​‘The Softest Middle Finger’ — Tom Brady’s Biographer Reveals How NFL Legend Took Aim at Ex-Wife Gisele BündchenTom Brady spent two decades convincing everyone that football was not just a job, but somewhere between a religion and a personality trait. According to a new biography, that devotion apparently became useful for one very subtle post-divorce jab.Lars Anderson’s upcoming book, “Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness,” claims Brady posted a photo of himself throwing a football at sunset in March 2025, roughly a month after Gisele Bündchen welcomed a child with Joaquim Valente. The caption was only two words: “True Love.”Why Tom Brady’s ‘True Love’ Post Raised EyebrowsOn its face, the post could have passed for the kind of motivational football content Brady has shared for years. Anderson argues the timing gave it another layer.According to the book, Bündchen had repeatedly used the phrase “true love” to describe Brady’s relationship with football. That made the caption stand out to people around him after she had moved on and started a new family.“As one friend described it, that was ‘the softest middle finger,’” Anderson wrote.BE THE GM OF YOUR FAVORITE TEAM:PFN’s Free NFL Mock Draft SimulatorThat is about as Tom Brady as a middle finger can get. No rant, no lengthy subtweet, no blurry Notes app screenshot fired off at 1:17 a.m. Just a sunset, a football, and two words that apparently carried far more meaning for the people who knew the history behind them.Brady and Bündchen finalized their divorce in October 2022 after 13 years of marriage. Their split, and the role football allegedly played in the relationship, has received fresh attention ahead of Anderson’s book release. One recent PFN story revisited claims about the couple’s2022 divorce and the strain Brady’s football career placed on the marriage.The relationship was always tied to Brady’s football obsession in the public imagination. His brief 2022 retirement lasted only weeks before he returned for another season, and the marriage ended later that year.BE THE GM OF YOUR FAVORITE TEAM:PFN’s Free NFL Mock Draft SimulatorNew Brady Biography Revisits the Cost of His Football ObsessionThe “True Love” post fits the larger theme Anderson is exploring.The biography, scheduled for release Sept. 29, is built around more than 350 interviews and examines how Brady’s obsessive approach to football shaped both his unprecedented career and his personal life.That does not mean Brady has publicly confirmed the post was aimed at Bündchen. People reported that representatives for both Brady and Bündchen did not immediately respond to requests for comment, so the “middle finger” interpretation remains Anderson’s reporting and the view of a friend quoted in the book.Bündchen has since married Valente, while Brady has moved further into his post-playing career as Fox’s lead NFL analyst.For someone who spent 23 NFL seas