Bridget Moynahan's Friends Respond To Gisele
Bridget Moynahan has said nothing publicly about Gisele Bundchen's Vanity Fair interview, including where Gisele declared that Bridget's and Tom's son, John, is "100 percent" hers. Bridget's friends, however, are breaking their silence.
If Gisele loved Bridget's child like he was '100 percent her own,' then
she would not talk about him in the press. Discretion and respect are
not either of Gisele or Tom's virtues, as was evidenced even when the
child was still unborn and they publicly flaunted their relationship
without any discretion whatsoever."
To be fair to Gisele, I suspect she was trying to convey her commitment to her stepson.
That's admirable, but I can see where Bridget (or any woman, for that matter) would be upset to hear her ex's new spouse say these things publicly, especially given the timetable of Bridget and Tom's break-up, her pregnancy, and the start of Tom and Gisele's relationship.
What do you think: should Gisele have used a little more tact and discretion in her interview or does Bridget need to just relax?
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300 points
i feel bad for bridget. she takes care of him 100%. gisele has no buisness saying hes hers. bridget is so pretty.
I've seen this article posted evrywhere, people need relax. This so called quotes are made up by Page Six, it's probably an april fools joke.
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They were actual quotes from Gisele taken from an interview in Vanity Fair. Stop making excuses for her.
bridget hasn't said anything so we don't know how she really feels about it. giselle should really keep her comments to a minimum regarding her step son. i think saying he is loved is enough.
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EXACTLY - VERA! Bridget hasn't said a word. She is a class act unlike the other attention whore. Bridget doesn't need to "relax".
300 points
OK Maybe Gis was trying to show her love and commitment to her stepson but (as a mom) that statement was TACKY! I understand he has a mom..that is trivializing Bridget! What do you mean you understand????? No one needs you to "understand" that. Yes Bridget carried him,gave birth, and takes care of him while they are running around France etc.
totally classless comment..she should have kept her mouth shut.
I do think that Gisele should have used more tact. I think it was really hurtful of her to say that she feels John is 100% hers. Like Toya, said it would have been enough to say that he is loved or that she loved him as if he was her own. Bridget is 100% his mom and Gisele is just sleeping with his dad :).
what an awful comment from gisele. she is totally heartless to bridget. how dare she!!? I have no respect for her. not that I did before. making a living solely by being half naked is hardly respectable.
I'm not making excuses for Gisele because her comments were absolutely awful. However, I do personally know many, many people who have moved to the US from other parts of the world, and it is very difficult for any outsider to understand our language 100% in addition to not understanding our culture. Between language and culture, it is all to easy for an outside to make a major faux pas without realizing it. Her publicist never should have allowed the question to be asked or answered.
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Oh please. She knew exactly what she said. She disrespected Bridget in multiple ways which has been a pattern for her and Tom. It was NO accident. "it’s not like because somebody else delivered him, that’s not my child. I feel it is, 100 percent,” What was wrong with her English there? Even the grammar is just fine. She needs a reality check big time. She said it and she meant it.
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Bridget is definitely NOT overreacting. Gisele needs to use more tact.
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As a mother and step mother I think its one thing to think this way, its another thing to advertise this to the world, including the mother.
I feel my stepson is 100% mine in that I love him as much as my own children. I feel I have 3 kids of my womb and one not of my womb but I would never never say this to his mother or in a way it would get back to his mother.
All she needed to say was that she loved him and left it at that. It was very crass and I cant believe that someone wasnt there with her to hush her up.
Gisele could definitely have used more discretion, but I think she really was just trying to convey that she really loves the baby. I don't think it was a hit against Bridget, in bad taste to talk to the media about it yes, but I don't think she meant harm.
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Bull! She meant harm. STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR HER! UGH!!! She doesn't care who she hurts. Neither she or Tom cared during the pregnancy either as they flaunted their affair in public. She is a NARCISISST! She is an EGOMANIAC! She thinks she is God's gift and doesn't care about anyone else. Stop giving her so much credit. GISELE: HE IS NOT YOUR SON 100%!
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I read the whole Vanity Fair article and while the statement reads a bit jarringly, it looks worse out of context. I read the "100%" comment like you did, Vera, as though she was expressing her 100% commitment to the child, in the sense that she didn't love him less because he wasn't hers biologically, or wouldn't love him less should she give birth/adopt. In the article she is asked about her relationship with Bridget and responds that they have never met, BUT she "understands she is the mother..." It read to me that she was trying not to undermine Bridget while acknowledging their lack of relationship and stating her commitment to the child.
