Tom Brady discusses 'intense amount of stress' amid divorce rumors

Some have suggested that Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has looked "miserable" throughout the 2022 NFL season amid reports that he and wife Gisele Bündchen have been experiencing marital issues to the point that they've hired divorce attorneys because the relationship may be "beyond saving." 

During Monday's edition of the "Let's Go!" SiriusXM show and podcast, broadcaster Jim Gray asked the seven-time Super Bowl champion about caring for his mental health while dealing with the stresses that come with being arguably the most famous American football player on the planet. 

"Everyone has different situations, you know, in their life and children and, you know, you worry about their mental health," Brady explained, according to Jenna Lemoncelli of the New York Post. "You worry about your parents, obviously yourself. You know, I think I’ve had to learn a lot of things over a long period of time in sports. I think there’s an intense amount of stress that we all deal with, and how do you relieve stress so that you’re not inflicting so much damage on yourself through kind of stress response?" 

Lemoncelli added that Brady hasn't yet acknowledged Bündchen during the current season of the "Let's Go!" program. Neither he nor Bündchen has yet publicly addressed the many stories about their supposed behind-the-scenes issues that first popped up in August. 

"You wake up every day trying to do the best you can do, understanding that life has its stresses and to deal with them with a great support system and understanding and having some introspectiveness in your life where you can look at yourself and say, where do I need to commit my time and energy to?" Brady continued. 

"And how can I lessen some of the stress and lessen the burden on me so that I can be good for people around me? So those are all different things that you work at. I worked at them when I was 20. There was a lot of things that I was going through when I was 20. There was a lot of things I was going through in my 30s. There’s things I’m going through in my 40s. And it’s life. And you learn to grow up and you learn to deal with life. And that’s what we’re all trying to do. We’re trying to do it the best way we can." 

The 45-year-old also spoke with New York Yankees All-Star slugger Aaron Judge for Monday's episode, and Brady may have teased that he's thinking about continuing to play through the 2023 NFL season. That could be noteworthy because it's been said problems between Brady and Bündchen are at least somewhat related to his decision to participate in the 2022 campaign after he temporarily retired this past winter. 

Brady and the 3-2 Buccaneers play at the 1-4 Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday.