Tom Brady: ‘I’ve never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that’

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Tom Brady didn’t get to play with the Patriots this past Sunday, because of his Deflategate suspension. But he’ll be back, and when he comes back, he still wants to be the Golden Boy. He still wants everyone to like him and aspire to be him. Which is why he was particularly talkative while promoting one of his advertising contracts, this one with UGGs. He did interviews on behalf of UGG’s Do Nothing campaign this week. Considering the bad-to-surly press that has happened around Brady in the past 18 months, it’s no wonder that he’s trying to pivot the conversation. This is honestly the most open he’s ever been about his family, his marriage, his downtime. It’s interesting. Some assorted quotes:

He’s spent his summer break traveling: “I feel like people are always coming to see us, especially when I’m in Boston for really seven months of the year. My wife travels to Brazil a lot. We spend a lot of time in Costa Rica. By the time summer’s over, it’s nice to get back to Boston and quit living out of suitcase, especially when you have kids—because the packing and unpacking gets to just be so much.”

Spending time with his kids: “I’ve had time to bring them to school and pick them up from school, put them to bed and read books. Everyone says, ‘It goes so fast! It goes so fast!’ And it does go so fast, and you enjoy these different moments that they have, because, you know—it’s only once that they get a chance to have their first day of school. To pick them up on their first day of school is so fun. Those are memories I’ll have for the rest of my life, and hopefully they’ll have them, too.”

Whether he & Gisele will have more kids: “It’s usually up to your wife, isn’t it? It’s kind of up to [her]. I never rule anything out.”

Daddy’s little girl: “I let my daughter do basically anything she wants, which is a little bit of a problem in the house. The boys I’m definitely tougher on, but it’s so hard with a little 3-year-old girl who just looks at you and smiles and she knows exactly what to say to get her dad to do exactly what she wants.”

Keeping the marriage spark alive: “It’s always evolving in relationships. Everyone who’s been married or been together for long periods of time, you grow and you find different ways to grow together. And I think it’s just always being conscious of what both people are looking for in a relationship, and fulfilling each other’s needs and supporting each other, and growing and loving each other in different ways. I think those things always evolve and change over time. Going on that journey together is an exciting part of life. You get to love people in different ways as you go through life. It changes when you’re 25 and 35 and 45. I see my parents now, who are great role models—they’re in their 70s. It’s a very cool thing to see.”

What Gisele thinks of his Bieber hair: “She’s never really said much about that. She’s never had too strong opinions one way or another. She likes it whatever it is.”

He doesn’t get why his hair changes make headlines: “There are a lot of things that get covered these days that sometimes I shake my head at. A lot of men don’t change their hair very much. A lot of men just do one thing and that’s what it is. And I’ve always felt like you can always cut your hair off. Who cares? Try different styles or whatever. Women get to do a lot of different things with their hair. Men, you can do a lot of different things. And a lot of different guys have different styles, too.”

His diet: “Do you need to eat a cheeseburger every day to realize that you love a cheeseburger? Or could you eat it once a week … or once every two weeks … or once a month … or once every two months?” Tom Brady has learned that he doesn’t love strawberries or coffee by never having tried either at all, a commitment no mortal man could ever conceive of pulling off. “I’ve never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that.” Never? “Absolutely not…. I don’t believe you could be a 39-year-old quarterback in the NFL and eat cheeseburgers every day. I want to be able to do what I love to do for a long time.”

[From E! News and Vulture]

I’m sure some people will be into this. I got drawn in too, and I don’t even care about him. I thought what he said about his daughter was sweet, and I did think it was interesting to think of Brady as one of those guys who truly got married for the long haul, that he can picture himself with Gisele 30 years from now, 40 years from now. But is that who he really is? Is he the guy who is wrapped around his daughter’s little finger? Is he the guy who wants to take a decades-long journey with Gisele? Is he the guy who wants to experiment with his hair with no input from his wife? Hm.

