Movies Interesting Facts INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Three months before Tom Brady was vilified by critics as Fox Sports’ top NFL analyst, he took on comedians, former teammates and his longtime coach during a streaming comedy live event Sunday night. Had criticized his share. Netflix.
And after the one-liners and jokes we heard from Brady during three hours of “The Greatest Roast of All Time” at the Forum, it’s safe to say he’ll do well.
“It’s like a football game. You run in with a game plan, and then you get to see how the strategy plays out, and then you adjust right away, Brady said before the event. “This is what the locker room has been like for me for so many years. So it is not that I am used to the fact that people do not make fun of me.
Comedian Nikki Glaser, whose monologue was one of the funniest speeches of the night, called the roast the “Super Bowl of comedians” and described how the level of competition had increased as everyone wanted to outdo each other.
Brady maintained more offense and pressure than the average NFL game as an impressive lineup of comedians, former teammates and opponents took the stage. Host Kevin Hart said before the program that no topic was off limits, and Hart went on the offensive with jokes about Brady’s ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen.
“Gisele has given you an ultimatum. He said you should retire or our work will be done. When you get a chance to go 8-9 and it’s all going to be on your wife and your kids, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” Hart said, referring to Brady coming out of a brief retirement. For another season in 2022.
The only time Brady objected to a joke was when Jeff Ross referenced Patriots owner Robert Kraft and massages. In 2019, Kraft was charged with a misdemeanor charge that he paid for sex at a Florida massage parlor.
Brady walked over to Ross and whispered in his ear “Don’t say that again”, but it was captured on the microphone.
Later, after some persuasion from Hart, Kraft and former Patriots coach Bill Belichick took a shot on stage together.
Belichick was fired in January after 24 seasons with the Patriots, and much has been written about the friction between the six-time winning Super Bowl coach and owner over the past few years.
After joking that it was like a reunion and that “unlike many family reunions, there are some people I’m desperately trying to avoid”, Kraft praised Belichick for what the two accomplished.
“I want to say this is the greatest coach in the history of the game who did what no one else did. And Tom Brady and having him was the greatest honor God has given me,” Kraft said.
This wasn’t the first shot Belichick took. Rob Gronkowski asked Belichick and Brady to do a shot together after his monologue. Gronkowski celebrated by spinning his shot glass.
Belichick appeared at the beginning of the roast during a pre-taped segment when he told Brady that he was “starting the roast” instead of Drew Bledsoe. Brady replaced Bledsoe in 2001 when Bledsoe was injured in the Week 2 game against the Jets and led the Patriots to their first Super Bowl title that season.
Belichick said, “For all of you wondering who was responsible for the Patriots’ success when Tom and I were together – was it Tom or me – really the truth of the matter is it was both of us because of me. Were from.” Said.
At the end of the show, however, Brady had some fun at Belichick’s expense.
Brady said, “I’ve been out of the game for a minute, so I’m curious, how many Super Bowl rings have you won since I’ve been gone?” “Maybe it’s not just the guy standing on the sidelines. When I go to the Indy 500, I don’t ask the winning driver, `Hey, did you fill your car with gas?’
Hart said before the show that he thought Brady was in a very good mindset going into the event. Brady came well prepared and delivered his monologue with a group of people, including Fox Sports.
“You have to be able to laugh at yourself and I love that he’s doing that on this stage,” Hart said. “I love that he’s embracing things that some people think he runs away from. It’s a celebration of greatness and we’re doing it in a fun way.”
Bledsoe also said that Brady had a sense of humor, but it was a different phase.
“I thought he was very brave. “There’s a lot of material to make fun of,” Bledsoe said. “The truth is, when you’re a professional athlete, in the locker room we like to roast each other every day. And so, you better have a thick skin. Now, people get a chance to laugh along with it.”
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