“Plane Start Shaking Like a Little Leaf”: Months Before Meeting Husband Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen Suffered a Daunting Experience That Triggered Her Panic Attacks

Published 09/13/2022, 11:00 AM EDT

The glamorous fashionista and the wife of Tom Brady worked her way up to the top to become the highest-earning model for two decades. The renowned Brazilian beauty, Gisele Bündchen, has been the face of many luxurious brands. And appeared on more than 1,200 magazine covers. Truly, she is the last remaining supermodel. However, all the hard work she did at the height of her career took a major toll on her mental and physical health. An incident that happened with her triggered the model and left her scarred.

The modeling industry is not just glitz and glamour. Models and the people working for it suffer a great deal to achieve success.

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She was a young model who wanted to make it big. Because of that, the catwalk beauty seldom said no to any modeling gig that came her way. Bündchen started her day with a mocha Frappuccino with whipped cream, smoked three cigarettes, and ended by downing a bottle of wine.

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Her lifestyle was unhealthy and proved to be fatal for her. Because of so much pressure, she revealed she went through horrible panic attacks. “It started all in a little plane. You know, I was in Costa Rica and I was flying a six-seater plane and the plane start shaking like a little leaf. I mean, I was like completely a sense of powerless, you know. And I’m a person who always likes to kinda have things under control. That was definitely out of control moment.”

Before meeting Tom Brady, the supermodel had to change herself

That one incident started a fear of small spaces in Gisele Bündchen’s mind. Entering subway elevators scared her. At 22, she hit rock bottom and felt compelled to change herself. At this time, she was with the movie star, Leonardo DiCaprio.

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With the help of a naturopath, she cut out dairy, alcohol, cigarettes, grains, caffeine, and sugar. The only thing she could eat was nuts, vegetables, and a small portion of lean meat. Basically, getting rid of anything unhealthy was her plan. And what else didn’t make the cut? Leo. He was gone too.

The detox was successful and clubbing that with meditation. She felt better than ever. Then, in 2006, she met the love of her life, Tom Brady.

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Written by:

Neha Joshi is an NFL writer at Essentially Sports. She is currently pursuing her postgraduate degree in English Literature from R.D National College, Mumbai and has also previously worked as a Graduate Intern at Jacobs.

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Gurjyot Singh Dadial

“Plane Start Shaking Like a Little Leaf”: Months Before Meeting Husband Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen Suffered a Daunting Experience That Triggered Her Panic Attacks

Before meeting Tom Brady, the supermodel had to change herself

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