As for never even trying strawberries… that’s odd. But then again, I’m the same way about some foods. I know I wouldn’t like them even without trying them. I can tell by the smell.

Photos courtesy of Getty, Fame/Flynet.

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  1. HH says:

    Didn’t read the interview. I’m on google search for more photos of this guy. He’s one of those people that *should* be cute, but he has the most distracting haircuts. BRB.

    ETA: OK, I’m back. His track record on haircuts is not that much better than the small sampling of photos above. It’s not only a damn shame, but incredibly confusing for a grown man with so much money. Also, read the excerpts from article. Seems like a nice guy.

    • Santia says:

      All of his features make it seem like he should be cute, right? But there’s a Frankenstein vibe going on that makes him unattractive. He’s like a good looking Lurch …

    • Ji-yun says:

      I’ve read that he’s starting to bald so works his haircuts and styles around hiding the bits that are thinning.

    • Lahdidahbaby says:

      I think his new hairstyle is AWFUL! Looks like an adolescent Frankenstein meets a teenage Tom Cruise. I used to think he was hot, but not now.

  2. Zuzus Girl says:

    Geebus. Does he cut that hair with a bowl on his head? I have no real opion of either of them except they generally irk me.

  3. minx says:

    Zzzzzzzzz

  4. Georgia says:

    I wanna eat strawberries out of his chin dimple but whatever….

  5. Tiffany says:

    The way he talks about food and diet, he must be a barrel of fun at dinner parties. Yeesh.

    • SM says:

      Haha. That’s my thought exactly. I just tried to imagine a dinner party at his house. Must be dreadful. And just seeing how people talk about food and the approach to diets these days l I sometimes feel like in about twenty years from now we will be watching people eating burgers and fries and diary and drinking coffee as we watch people constantly smoke and drink alcohol thoughout the day like say on Mad Men – as something exotic and yet very unhealthy thing

    • Guesto says:

      @Tiffany & SM – my thoughts exactly. There’s something so drearily dull and joyless about him.

    • crtb says:

      I really dont understand the statement about strawberries. He sounds like the kids in my kindergarten class. No liking food you have never tasted. I am Sam I am . I do not like green eggs and ham.

  6. Cinderella says:

    Tom Brady or Tom Cruise? I wasn’t sure who I was looking at.

    • Lalu says:

      Oh thank you! I was trying to figure out why those pics of him made me so uneasy. It’s like Tom Cruise in an Austin Powers movie.
      This guy is so weird. I feel like I should find him attractive, but I just don’t.

    • doofus says:

      “It’s like Tom Cruise in an Austin Powers movie.”

      DYING.

      and I agree with the “I should find him attractive” bit. it’s funny, both he and his wife have the “two-face” from Seinfeld thing going on. some pics I see and it’s like “DAYUM what a good-looking couple” and other times it’s like “GAH! Lurch and the Bride of Frankenstein” both have good and bad angles, I guess.

    • Coffeepot says:

      He looks like Dirk Diggler

    • KiddVicious says:

      A Tom Cruise – Kevin Bacon mash up.

    • LizLemonGotMarried says:

      I honestly READ it as Tom Cruise to start, and then when I realized it was Tom Brady, had to click the link to say, WTF am I looking at?

    • jinglebellsmell says:

      AUstin Powers on steroids

  7. OSTONE says:

    Few pointers:

    I think Brady as a QB is gifted and incredibly smart and dedicated. He is truly talented.
    When and if I have kids, I will be equally tough and lenient on either gender. My family is extremely sexist. My male cousins “live together” with their significant others without getting shamed, they are given contraception at an early age because “they have needs”. And the females in the family must have curfews, cannot wear certain stuff, cannot move in with a dude without being married. I will not perpetuate sexism in my house!
    Strawberries are awesome. Especially in daiquiris with rum.

