On Sunday night, Netflix hosted The Roast of Tom Brady in which celebrities, comedians, and NFL figures got together to roast the seven-time Super Bowl champion. Throughout the night, Brady and others were hit with a barrage of jokes and seemingly no topic was truly off limits – except one, apparently.
During his section of the roast, comedian Jeff Ross told a joke about New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft, referencing his 2019 arrest on misdemeanor charges of soliciting prostitution at a massage parlor. And Brady was seemingly quite unhappy at the joke.
Ross referenced a time when Tom Brady told Robert Kraft “I’m the best decision your organization has ever made.” Ross then joked that Brady then said “Would you like a massage?”
Brady quickly went up to the podium and whispered in Ross’ ear, but the microphone picked up Brady’s words.
“Don’t say that [stuff] again,” Brady said.
“OK, OK,” Ross said, but he then pointed to Kraft in the audience and said, “He’s having fun, look at him.”
It was a pretty tense moment, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
If you're going to get offended, don't agree to the roast.
— Felt Football (@FeltFootball) May 6, 2024
It seemed pretty obvious, as nobody else went after it, that the handy was not to be mentioned. Probably the only reason Bob agreed to go
— Mike Meagher (@mikemarzy) May 6, 2024
So by saying something, now it's a story. If he ignored it, no one would be talking about it today. So he was better off just taking it.
— Greg (@xgreg315x) May 6, 2024
Someone was going to make that joke. The fact that Ross did at the top and Tom told him not to accomplishes 2 things: a) it says the quiet part out loud and b) prevents others from piling on.
— re:dacted (@the_mical) May 6, 2024
Why would anyone submit to a roast?
— Buccanole733 (@Buccanole733) May 6, 2024
Kraft is a dad to him.
— Buckeye (@Buckeye192710) May 6, 2024
There were a lot of seemingly offensive jokes told during the roast, but Brady clearly felt that crossed a line.
