Tom Brady expressed some regrets regarding his recent Netflix roast, admitting that while he enjoyed jokes aimed at himself, he was troubled by how it affected his children. Speaking on "The Pivot" podcast with Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder, the seven-time Super Bowl champion reflected on the experience.
"I loved the jokes about me," Brady said, "I thought they were fun. I didn’t like how it affected my kids. So, it’s the hardest part about doing something, realizing ‘I wouldn’t do that again’ because of the way it affected the people I care about the most in the world."
Brady, 46, a three-time NFL MVP, shares a son, Jack, 16, with Bridget Moynahan and two children, Benjamin, 14, and Vivian, 11, with his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen. Despite enjoying being the subject of jokes, Brady acknowledged the lessons learned from the experience.
"I love when people make fun of me," he said, recalling how he watched comedy shows during the Deflategate scandal in 2015 and 2016. " ... I just want to laugh, so I wanted to do the roast. ... You just don’t see the full picture all the time. So I think it’s a good lesson for me as a parent. I’m going to be a better parent as I go forward because of it."
The roast, which heavily featured jokes about Brady's split from Bündchen, prompted concern from fellow superstar athlete David Beckham, who texted Brady to check on him. Comedian Nikki Glaser, one of the performers, noted that they collectively chose not to involve Brady's children in the jokes.
“We all collectively just decided not to involve his kids too much in anything because they didn’t ask for that, so any kind of reference to anything with that we left off the table,” she said.