    • AgeofBellendia says:

      Ostone – I feel for you – I was brought up by a woman-hating man who constantly patronized me and my Mom – despite the fact we were far more successful and accomplished than him or my brother. I too was made to feel ‘less’ because I’m a woman. Idiots. High five to you, sister xxxx (and yes, strawberries are the greatest :D)

    • Miss Jupitero says:

      I was brought up in an extremely sexist household, and it took me years to repair the damage.

      Here’s a doozy: girls do not need to learn about finances because they will of course marry husbands who will take care of everything for them. Boys on the other hand should start investing when they are eight….

      • Scal says:

        I do finance as part of my job. I once had a male grad student come into my office and after my spiel about his grant spending and also a helpful talk about retirement planning say “for a woman you sure know a lot about numbers.”

        This was less than a year ago. I found out later he went to a southern baptist college and most likely had been taught that all his life-but at the time I still snapped at him to get out of my office while pointing at the door. My dad had me doing the family taxes at 12. Learning how to pay bills and handle money with my first job at 15. Investing to. And his reasoning was ‘you can’t depend on anyone else to do this for you.’ It was a great life lesson I intend to pass on to kids of either gender.

  8. Miss Jupitero says:

    Sorry, what is wrong with strawberries?

    I have heard about people avoiding eggplant and tomatoes because they are “nightshades,” but strawberries are definitely not on that list (and the science around this food fad is pretty much debunked).

    http://foodcoachnyc.com/blog/nutrition/why-you-should-eat-tomatoes-even-if-gisele-tom-dont/

    • Bridget says:

      I think he doesn’t like them. I actually agree there – I don’t even like the smell of them. Too sweet.

    • Wren says:

      Nothing is wrong with strawberries. He just said he hasn’t and doesn’t want to eat them. He sounds like a classic picky eater (like me) and the idea of trying novel foods is pretty foreign. He was likely never served strawberries as a kid, and not being an adventurous eater wouldn’t have sought them out. It’s not about if strawberries are good or bad, it’s just that he doesn’t care about them.

      Everyone bags on his diet but it sounds quite reasonable to me. Especially if he isn’t interested in exotic foods or a wide variety of cuisine. I’m not. I like what I like and I’m very happy and fulfilled sticking to that. He probably is too.

      • paranormalgirl says:

        I don’t know that I’d consider strawberries to be a “novel” food. But there are foods I irrationally dislike even though I have never eaten them (octopus, papaya), so I get it.

      • Wren says:

        Anything you’ve never had before, or had an extremely limited exposure to, is a novel food. It’s a term used on an individual basis, irrespective of how common or uncommon the food is. He’s never had them, so they would be a novel food to him.

      • graymatters says:

        I can’t stand brussel sprouts, but I love papaya. Octopus (and squid) usually taste like rubber bands. So it’s all about the sauce.

        I think their diet is sufficiently varied, and I really admire the discipline to eat and exercise the way they do. I suspect it gets easier with time, but I struggle to stick to a diet past lunch.

      • Kelly says:

        I don’t think people care about his diet, but to drone endlessly about what you will and won’t eat is both boring and elitist. Enough with it little man.

    • ChocoChipDstryr says:

      I hate strawberries: the weird taste, the seeds on the outside, and the smell is awful.

    • MoochieMom says:

      They are hit and miss here. Either really good or eww we wasted $2.50 on this pint of crap.

    • tealily says:

      Yeah, he made it sound like they are in the same class of food as cheeseburgers, i.e. junk food. In fact, they are low in calories and very high in vitamin C… but whatever, dude. Enjoy not eating those cheeseburgers you love so much, I guess.

  9. Hannah says:

    What a phony.

    • rays kirt says:

      The only thing I can understand not trying is Giselle. Another phony.

    • Snappyfish says:

      Thank you! My thoughts exactly. Oh & if you follow him back to his Michigan days, he was a douchebag. Why should one believe he is a long haul guy when his relationship with Bridget/Gisele has some overlap & a child on the way. I believe their relationship is what Gisele wants it to be.

