Gisele Bundchen says she gave birth in bathtub

Gisele Bundchen says she gave birth in bathtub

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen says she gave birth to her son in a bathtub and that it didn’t hurt a bit.

The wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady tells Globo TV she wanted to be aware and calm during birth. So she decided to have her boy, Benjamin, at home Dec. 8.

The model says in the interview aired Sunday she “didn’t want to be drugged up” when she gave birth.

To prepare, she says she did a lot of yoga and meditation.

Bundchen says the boy didn’t cry after being born and rested in her lap for a long time.

Brady and Bundchen were married last February.

Benjamin is Bundchen’s first child. Brady also has a 2-year-old son, Jack, with actress Bridget Moynahan.

Brown would like daughter back on ’American Idol’

WASHINGTON — Sen.-elect Scott Brown says he’d like daughter Ayla to have another crack at “American Idol,” where judge Simon Cowell once described her performance as robotic and empty.

The fledgling recording artist, a 21-year-old student at Boston College, made it to the show’s final 16 singers in 2006.

Her father told ABC’s “This Week” that Ayla was so new to it all back then that she had never put on makeup until she did “American Idol.” He also says that Cowell’s critique, while harsh, was on target.

The Republican lawmaker says having his daughter back as a contestant would be great for the program and would show people there’s life after “American Idol.”

Ayla Brown has sung the national anthem with the Boston Pops and released three albums — including one called “Circles” that just came out.

Today’s birthdays

Actor-comedian Garrett Morris is 73. Singer Don Everly of The Everly Brothers is 73. Actor Sherman Hemsley is 72. Actress Sherilyn Fenn is 45. Singer Lisa Marie Presley is 42. Comedian Pauly Shore is 42. Drummer Patrick Wilson of Weezer is 41. Actor Michael C. Hall (“Dexter,” “Six Feet Under”) is 39. Rapper Big Boi of Outkast is 35. TV personality Lauren Conrad (“The Hills,” “Laguna Beach”) is 24.