With friends like this….

If the actual mother is keeping her feelings private, the ‘friend’ should too. This is a personal family dynamic that should be turned into media fodder. 

When your a step Mom, you do "fall in love" with your step children and when they are with you, you have to love them as they are yours or they will feel neglected.  I dont agree with what Bündchen said b/c it is disrespectful to the Mother but at least she is willing to accept this child, which is a good thing. 

Remember that English is not this woman’s first language. It may be difficult for her to clearly articulate how strongly she feels for her step-son. I read the quote as saying she loves him as much as she would her own child - which is what any biological mother should hope for her child. Who wants a step-mother who would not show unconditional love to the child when he is in her presence.

While perhaps she should not talk about such things to the press, Carla makes a very good point about the fact that she did need to respond to the interviewer instead of having "no comment". That would have seemed much worse and we would be sitting in our comfy chairs, living our comfy lives, criticizing the woman for not loving her step-son enough to comment publicly about it when asked.

I still think the fact that English is a second language to Gisele is the problem here.  To me she just sounded bubbly, excited—I don’t think she meant it as a dig to Bridget.  It sounds as if she just really enjoys her stepson, and maybe her way of expressing it in English wasn’t 100% perfect, but she speaks 4 languages, so maybe something got a little "lost in translation" so to speak.

I agree; cut her a break. She may just have meant what I mean when I say my first grandson, who is not my biological grandson, is 100% mine, and always has been in my heart and mind.

She’s a beautiful, world-famous model. She’s not an astrophysicist, or even a school psychologist. She’s a young woman in love.

I echo what those ahead of me have already said — she is a newly married stepmother who, despite the fact that the press has chosen to misinterpret her words (english is not her 1st language), completely embraces her husband’s son and there are no barriers between him and her.  She also mentioned the fact that she respects that he has his own mother.  Clearly there remain some issues because the baby’s last name is Moynahan and not Brady. If I were the baby’s mother, however, I would be happy that this other woman, more than likely, will love and be kind to my son.