  10. rays kirt says:

    This made news? And, yet, oddly intrigued. I can understand never trying coffee since that is usually something you only venture upon as a teen or adult (unless you’re me, 8 years old, unsupervised at a wedding and sneaks in a good 7 cups, loading it with sugar like the adults, and subsequently losing your mind). Anyway, the smell might have turned him off and he was old enough to make the decision to avoid it. But strawberries? What kind of heathon was his mother, or father, even ? Did he not come into this world being fed against his will? Did no one shove some fruit salad in his toddler hole? Were there no picnics? Grandparents? Pies? Cakes? Ice cream? SUPERMARKETS?? LOL. This made me irrationally confused and irritated. I hate mayonnaise, I pray it ceases to exist and it was concocted by a culinary demon IMO, but I’ve tried i, albeit via force by my mother who put it in my sandwich prompting me to gag. He could’ve tried and gagged on a strawberry at least once for crying out loud.
    Sorry. PMS.

    • doofus says:

      I love this whole post – LOL!

    • ab says:

      lmao @ “This made me irrationally confused and irritated.”

      I also find myself kind of simultaneously fascinated, amused and irritated at this never-tried-a-strawberry thing. it’s not like we’re talking about lychees or dragonfruit or something “exotic.” strawberries? how do you make it 30-whatever years growing up as an average kid in america without ever having tasted a strawberry?

      • rays kirt says:

        I wonder if his parents played Strawberry Fields when he was a kid and the song repulsed his baby ears so gross by association. Maybe he saw a picture of Ringo. It’s unsolvable now, anyway, sigh. I wish I could sneak into his house and sprinkle some in his mouth when he’s sleeping then wake him up and yell YOU TRIED IT NOW BEYOTCH BRADY, and run, naturally. Get caught, but worth it, no?
        As an aside, I’m only sticking on the topic because it is hilarious how far a strawberry debate will carry on lol. Some posters are actually getting genuinely upset that we’re judging this Tom Cruise 2.0 for his condemnation of a great, superior fruit lolol…actually, I dgaf what this brat digests. I’m not his plumber.

      • ab says:

        haha. it really isn’t the end of the world, it’s just weird, right? that said my strawberry shortcake-loving 80s kid self is highly disappointed in him!

      • Egla says:

        Had my first strawberry at 26. It’s a long story but I also had my first banana at 15. Exotic fruits just didn’t enter in my country. Well strawberries yes they did exist but not where I lived in the city. I saw them in movies and I wanted to try but it took me years to learn that they actually were pretty common in some gardens. I can’t really explain it here but people were forbidden to have private gardens and cultivate much vegetables or to keep domestic animals like chickens or cows or sheep (communism anyone) . So even if someone had something extra to eat nobody would offer that to you for fear of being exposed. I hate pineapple sooo much. The taste and smell makes me gag. I tried it once and even before eating it I KNEW I hated it. But I have a long list like that of foods I really really hate even by just looking at them.

      • Danielle says:

        It seems odd. I’m Brady’so age, and I greatly up in a family not far over the poverty line, very meat and potatoes people. But I freaking tried strawberries!

    • Wren says:

      Maybe his parents weren’t big on fruit in general. It’s possible. Maybe they didn’t force the issue and gave in if he didn’t want to eat something. You can argue for days about whether that’s right or wrong but nevertheless parents do it.

      He may have been fed strawberries as a toddler and doesn’t remember it. My mom claims she fed me several things I have no recollection of eating, and if asked I’ll say I’ve never had. He doesn’t strike me as the imaginative sort. If he doesn’t remember something he’s not going to extrapolate the possibility of it happening. It may seem strange to you but it seems perfectly reasonable to me.

    • paranormalgirl says:

      And I think mayo should be its own food group. LOL

    • I Choose Me says:

      Welcome rays skirt. Whether longtime lurker or new comer your post was hilarious and I hope you stick around.

