My mother emailed me over the weekend to tell me that Tom Brady had finally proposed to Gisele Bundchen. ESPN had reported that Brady had presented the Brazilian supermodel with an engagement ring on Christmas Eve. Why ESPN reported it is a mystery, considered Brady hasn’t taken the field since he was injured in September, and has spent the bulk of his time carrying around Gisele’s little dog instead of a football. Perhaps it was a better headline for “Dog Fancy” magazine.

"Please Don't Leave Me If I Get Pregnant."

"Please Don't Leave Me If I Get Pregnant."

Regardless, the rumor flew from one gossip site to another. According to TMZ, Brady proposed to Bundchen on a private flight from New Jersey to Boston. After she allegedly said yes, the two celebrated with champagne and four dozen white roses. Her parents, also on the flight, witnessed the blessed event.

Except the blessed event might be a complete fabrication. A few weeks ago, a rumor flew around that the freakishly-tall-and-attractive duo were planning on a March wedding in Costa Rica, but that they wouldn’t be engaged—they’d jump straight to the wedding rings instead.

A day after this latest engagement rumor broke, Tom Brady, Sr., told the “Boston Globe” that “Nobody told me. We talked to him and there’s nothing to say. It’s rumor, rumor, rumor”. In an email to the “Boston Herald”, Bundchen’s twin sister (yes, there are two of them) said that rumors are simply “not true”.

Although they may or may not be getting married soon, Gisele is certainly very much in love with the oft-injured, pine-riding quarterback. She told “GQ” magazine: “He really, genuinely doesn’t have a bad bone in his body…and I think he is a really great person”.

Perhaps all of the flashing bulbs and sun exposure have affected her brain, because she seems to have totally forgotten the circumstances under which they met and began dating in the end of 2006. At the time, Brady was in a serious relationship with another model/actress, Bridget Moynahan. As it turned out, she was pregnant with their baby when Brady bailed on the relationship in favor of dating Gisele.

Nonetheless, Tom and Gisele have been regularly seen together at events, and she probably even got to watch him play football a few times, in between his injuries. Maybe they really are engaged, and this is all just a smoke-screen. Maybe not. I just hope for Gisele’s sake that she never gets either pregnant or fat, as it will probably cause the first athletic maneuvers for Brady in months, as he back-pedals to avoid another blitz.

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