Tom Brady was the subject of a comedy for the Netflix is a prank festival taking place in Los Angeles from May 2-12. The roast took place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, and was streamed live on Netflix on May 5. It is also now available to stream on the streaming app.
The aptly titled “The Greatest Roast of All Time” saw Brady getting roasted by several former NFL players like Randy Moss, Julian Edelman and Drew BledsoeHe also took on notable comedians like Nikki Glaser, Sam Jay, Jeff Ross and Andrew Schulz. Kevin Hart hosted the show.
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Most of the comedians on stage have taken aim at the controversies surrounding Brady as the infamous “Deflategate” scandalhis divorce from ex-wife Giselle Bündchen and the numerous allegations that he was unfaithful with the New England Patriots.
There have been plenty of jokes attacking his legendary career, including insults thrown at former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. Even Patriots owner Robert Kraft there was, but there was a stipulation regarding jokes that Brady had indicated before the event took place.
At the beginning, comedian and coffee roaster Jeff Ross made a joke about the moment Brady was drafted by the Patriots and he first met Kraft. He uttered Brady’s famous line, “I’m the best decision your organization has ever made,” and then ended with a joke: “Would you like a massage?”
The joke led Brady to approach Ross and tell him, “Don’t you ever say that shit again.” The joke was a reference to an incident in which Kraft was charged with a first-degree misdemeanor for soliciting prostitution at a day spa in 2019. Those charges were later dropped after it was revealed that secret cameras had been installed at the facility.
Brady had apparently banned jokes about Kraft and the situation, which is why he approached Ross in this manner. Schulz was among the voices of comedians who criticized Brady, and he revealed on his “Flagrant 2 Podcast” that Brady had made it clear that jokes about Kraft were not tolerated.
“I think it was true (Brady’s comment to Ross) because they didn’t tell us any happy ending jokes with Bob Kraft,” Schulz said, “because I had a Bob Kraft tag… Tom asked us not to do anything with the massage jokes, and I said, okay, cool.”
Schulz said the jokes were all meant to be about Brady, not Kraft, despite his presence. Generally, anyone present could be the target of a joke from the comedians, but Kraft jokes were forbidden. The incident where Brady somewhat forcefully told Ross that he was not to say anything else about Kraft was real. Regardless of the forbidden subject, the joke still went down very well and has remained at the top of the Netflix charts since its debut.
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