      • Rayya kirt says:

        Thanks and much appreciated @I CHOOSE ME. I’ve actually been around and posted under a similar name, only changed it a slight bit for fun. I enjoy the site and posts, cracks me up, as well.
        And I CHOOSE YOU, too lol.
        Just think how Tom Brady and his abnormal repulsion for some innocent strawberries made us all become closer. I forgive his choice of what air his teammates balls should have. To me, he is a hero.

  11. naomipaige says:

    This guy is so friggen annoying, and he comes off as super boring! YAWN!

  12. Lyka says:

    Ah man, the no strawberries thing cracked me up. It’s so Charlie from It’s Always Sunny.

  13. Tiffany27 says:

    That’s how I feel about cottage cheese. Never had it in my life, but I know, I just KNOW I don’t like it.

  14. Jwoolman says:

    He probably never had them when he was a kid and just isn’t very adventurous about food as an adult. The seeds might put him off also if he’s never tried one, he might think they’re hard to eat like raspberries.

    I can’t complain since there is no way I’m willing to try a lot of things in the seafood category, even if I weren’t vegetarian. I don’t mind trying new fruits and veg and grains and beans. But I was never willing to try clams or lobsters or those poor little octopi… Or shrimp or fish in general or …. Organ meats also always disgusted me, even though my mother and the cat loved them dearly. I always wanted my meat to look as little like it once belonged to somebody as possible and preferably very well charred. So I’m ok if Tom Brady has strawberrophobia.

    • Timbuktu says:

      How do you not try strawberries as a kid when you grow up in America??? They aren’t rare or exotic or that expensive, they turn up at most parties where fruit is served, they are often used to top deserts in restaurants, they are added to milkshakes…
      I don’t know, I find your reluctance to try seafood more logical than his reluctance to try strawberries.

      • perplexed says:

        Unless he doesn’t like the physical look of strawberries, I don’t get it either.

        An oyster looks icky. I’m not sure if strawberries incite the same reaction.

      • Wren says:

        Easily. Yes they’re super common but not everyone loves them. If his parents were meh on strawberries or even fruit in general it’s not unreasonable to suppose they never served them. My grandmother hated mushrooms (a common food many people love) so my mother had never even had a sniff of a mushroom until she was an adult. He sounds like a very cautious eater, so I don’t doubt he has little desire to try novel foods. I certainly don’t, so I feel him there.

      • Bridget says:

        Easy! They smell terrible, all sickly sweet (in my opinion). I totally avoid them as well, to the point where I didn’t even want to try them as a kid and may not have.

      • perplexed says:

        But wouldn’t his parents have made him try it when he was 3 against his will? I guess I’ve seen too many little-kids-sucking-on-lemons videos on Youtube — where all of my knowledge about parenting comes from.

        I wasn’t confused by the coffee thing, but this is somewhat fascinating? I’m not arguing he SHOULD have tried strawberries at some point; just find it interesting he made it 40 years without trying a strawberry even by accident.

      • Bridget says:

        But why make a kid eat something they really don’t want, especially if they eat plenty of other fruits and veggies? There’s not some requirement in the parenting handbook, and certain fruits have really strong smells that can turn people off from even trying them – strawberries, kiwis, bananas.

      • Wren says:

        My parents never forced me to eat foods I adamantly refused, but they didn’t just let me eat whatever I wanted either. They figured out how to deal with it in a healthy way, but many parents don’t. My husband’s little brother was fed almost exclusively on grilled cheese and waffles for several years as a young child because his parents didn’t want to fight him or find a workaround, a fact that my husband is still bitter about, since he had to eat broccoli and chicken while his brother got a special meal made for him almost every night.

      • paranormalgirl says:

        I was raised by nuns in Ireland. I didn’t have a lot of choices.

    • Wren says:

      I’m a picky eater and always have been. There’s certain common foods I’ve never tried that many people love and think I’m totally “missing out” on. I can tell by the smell or the appearance of the texture that I won’t like it. I don’t talk about it much, unless someone asks, and it sounds like he was asked. So I can’t hate on him for the strawberry thing.