I've noticed that some moms feel more possessive of their children than others, and are very closely identified with their role as a parent (as compared to being an individual who parents a child/ren). Other divorced moms are absolutely thrilled that step-mom loves the child "as her own." It's a big deal in our society where, as women, we're still navigating what it means to be a working versus stay-at-home mother (martyr? saint? workhorse? neglectful? unsophisticated)
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i think it's nice that she loves her stepson, but the comments were too much. she should just have said she loves him or something. personally, i'd be REALLY p!ssed off if i read something like that.
she was dead wrong... i think she said it out of spite... the child is in fact 0% hers, and she has no business bringing him up while speaking to the media... never mind the fact that she is not a mother and does not realize "visiting" a child while you're in LA does not, in fact, make you his mother or equivalent thereof... i have little respect for Tom or Gisele and how they've handled this situation...
That child is Tom's child too. Gisele is Tom's wife so that makes her his stepmom. Is it wrong to say that you love your stepson like he was your own? And if those friends really don't want the baby mentionned in the media... well they did just that. I guess they are looking for a stepmom who won't love the baby like her own. Or when Bridget marries someone else, she would want that man to "NOT" love her son like his own. Bottomline, what's the big deal. She said she loves the baby, how is his privacy disrespected? Truth of the matter is when a woman loves her stepchild like her own, the birth mother is usually jealous cause she is threatened that the child wouldn't know the difference between the 2. Funny cause mostly women do that. Men actually want the stepdad to love their child like their own.
I don't understand what the big deal is. Her English isn't always the best, so it could be she was just trying to make a point that didn't translate correctly when voiced. I thought it meant she loves the kid like if he were her own--what's so bad about that? I personally think it's great that she cares so much for her stepson. She's been in his life since birth, too (NOT saying that she has the same "claims" or whatever as Bridget, but still!). Gisele rarely talks to the media about any of it, so who cares?? Goodness. If I were Bridget, I'd be happy knowing my son has a stepmother who cares about him so much.
I'm with bridget...that was cold of gisele.
1350 points
I would be furious if she said such things about my kid. losethatgirl blog
3960 points
Poor Bridget. First Big and Carrie, now this!
HA! Awesome. Chortled out loud.
135015 points
Oh my gosh!!!! Little John is SO SWEET!!
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Gisele's English is not that great, I really don't think she meant it to be offensive or a jab at Bridget. People are definitely overreacting here.
I think G meant no harm when acknowledging the love of her husband's child. I doubt B said any of this. I would feel comfort knowing that the person my "ex" married loves my child. I don't think it was tacky at all for her to say she loved him...I think everyone is making more out of this than needs to be.
They all looks as thought they're trying to move on with their respectives lives and loving this adorable little boy.
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team bridget. gisele needs to stfu about that baby.
I guess American people are so sensitive and never read between the lines. They take every word to its meaning. I mean, my dad just got remarried and I am so anxious to meet the woman. I am so scared she will be an "evil stepmother". But I guess, rather be the evil step mother according to all of you than loving the child (who is not only Bridget's son but also Tom's) like her own. But America is proud of their free speech and liberalism... as long as you can please every single head in the room.
We also love sentences that make sense.
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What are you talking about? Where are you from? Liberalism?
Once again, a sentence that makes sense, please.
Big deal he/she said "liberalism". You got the point s/he was trying to make. Don't make a big deal out of everything someone says. She didn't share precious info like the child blood type or his medical record or his bedtime hours. She just said she loved the boy like her own even if he didn't come out of her vagina. What's the bid deal with that? Everybody knows that child anyway so saying "I love him" is not an invasion of his privacy.
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How do you know who is American here? That was quite a leap. Wait until you have a child and then you might get it.
What a generalization! I've read most of the comments on this page and what most people are saying isn't that G can't love the child, that she shouldn't, or that B doesn't want her to. They are saying she needs to have a bit more respect in the way she voices that love. I'm sure all parties involved are happy the baby will be raised in a loving environment.
And what on earth does any of this have to do with free speech and liberalism?
Seems to me that Bridgette's friend is looking for some attention herself.
Let Bridgette handle her business herself. She doesn't need so-called friends to speak up for her. Her friend is making it more public, and maybe Bridgette doesn't want that.
