The Best Part of the Kimmel Interview was Brady Bragging About Gisele Being the Breadwinner
I watch this and I can’t help but try to imagine what it’s like to be one of the millions of certified Tom Brady haters. How do you process that this guy is the same species as you? He looks better than he ever has. High & tight might be his best hair style ever. He’s blase’ about having six rings and the next one is still his favorite. His gear is the biggest seller in the NFL for the second straight year. Then on top of it all he just casually throws in there that the world famous icon he climbs into bed with every night is making all the money so he doesn’t have to. How is it possible that this man is a member of the genus homo sapiens?
And let’s be clear, just because Gisele is bringing home the vegan bacon does not take away from the fact he voluntarily leaves money on the table every season. Not by a damned sight. And don’t give me that horseshit about “needing” the money. Business is business. It’s not about “need.” No one asks Tom Cruise or Jay-Z what they “need” before they sign a deal. Peyton Manning was to the manor born, with wealth and a celebrity dad, was the No. 1 pick before the rookie salary cap and never once signed a contract that didn’t make him the highest paid player in the league. So Brady can be humble about it and crack all the jokes he wants, but it doesn’t make his sacrifice for the betterment of the roster around him any less selfless.
Of course not everybody feels that way:
Ah yes, the TB12 Fitness conspiracy theory. I love this one. It’s all about how Brady has his business on Patriots property and there’s a secret handshake deal between him and ownership where they funnel all the extra money to him. Like TB12 is just a front. A way to launder his ill-gotten gains. It’s his Genco Olive Oil.
Yup. They’re onto him. That’s where the six rings have come from. It’s not that he’s better and works harder and they surround him with players that are right for the best system in the game. It’s all about the financial shenanigans going on in the back room of his little fitness center.
And no other team ever thought to do it before. Or wouldn’t, because they don’t cheat the way the Patriots do. Otherwise we’d have Russell Wilson owning a FroYo place on Seahawks property and the Saints would have money in Drew Brees’ banana stand. Keep telling yourselves Brady is dishonest and not making personal sacrifices to keep winning. Because the more the rest of the league keeps believing it’s something else, the winning will never stop.
