Tom Brady posts cryptic 'lying cheating heart' message on social media

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Tom Brady posted a cryptic message on Tuesday about "a lying cheating heart" on his Instagram Stories more than a year after he and Gisele Bündchen filed for divorce.

The quote was attributed to the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The words came from a speech Ali made at the United Nations in April 1978 about South Africa and the right against apartheid.

Brady captioned the Instagram Stories post, "be proud of the man in the glass."

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Former NFL player Tom Brady on the field before the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Las Vegas Raiders at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Aug. 26, 2023. (Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports)

"The personality of a person. The ways of a person. His thoughts. His deeds. His actions. Are all based around his heart. For what is a man? A man is his heart," the post read. 

"A lying cheating heart means a lying cheating man. A loving merciful heart means a loving merciful man. A living heart means living man. A dead heart means a dead man. Regardless to a man’s title. Regardless to a man’s rank, wealth or position, if the heart is not great then he cannot be great. But if the heart is great that man remains great under all circumstances, rich or poor, large or small, for it is the heart that makes one large or small."

It is unclear what the message, which was posted days before Christmas, was exactly about. Brady and his model ex-wife filed for divorce in October 2022.

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