A report from Radar Online claims the reason Tom Brady won’t begin his television duties with FOX Sports until 2024 is due to his desire to launch a career in standup comedy. WFAN afternoon host Evan Roberts thought he was reading a story from sports satire site Ballsack Sports while perusing the report.
“I fact-checked this nine times, because I said ‘This can not be real’,” Roberts said. “It’s funny, I’m laughing at it, but it cannot be real. It came from a gossip site that said Tom Brady is pushing back the start of his TV career until the fall of 2024 because Tom Brady wants to begin a career in standup comedy…this is Radar Online. ‘he does a great impersonation of Rob Gronkowski, and he’s got a really over-the-top Boston accent that he can also do’.
“I’m reading this again, and it’s on Radar Online! They are a somewhat reputable gossip site. It’s not a fictious site. But it was published with him thinking he can be a standup comedian because Jane Fonda laughed at his jokes while filming 80 For Brady.”
The report from the gossip site also claims Brady’s push into standup comedy is a ploy to get his family back. Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen ended their marriage in 2022 after 13 years.
Roberts then argued that Brady’s history of appearing in movies is much different from doing standup comedy, but added he’d still like to see the seven-time Super Bowl winner make the attempt, but for the wrong reasons.
“When I kept reading it thinking ‘This can’t be true, this can’t be true’, I started thinking to myself ‘I hope it’s true’…he’s going to suck, and it’s gonna be so funny. Tom Brady trying to be funny and not be funny is gonna be the most hilarious thing in the world.”