      • Bridget says:

        Me too. I wonder if its a sensory thing, though I’m also trying to be better about it as an adult.

        And folks’ reaction here is why I try not to say anything.

      • rays kirt says:

        In my family, there was always some creepy, overly pushy relative that shoved some fruit or pastry in my little kid mouth simultaneously saying,”try this, so delicious!!” as it was already in my mouth. At some point, it was a strawberry “try it! how fresh!” or some sort of strawberry filled pastry etc ..”try it, so yummy!” …so I escaped no food in my lifetime. So, to me, it’s odd.
        Then again, my family’s idea of boundaries was calling out once before they barge in on you while you’re in the bathroom. One learns to love locks like a dear pet.

      • Wren says:

        I never say anything unless directly asked. Sometimes I will barely even eat anything if there’s nothing I can politely choose. I learned long ago that even quietly picking things out of your food will garner all kinds of unpleasant attention. Well, it’s either this, eating nothing, or me gagging at the table, which do you prefer?

        Going hungry at other people’s houses was just reality for me as a kid, especially if the adults in charge adopted the mentality of “if you get hungry enough you’ll eat it” because “you’re just being spoiled”. Nope. I’ll just throw it up, if I can even swallow it in the first place, because my body rejects things and it’s beyond my control. Do you really think I enjoy living like this?

      • Bridget says:

        Wren
        1) I know EXACTLY what you mean
        2) that actually sounds like a sensory issue (which I’ve only learned about since I have a kid on the autism spectrum). Certain textures can trigger it, and people really don’t get that it’s a big deal to try something, especially when forced. So basically, it’s not just being willfully picky.

      • Wren says:

        Yup, I’m a supertaster with sensory issues. So both flavor and texture can turn me off of food. It sucks and very few people understand or relate, but you learn to deal with it. In ye olde caveman days I’d be the one to steer the tribe away from the deathberries or spoiled meat, but nowadays it’s quite the unnecessary trait.

        It’s much easier as an adult, though, because I understand what the problem is now. As a kid I didn’t get why I couldn’t eat or didn’t want to eat things, and thus couldn’t offer an explanation when adults got frustrated with my limited food choices. And now I can also decline meal invitations, or eat ahead of time, or leave early, or any number of things to avoid awkward social interactions with food.

      • Poisonous Lookalike says:

        Yeah, this. I have a very short list of foods I can’t tolerate, but I’m absolutely firm on them. I took it as a sign from above that when I tried to slip the dogs my lima beans, they wouldn’t touch ’em either…

        I can’t slag someone who has no desire to eat strawberries, cuz that means more for me to put in my strawberry-rhubarb crumble.

        @rays kirt: My family did the same thing re: the bathroom (only one in the house). Alas, the lock had a mind of its own and couldn’t be relied on to keep others out.

      • Bridget says:

        @wren: YES to all of that! And one of the nice things for me is that now that I’m an adult and can identify what’s going on, I’ve been able to sort of ‘will’ myself to be more open. Don’t get me wrong, it’s really hard, but I’ve found that when my mindset is more positive and I’m relaxed about trying something new, the gag reflex isn’t nearly as bad. My mom is ASTOUNDED sometimes to see me eat new things now.

      • Wren says:

        @Bridget, I’ve found that I can will myself to be more open to new foods now too. I’ve discovered some delightful foods that I never thought I’d like, even some things too adventurous for my parents.

        Maybe because the fear is gone. As a kid, I used to get quite anxious about eating anywhere but home because I’d never know if I could eat anything offered, who would be offended over it, or wtf might be in a mystery food. Nobody ever wanted to tell me ingredients, or even what a new food was called. If I asked, I only got, “try it, you’ll like it”. So frustrating. Basically anything involving being served other people’s food was fraught with problems.

        But as an adult I’m not afraid anymore. I have knowledge, experience, and coping mechanisms to handle my limitations. It still sucks sometimes though, I’d love to be able to eat anything and enjoy it, but that’s not my lot in life. I’m sure I sound like a boring stick talking about food just like Tom.