What Gisele said was insensitive, but we all put our foot in our mouths now and then.
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Yea, being anonymous and all she was looking for alot of attention. wow
465 points
I adore Gisele and her commitment to her stepson, although her comment definitely rubbed Bridget the wrong way.
i dont think g meant any harm but seriously! how can you say this HE IS BRIDGETS CHILD and from the way i understand it he lives with her making gisele the mom on the side who has more of a title than a role
i think she is just trying to get good press but really that does not belong out in the public
Gisele always puts her foot in her mouth. She's either a doting stepmother or an inconsiderate b i t c h.
Gisele is talking in a very public way about a baby, that's not her own (even if she really feels like it), so, I don't think she have any right to go and talk about him, specially when the real mother is so privet. I don't care is she is the "stepmom", she should respect that. Why she needs to tell the world she care about him? it the husband know, is the mother of the baby know, and the baby know, so why talk about it?. In conclusion if that is not your kid, then don't make comments about him in public. Let the parents do it.
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Here, here!
1745 points
I think people are missing the point. He's a little boy and should be kept out of the media/public. His mother and father should decide what is shared with the media about their son, maybe they need to meet and discuss the matter/boundaries : )
the little boy should have never been bought up in the first place.....Gisele should have kept her mouth shut.
300 points
Team Bridget!
I understand where Giselle is coming from but with the way things were done.I'm positive that this will always make the mother/son relationship a very sacred one. Afterall, Tom left the both of them for Giselle. I'm just sayin! Boys want to protect their mommas!
Giselle would've been better off just not to discuss it too much. Especially about the baby. Silence is golden~
team bridget!
515 points
I am a stepmom and a mom. I felt her comments were tacky and she should have respectfully declined to comment on it. If anything she should have said "I have a good relationship with John, and we'll leave it at that". Don't open doors like that, not a good idea. ESPECIALLY with the timing of the whole thing.
Bridget didn't say anything, Vera, why should she need to relax? You're always taking things out of context.
Well friends talking thing worked for Jennifer Aniston why it won't work for Bridget? I agree Tom and Gisele should have been a little secrative about their relationship while she was pregnant.
600 points
Love is love ... if the boy is loved by his mother, father and stepmother, it can turn into a win-win situation for all.
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Except when the step mom wants to take over and disrespect the mother in the name of "loving a child". "100% mine" is not a win-win comment. It is ownership and territorial. Gisele needs to shut her mouth. We don't care what she thinks or feels. She needs to focus on showing her half naked body. That's the only thing she's good at.
Gisele needs to STFU. It is not her place to be talking about someone else's kid in magazines. She really actually doesnt understand that she is NOT his mother. Only his parents should be making decisions over whether they want to discuss him in the press.
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YES!!!
C. is really fucked up.
Get a life.
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According to who, genius? Oh pardon me anonymous2. Why because I have morals and values and integrity. What a brilliant comment? Did you hurt yourself with that one? Truth hurts Gisele fan.
300 points
WHAT IS UP W/ THAT LUMP ON HER NECK??
300 points
Gisele was way out of line. I'm a stepmom of one and a biomom of two. My husband's family often tries to insist that I have three kids b/c they "see M (my stepdaughter) as my daughter." I patiently remind them that she has a mother that she loves very much - even though I don't like her at all! LOL I love my stepdaughter but the fact is that she is NOT mine - not 100%, not even 50%. Someone else DID give birth to her and is raising her - therefore, she is not mine.
I honestly don’t see what the big deal is. Jack seems so happy in all the pics and videos with Gisele.I think it’s great that she loves Jack like her own son.
550 points
Bridget is gorgeous! And continues to show a lot of class in not talking about this! Which is something Gisele should abide by as well!
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Hmm, I think that children should have as many loving and adoring adults in their lives as possible, the baby is lucky to be surrounded by so much love and attention. That being said, I think Giselle just phrased that quote weird, or something. I don't even like her that much, but I think she knows her role as step mother but wanted to reiterate the fact that she loves and accepts him since she is now with his father. Other than that, I think Tom Brady is a complete and utter tool.
I dont think Gisele was tryin to be a bitch about... Leave her alone!
If the situation was reversed and Tom Brady said that about Gisele's child everyone would've been like, Awwwww, he's such a good guy!! Booo!
Get over it!!!
How childish. A "Friend" who doesn't identify themselves speaks on her behalf. What are we in High School?
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