Patriots owner Robert Kraft opens up on Trump attending Super Bowl LIX, Tom Brady calling the game

New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft talks to Fox News Digital ahead of a Fanatics party.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, and his old friend President Donald Trump will be there too. 

Kraft gave his thoughts on Trump becoming the first sitting president to attend the big game in an interview with Fox News Digital. 

"It just shows you that maybe the NFL and the Super Bowl are important if we got the president of the United States coming as a guest," Kraft said. 

Kraft said he donated to Trump in the past during an interview on "The Breakfast Club" in October. The owner, who has an estimated $11.8 billion net worth, said he first met Trump in the 1990s.

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"Donald Trump became a social friend in the early ‘90s, when I was going down to Florida. And then when my wife … died 13 years ago, he was one of four or five people who reached out to me and was really, really nice," Kraft said.

"The only donation I ever gave to him was he called me when he got elected, and I made a strong donation to his inauguration. I couldn’t believe it. It was like having someone who was a drunk fraternity brother become president of the United States."

However, the owner said he distanced himself from Trump after the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

"I will say this," Kraft said. "I was very upset (with) what happened Jan. 6. And I haven’t talked to [Trump] since then."

The Patriots have gone to other lengths to distance themselves as a franchise from the former president as well. 

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