Tom Brady’s ex-wife Gisele Bundchen recalls how she ‘almost died’ during a photo shoot in Iceland

Gisele Bundchen was shooting for a fragrance company in Iceland and almost fell into the cold ocean.

Tom Brady’s ex-wife Gisele Bundchen recalls how she ‘almost died’ during a photo shoot in Iceland

Gisele Bundchen survived near death experience in Iceland (Imag via IMAGO)

Gisele Bundchen has faced several challenges in her more than 25-year modeling career, even coming close to dying once. While appearing on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, the 43-year-old revealed an incident from her early days as a rising face in the fashion industry.

There’s a segment on Fallon’s show titled “True Confessions.” Bundchen had to describe a story to host Fallon and fellow guest Wayne Bardy, and the duo had to figure out whether her statement was true or false. The Brazilian supermodel spoke about a near-death experience during a photo shoot in Iceland in the late 1990s.

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Bundchen was in the Nordic country for a session to shoot a few photos for Lanvin’s Oxygen Fragrance. They gave her a slip dress to wear while the crew members wore protective vests. As luck would have it, she almost fell off a fake iceberg created for the shoot into the cold polar water. 

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I did a photo shoot on a fake iceberg in Iceland, and I almost fell off into the ocean.
Gisele Bundchen told Jimmy Fallon and Wayne Brady.

She then asked her host for the day: What happens when a human being falls down into the water in Iceland?

I would’ve been dead in seconds.
Bundchen replied

Fortunately, she survived, and the world got to see one of the most elegant models ever to grace the floors of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Victoria’s Secret, GQ, and many more.

Gisele Bundchen on the challenges of balancing work and life while raising kids

The Independent reported that in 2015, Bundchen decided to pause her modeling career and focus her attention on raising her two kids, Benjamin (born in 2009) and Vivian (born in 2012), with her then-husband, Tom Brady. The seven-time Super Bowl winner married Bundchen in 2009 but shocked the world by announcing their divorce in 2022.

Tom Brady's ex-wife Gisele Bundchen recalls how she 'almost died' during a photo shoot in Iceland
Celebrities attend the Luz Alliance Fund Miami Gala. Featuring: Gisele Bundchen Where: Miami, Florida, United States When: 20 May 2023 (Image via IMAGO)

In a recent interview with Robin Roberts titled “IMPACT x Nightline: Gisele Bündchen: Climbing the Mountain, she revealed the hardships she had to face following her split with Brady. She asked Roberts to give her a moment to settle because it was a very sensitive subject for her. 

I think there are easier days than others, and I can only control what I do.
Bundchen

Although she and Brady have agreed to co-parent their kids, the former New England Patriots quarterback is now her past. It’s better to enjoy the present and think about the future. She is reportedly dating her Jiu Jiutsu teacher, Joaquim Valente.

Although she has time and again tried to distance herself from all the gossip, kissing Valente in a parking lot near her home in Miami more or less confirms their relationship. Both Ben and Vivian are reportedly also fond of him.

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