Tom Brady, who was recently mercilessly roasted during Netflix's “The Roast of Tom Brady,” vowed to never willingly be the butt of a joke again. Comedian Nikki Glaser makes it clear.
Glaser addressed the NFL star's regrets after the roast during an interview with “Today” co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. After the star-studded roast, which affected the athlete's football career and high-profile divorce from Gisele Bündchen, Brady said he “wouldn't do that again because of the way it affected” his family.
The comedian, who Kotb and Bush Hager dubbed the roast's “winner,” said she thinks Brady “maybe didn't consider his family's reaction and how it would affect them.” She also expressed disbelief that Brady was unaware of what she was getting into, and noted that she could have prepared herself by watching footage from previous sitcoms.
“I think it's something you say after the fact,” he said. “It's impossible for me not to have considered what could have happened.”
“The Roast of Tom Brady” aired live on Netflix earlier this month and featured commentary from host Kevin Hart and panelists Will Ferrell, Jeff Ross, Rob Gronkowski, Kim Kardashian and Andrew Schulz, among others. Brady, during a Tuesday episode of “The Pivot” podcast, said he “loved” being the butt of jokes, but “didn't like the way he affected my kids.” He has three children: a 16-year-old son with actress Bridget Moynahan and two children with his ex-wife Bündchen.
“There's that bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way, and suddenly you realize, 'I wouldn't do that again because of the way it affected the people I care about most in the world.'” , he said during the podcast.
Glaser joked Wednesday that he thinks Brady couldn't handle the pressure because “no one has said anything bad to him in the last 30 years.” While the comedian said she and her fellow roasters agreed beforehand not to include Brady's kids in the mix, Glaser later added that there were no specific guidelines on what topics were off-limits.
“I had the feeling that it was a little more than I had planned. “I hadn’t planned to react,” she added. “It kind of threw him off at first… I really don't think he thought they were going to go there.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Glaser, whose new HBO special “Someday You'll Die” can be streamed on Max, spoke to Kotb and Bush Hager about the ways “The Roast of Tom Brady” has boosted his career . “I've never won anything in my life,” he said.
“It really is the culmination of many years of work to have this moment. There is nothing like this. My life has completely changed,” she said. “Now I have to dress better when I go out. “I have never been recognizable.”
Times staff writer Steve Henson contributed to this report.
