Tom Brady shared that his canine, Junie, is a clone of his late canine, Lua, a pitbull combine, who died in 2023.
The retired quarterback mentioned in an announcement obtained by People that Colossal Biosciences, a biotech firm which Brady is an investor in, cloned Lua — the canine he shared together with his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen and their kids — utilizing a blood pattern collected previous to her dying.
“I really like my animals. They imply the world to me and my household,” Brady, 48, mentioned. “Just a few years in the past, I labored with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning expertise by means of a easy blood draw of our household's aged canine earlier than she handed.”
Bündchen and Brady, who divorced in 2022 after 13 years of marriage — adopted Lua throughout their marriage.
The Brazilian supermodel, 45, first introduced Lua's dying in an Instagram publish in December 2023, together with images of their household pet with the exes' kids Benjamin, 15, and Vivian, 12.
Brady has an 18-year-old son, Jack, from his earlier marriage with actress Bridget Moynahan.
“[Colossal Biosciences] gave my household a second probability with a clone of our beloved canine,” Brady mentioned, including that he's “excited how Colossal and Viagen's tech collectively can assist each households dropping their beloved pets whereas serving to to save lots of endangered species.”
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Brady and Lua starred in commercial for UGG Australia for the boys's fall assortment in 2014.
“Our little Lulu, our guardian angel is gone to heaven,” Bündchen wrote, together with photos of her children with Lua, following the pet's dying. “She's going to ceaselessly dwell in our hearts. We already miss her sooooo a lot! #unconditionallove RIPLua 💔.”
Brady additionally shared a picture of his children with Lua and wrote on the time, “We love you Lua, RIP.”
It was announced Tuesday that Colossal Biosciences, which relies in Dallas, acquired Viagen Pets and Equine, the worldwide chief and skilled in animal cloning.
Viagen notably cloned Barbra Streisand's canine Samantha, who died in 2017, and Paris Hilton's canine, Diamond Child, into two puppies after going lacking in 2022, in response to Folks.
Bündchen welcomed a child boy along with her boyfriend Joaquim Valente, in February.
