Tom Brady wasn’t safe from ridicule on “Saturday Night Live” this week. During a cold open called “What Still Works,” a character played by Kate McKinnon interviews guests on a quest to find out what parts of the country are still functioning properly.
She rules out government, the stock market, social media and the coronavirus vaccine rollout (via an appearance by O.J. Simpson) before calling the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, played by John Krasinksi, to the stage.
She immediately tries to set up Brady as the antidote to the rest of her guests. He’s in his 10th Super Bowl despite being 43-years-old. He joined a Buccaneers franchise that has historically struggled and its fortunes changed. He’s expected to win — and he wins. Tom Brady still works.
Brady admits to McKinnon that, despite all this, few people root for him. And she says she’d be rooting for Brady because he’s “the only damn thing this country can still rely on.”
But, of course, there’s a hitch.
“And it’s not like you’re a weird Trump guy or anything, right?” McKinnon asks.
“Thanks for having me,” Krasinski says before bolting.
You can watch the bit at 6:21 in the video below.
Oof.
Brady’s relationship with Trump took center stage in 2015 when he was spotted with a “Make America Great Again” hat in his locker. When asked if Brady hoped Trump would be president, he showed support for Trump in his election against Hillary Clinton.
“I hope so. It would be great. There would be a putting green on the White House lawn, I’m sure of that,” Brady told reporters.
Brady, however, backed away from the political discussion as Trump’s campaign gained more momentum. His wife Gisele even wrote on Instagram that she and Brady wouldn’t support Trump. Brady dodged questions about his friendship with Trump until recently when he shared more insight.
“Then the whole political aspect came, and I think I got brought into a lot of those things because it was so polarizing around the election time. It was uncomfortable for me, because you can’t — and not that I would undo a friendship — but the political support is so different than support of a friend,” Brady said in an interview with Howard Stern on SiriusXM in April 2020.
