The roast of Tom Brady may have been well done, but it was a rare ‘regret’ for the former quarterback.
In 2024, the former NFL quarterback and current minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders was the subject of ‘The Roast of Tom Brady,’ streamed on Netflix. While the six-time Super Bowl champion was entertained by jokes and jabs surrounding him, some quips cut a little close to home.
On a recent episode of the ‘Impaulsive’ podcast, Brady detailed that the roast was ‘tough’ on his kids.
‘I do understand that, for my kids, it was really hard,’ he said. … ‘There are some things as a parent you (expletive) up, and you don’t realize until after, like, ugh, you know?
‘We’re not perfect parents. You’ll see as you grow up. There’s no perfect manual for it, and you gotta evaluate yourself as a parent, too, all the time.’
Brady added that his children were being ‘protective’ of their parents.
‘They’re protective, of their mom, of their dad, of everybody,’ Brady said. He added that his children asked, ”what was the point of that?” in regards to the roast.
It’s not the first time Brady has admitted that the roast has affected his family. Speaking on ‘The Pivot’ podcast in 2024, the passer said that the roast and its fallout was a ‘good lesson’ for him as a parent.
“I loved when the jokes were about me, I thought they were so fun. I didn’t like the way that it affected my kids,” Brady said on the podcast. “It’s the hardest part about – the bittersweet aspect of – when you do something that you think is one way, and then all of a sudden you realize, I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that it affected, actually, the people that I care about the most in the world.’
Brady said that he enjoyed the production as a whole despite the jabs surrounding his personal life.
‘I love laughing at myself, it felt like I was in the locker room,’ he said. ‘The harder people go at me, I’ll actually love it.’
Brady is currently a color analyst for Fox Sports in addition to owning a stake in the Raiders.