Tom Brady gave an emotional shout-out to his three children during his induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame, as he said it meant “everything” to have his family there for the occasion.
Brady, a six-time Super Bowl winner with New England, was celebrated by an A-list crowd when he returned to Foxborough, but he highlighted his children during his speech.
“Your dad loves you more than anything in this world,” he told his children Jack, 16, Benjamin, 14, and Vivian, 11.
‘Your smiles eclipse the morning sun. And where I live now, there’s pretty bright sunshine,” she continued, referring to his stunning Florida home.
Brady also reflected on having his family there with him for the ceremony, saying, “Being here with my family means the world to me. Not just my parents, but now my kids. The conversations I have now with my kids are the best experiences.” that I’m having.
Tom Brady is seen with his children, Vivian, 11, Benjamin, 14, and Jack, 16 (LR)
Brady arrives on the red carpet for his induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame alongside team owner Robert Kraft (right).
‘There are a lot of things they are going through, I had a lot of those same experiences. I came to this organization when I was 23, a long way from home, and (Patriots owner Robert Kraft) told me these are some things to pay attention to, and he was a great father figure to me. ‘
Brady shares Benjamin and Vivian with his ex-wife Gisele Bundchen, while Jack’s mother is the quarterback’s ex-partner Bridget Moynahan.
Before his big night, which was attended by the likes of Dave Portnoy, Bill Burr and even Jay-Z, Brady’s kids surprised him with an emotional tribute video.
The video showed the three boys talking and showed images of their soccer achievements, as well as some family photos.
“The most important thing is that you were just a dad,” Benjamin says in the video toward the end.
“Even if you stayed in fourth place your entire career, it wouldn’t change the love our family had,” Jack adds.
Then Ben jokingly said at the end, “Don’t get any ideas when you walk by the locker room tonight.”
Music legend and Patriots fan Jon Bon Jovi was spotted on the red carpet before the event.
Brady was recently the star of a Netflix roast and later admitted that some of the (many) jokes about his relationship with ex-wife Bundchen “affected” his children.
“I loved it when the jokes were about me,” he said in The pivot. “I thought they were really funny,” she said. ‘I didn’t like the way they affected my children.
“It was the bittersweet aspect of when you’re doing something that you think is one way and then you realize I wouldn’t do it again because of the way it affected the people I care about most in the world.
“In a way, going through this makes you a better parent because sometimes you’re naïve.”
Bündchen was also said to be furious at having been relentlessly mocked.
His divorce from Gisele Bündchen after 13 years of marriage was the butt of many jokes
According PeopleBundchen was angered by jokes about her former marriage to Brady during the special, saying she was “deeply disappointed by the disrespectful portrayal of her family on the Sunday night roast show.”
“As always, (Bundchen’s) priority is supporting her children, who were affected by the irresponsible content that was aired,” the source continued.
There were a lot of jokes about her new relationship with jiu jitsu coach Joaquim Valente.
Still, Brady and his children seemed to be in good spirits Wednesday.