      • Rayya kirt says:

        Actually, Wren, humor aside, my son is extremely picky. He’s tried pretty much most things, however, he has aspergers so he is also very sensitive to texture and such. Always been such a concern and struggle feeding him. Even now at 13.

  15. Jess says:

    I thought he was Tom Cruise! I just can’t bring myself to like him, but I don’t really know why? That mattress commercial he does make me cringe.

    • doofus says:

      that is a TERRIBLE ad. it’s like they tried to be a bit campy and came off as taking the whole thing so seriously.

      camp only works when the actor KNOWS it’s camp and plays it as such.

  16. LannisterForever says:

    Wow, I actually have the same thing – I’ve never tried strawberries, wild strawberries or raspberries because in some weird way I just know I’d hate them. I think it’s my dislike of the (few) berry-flavored candies I’ve tried that makes it impossible for me.

    People alway think I’m crazy but the idea of eating red berries makes me sick.

    • Timbuktu says:

      And your Mom never fed them to you as a baby? Or do you just not remember that and you mean that you never willfully tried them?

      • Bridget says:

        Strawberries, as a food that’s a really common allergen, aren’t usually fed to babies anymore. Not to mention, if someone can’t remember trying them, shouldn’t that be sufficient? Do we need to go to our parents and verify everything?

      • Timbuktu says:

        @Bridget,
        I have 2 babies, so I’m aware, but it’s really not that common. 90% of all allergies are caused by roughly 8 foods, and strawberries are not on that list, and neither are any fruit and veggies.
        There’s also a new line of thinking that says that if you wait too long to expose your child to a variety of foods, it causes more allergies, not less. And back when Tom was a baby, I’m not entirely sure people were as concerned with allergies to begin with as they are today.
        I do not recall asking for parent verification. I asked for a clarification: did you not eat them, or do you not remember eating them? I did not know it was not allowed.

      • Bridget says:

        You said it directly below. By asking about whether or not he ate it as a baby, you’re implying that he should verify with his parents before he makes a statement like “I’ve never eaten a strawberry”

  17. Timbuktu says:

    Ok, I get that he doesn’t eat them now, because he’s watching his sugar intake or whatever. I actually even “get” that he might dislike eating them (my husband hates the texture). But how did he not even try strawberries as a kid? As a baby, even? Pureed? I feel like it’s one of those foods that you’d probably get to try before you’re really articulate enough to explain that you don’t want to. And it is highly recommended that you offer the same food for your baby multiple times, you don’t just go “oh, he didn’t like squash at 7 months, well, I guess he never will”.

  18. doofus says:

    “But is that who he really is? Is he the guy who is wrapped around his daughter’s little finger? Is he the guy who wants to take a decades-long journey with Gisele? Is he the guy who wants to experiment with his hair with no input from his wife?”

    actually, I buy this version. sure, I find him to be arrogant and entitled on the field, but off the field?…I think he’s probably basic/standard as all hell. so, yeah, this sounds right.

    • Rayya kirt says:

      Lol, Doof, who knows? Maybe we’ll never really know the guy behind the hair. Maybe he’s not someone we should explore.
      Or, maybe he just a guy who plays football, thinks some balls have a bit too much air, likes models and hates strawberries, has a picture of Risky Business taped on his mirror when he’s getting his face and hair made up. And loves his cute daughter cause she doesn’t drink coffee, either, and really is adorable.
      Maybe he’s that guy. That’s the way he became a Brady guy.

  19. perplexed says:

    His parents never gave him strawberries when he was, like, 5?

    • Lady D says:

      I’m perplexed also. It just doesn’t seem fathomable that you could live in the States and travel the world, and never try a strawberry. Just can’t wrap my head around it. It’s a strawberry.

    • Rayya kirt says:

      Well…they didn’t really enforce vocabulary skills, either, so…maybe just a household of lotsa stuff missing

  20. Micki says:

    I feel so accomplished : I manage to drink my champagne without nubbing on strawberries either. On the other hand I binge on eggplants.

