Between marriage counseling, astrology, and a “final, desperate attempt” to save their family, sources claim this was, “in no way, shape or form, a normal marital breakdown.”

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Gisele had previously been very vocal about wanting him to retire and be more "present" for their family.

At the time of Tom's break from training camp, NFL insider Ian Rapoport said that the quarterback spent the time at a private resort in the Bahamas, "making good on a mid-retirement promise" to Gisele that he would go on a family vacation in August for the first time in two decades.

Similarly, tight end coach Rick Christophel told Anderson, "You could tell that some very serious things were bothering him. He was always gracious to everyone, but his mental state was not good. He was constantly thinking of his family." A Buccaneers assistant coach also said that Tom "didn’t know what the heck was going on," and the team also "didn’t know if he was ever coming back or not."

"It was very clear that the reason for the weight loss was the stress from the personal issues he was dealing with," Arians said, adding the quarterback "looked like a cancer patient with really good hair." "He just seemed miserable, not even close to the Tom we all loved. He was so stressed."

"[Gisele] needed more time for her own career as she turned her attention to environmental issues and causes, including speaking to world leaders about climate change, which she did at the United Nations in September 2017,” the book continued. "She too often didn’t feel acknowledged in her own home."

"Football, as far as I’m concerned, is his first love. I think it’s his main love, really quite frankly," she added, saying in a subsequent confessional: "It’s about priorities. What are the priorities?"

On Oct. 6, 2022, one day after she was seen without her wedding ring for the first time, Gisele was memorably photographed with a holistic healer, who appeared to be cleansing her car with sage.