednesday morning and was asked why Brady decided to call it a career after 23 seasons in the league.
“Just talking to people this morning, many of which are very close to Tom, I would choose one word: Exhausted. He’s tired,” Darlington said. “I think it’s not just about the 23-year career, which obviously deservedly so, he’s 45 years old. It’s time to rest up.”
One year after stunning the sports world with a retirement announcement, Brady did the same thing Wednesday, telling fans in an emotional Instagram video that it’s “for real” this time.
Darlington elaborated Wednesday how “during his most hyper-focused time,” the seven-time Super Bowl champ was also grappling with the dissolution of his 13-year marriage to Bündchen, with whom he shares son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 10.
“But we have to remember. Take the human element of this past year into consideration.
