Tom Brady reveals why brutal roast jokes didn't bother him

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Tom Brady took on one of the biggest challenges of his post-playing career in 2024. He invited comedians, celebrities and his friends to roast him in front of the world.

Brady recalled doing the show in an appearance on "The Big Podcast with Shaq," saying he wasn’t mad over the jokes that were directed at him. He said he knew what he was getting himself into and talked about doing the event three years earlier with Jeff Ross.

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Tom Brady is seen prior to the game between the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Dec. 14, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

"No, I wasn’t mad. Because I think this, like, I think like a lot of people – I like being made fun of. Because when they make fun of you, you know they’re comfortable with you," Brady told the NBA legend. "They’re comfortable with you if they make fun of you, then you know you’re really friends. I think people that never make fun of you, ‘Oh, it’s so behaved,’ man, is this real or not.

"In a locker room, all you do is make fun of people. I’ve made every joke of Gronk and Julian (Edelman) and everybody. When we did that in the roast, it’s funny because you know all those guys who are doing that are your brothers."

Tom Brady attends Netflix Is A Joke Fest's "The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady" at The Kia Forum on May 5, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Frazer Harrison/WireImage)

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While the NFL legend wasn’t mad about any of the jokes, he did