Tom Brady shared that his dog, Junie, is a clone of his late dog, Lua, a pitbull mix, who died in 2023.

The retired quarterback said in a statement obtained by People that Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company which Brady is an investor in, cloned Lua — the dog he shared with his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen and their children — using a blood sample collected prior to her death.

“I love my animals. They mean the world to me and my family,” Brady, 48, said. “A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family’s elderly dog before she passed.”

Bündchen and Brady, who divorced in 2022 after 13 years of marriage — adopted Lua during their marriage.

The Brazilian supermodel, 45, first announced Lua’s death in a

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