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Google PlayIn a new interview, Tom Brady has clarified his relationship with former president Donald Trump, who he previously said he’d known “for 16 years.”
Speaking with Variety, the quarterback suggested that his friendship with Trump had been “mischaracterized” by the press. “I haven’t talked to him in a lot of years,” said Brady, who was also asked who won their golf matches. “This was 17 or 18 years ago. I was so young. I got to go to a private golf course. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.”
Expanding on his connection to the divisive political figure, Brady stopped short of either endorsing or criticizing Trump’s politics.
“I think they just mischaracterized a lot. And my personality isn’t ever one to insult anybody. I have plenty of my own flaws. I’m not here to point out anyone else’s flaws,” he explained. “There are things that I agree with. There are things that I don’t. There are things I agree with my wife about. There are things that I don’t. I love her to death, but we don’t always see eye to eye. I don’t see eye to eye with anyone. And I’m not responsible for what other people say. I’m really responsible for what I say. So if people want to say things that I said or that I’m about, that’s up to them, and I’m not going to respond to all those things all the time either.”
Speculation regarding Brady’s political leanings got increased attention after a MAGA hat was spotted in his locker. Shortly after that incident, Brady claimed that Trump personally sent the hat to him.
This story is being updated.
