{"id":1704569,"date":"2022-10-20T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704569"},"modified":"2022-10-20T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:34:04","slug":"tom-brady-apologizes-for-comparing-football-to-military-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-brady-apologizes-for-comparing-football-to-military-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady Apologizes For Comparing Football To Military Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-brady-apologizes-for-comparing-football-to-military-deployment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Buccaneers star QB Tom Brady said he wanted to take a moment at the start of his press event Thursday to apologize for making a comparison of the football season to military deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tom-brady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay star<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZjpX-8_KC4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporters<\/a> that he wanted to apologize for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dear-tom-brady-football-is-not-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> earlier in the week\u00a0that he looks \u201cat like a football season like you\u2019re going away on deployment in the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we start, can I say one thing?\u201d Brady told the press. \u201cEarlier this week, I made a statement about playing football and the military, and it was a very poor choice of words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I just want to express that \u2014 to any sentiments out there that people may have taken it in a certain way, so, I apologize,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>When the seven-time Super Bowl-wining QB was asked to explain what he meant when he made the surprising comparison of football players leaving their family to prepare for weeks of play to those going off to serve their country, he said he didn\u2019t want to get into it any further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cTo be honest I don\u2019t really want to expand on it too much,\u201d Brady shared. \u201cI have a tremendous amount of gratitude for everyone who served.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, we play a game, and the military is defending our country,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s two different things, and I shouldn\u2019t have made the comparison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brady originally made the comments on his \u201cLet\u2019s Go\u201d podcast during a discussion about balancing personal life and work, amid reports that he and wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gisele-bundchen-drops-another-cryptic-hint-about-marriage-to-brady-in-reaction-to-post-about-committed-relationships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gisele Bundchen<\/a> were over after more than a decade of marriage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/tom-brady-football-season-deployment-military-amid-divorce-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI almost look at like a football season like you\u2019re going away on deployment in the military,\u201d Brady said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s like, \u2018Man, here I go again. And there\u2019s only one way to do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever you may say \u2014 \u2018Oh man, I want to make sure I spend a little more time doing this during the season\u2019 \u2014 The reality is when it comes down to it, your competitiveness takes over, and as much as you want to have this playful balance with the work balance, you\u2019re going to end up doing exactly what you\u2019ve always done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich is why you are who you are,\u201d the NFL star continued. \u201cYou\u2019re going to go, \u2018How the f*** do I get it done?\u2019 You know, \u2018What do I got to do to get it done?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>B\u00fcndchen and Brady share two kids. She previously made it clear she wanted her husband to be more present, following his announcement that he was coming out of retirement, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gisele-bundchen-breaks-silence-on-tom-bradys-return-to-football-i-would-like-him-to-be-more-present\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buccaneers star QB Tom Brady said he wanted to take a moment at the start of his press event Thursday to apologize for making a comparison of the football season to military deployment. 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