Rest assured, no billionaire feelings were hurt in making the Tom Brady roast

Tom Brady wasn’t actually mad about that Bob Kraft crack and Netflix edited out those Kardashian-related boos

By Matt Schimkowitz  |  May 8, 2024 | 12:49am
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Nothing says billionaires are funny, normal people that are in no way thin-skinned like editing boos out of an event designed to make celebrities look like good sports. Two days removed from Netflix’s so-called The Greatest Roast Of All Time, a.k.a. The Roast Of Tom Brady, the streamer and participants are already playing damage control. First up: former Roastmaster General Jeff Ross assured Rich Eisen on The Rich Eisen Show that Tom Brady wasn’t offended by a joke about New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft allegedly soliciting a sex worker at a Flordia massage parlor. Though many eagle-eyed viewers were quick to point out that Brady told Ross not to “say that shit again,” Ross said Brady was “just having fun.”

During his set, Ross joked that on Brady’s first day with the Patriots, Brady walked into Kraft’s office and said, “I’m the best decision your organization ever made. Would you like a massage?” The joke references a 2019 incident in which Robert Kraft was arrested in a police sting operation that showed Kraft allegedly paying employees of a Florida massage parlor for sex. The charges were dropped because police illegally installed a surveillance system to catch Kraft, making the evidence inadmissible, and the case was dismissed. After Ross hit the punchline to a chorus of laughs (even though the joke barely makes sense), Brady whispered into Ross’ ear, “Don’t say that shit again.”

Rest assured, Tom Brady was not mad, and neither was Kraft. “Robert Kraft is like a father figure to [Brady],” says Ross. Who wouldn’t want someone mocking their father’s sexual improprieties? Not Kraft, who Ross says “loved” the joke. Kraft and Ross had “a great talk afterward,” and the Patriots owner “was so happy” that he got “a shout-out and a salute” to the time he was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex at a massage parlor.

But the massaging was not over. Per The Hollywood Reporter, that chorus of boos Kim Kardashian received at the Roast has been edited out of the footage. The boos were quite distinct live and are apparent in videos of the broadcast, but the version that now lives on Netflix sees Kardashian walking the stage to a smattering of applause. Nothing wild, but respectable. Still, we don’t want a situation in the future where Kim Kardashian refuses to roast football players who are desperately trying to convince people that they have a very good sense of humor. That would be the nail in the coffin for comedy.

 
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