    ” Is he the guy who wants to experiment with his hair with no input from his wife? Hm.”…..
    I honestly don’t get that. I experiment with my hair without any input from my husband. Don’t ask for it either. He’s got his hair to experiment with.

  21. mellie says:

    These two and their food….but, I guess if that’s what it takes to look good it’s apparently working for them!

  22. O_o_odesa says:

    Dude wants a cheeseburger so bad!

  23. TheOtherViv says:

    Does he live in a 70s spy movie? His look confuses the hell out of me. If this means he wears UGGs with this I will just be speechless.

    • rays kirt says:

      Haha bwahaaaaa he totally looks like a 70s spy, albeit like one from one of those cheesy 70s movies where the sound is slightly off from his speech so his words don’t match (kung fu looking), the music is part static, and there is basically only running and cornering bad guys in alleys next to dumpsters while saying crap like, “There’s nowhere left to go, Griff, it’s over.”
      Jesus, I need a life. Home sick today.

      • Poisonous Lookalike says:

        Hope you’re feeling better soon. Your hilarious posts are giving me life today, for what that’s worth!

  24. pk says:

    To each their own…I think they are a great couple and seem very family oriented.

  25. AH says:

    He and Gisele seem so vain and vapid. They are in love with themselves and their own reflections and are as deep as a puddle.

  26. NeoCleo says:

    Dumb, dumb, dumb.

    (edited for clarity) dumb.

  27. Sam says:

    I think its freaking weird to just never try something, especially something that is so common. To say you’ve never tried… coconut curry for example, and having no desire, I could understand somewhat. Maybe it’s not around often enough to even matter. But freaking STRAWBERRIES?? You can’t go to the grocery store without seeing it. It just gives him an even more caveman feel to me. “Me Tom. Tom like football. Tom no eat strawberry.” And it’s like you take a room full of attractive guys, pick out the least attractive feature of the group and you have him. He should be attractive, but he’s a mr. potato head smash up of what SHOULD be attractive but isn’t. It’s weird. I get a real Kronk from Emperors New Groove vibe from him, minus the endearing qualities.

    • Bridget says:

      Okay, they I’m weird. I’ve always thought they were disgusting and don’t in my life remember trying them. If a kid eats other fruits and veggies, why force them to eat something they don’t want just for the sake of making them eat something?

  28. QueenEllisabet says:

    how do you claim you don’t like coffee or strawberries by not having tried them? what kind of dumb statement is that? It’s like a child’s answer. Idiot

  29. Neo says:

    Strawberries are awesome and his hair is dumb.

  30. nicegirl says:

    I am so surprised to hear he has never eaten a strawberry! Not even in childhood? wowza

  31. Heather says:

    I love him and Gis and their sweet family and just ADORE what he said about his daughter. So sweet!!!!

  32. AnotherDirtyMartini says:

    I’m just can’t get over the title 😂😂😂 – he’s so strange. And boring.

  33. Runcmc says:

    Um… wasn’t he married before meeting Gisele? I feel like he left his pregnant or recently-gave-birth wife for Gisele, which is why his older two boys are so close in age. Or does he want us to forget that?

    • lilacflowers says:

      He was never married before Giselle. He broke up with Bridget Monahan, reconciled very briefly for about a week, two weeks tops, and she got pregnant during that time, broke up before she herself knew she was pregnant, started dating Giselle when Bridget announced she was pregnant. So, no, he doesn’t want you to forget something that never happened.

  34. elle says:

    The headline is so weird. I was expecting to read the story to find that “strawberry” was a euphemism for p*ssy or something.

  35. Barbara says:

    Wow, I am stunned how slow he comes across in that article. And I don’t trust a man that won’t eat a strawberry.

  36. Lyla says:

    Didn’t he grow up in California? I have no idea how he avoided strawberries cause they are everywhere in California during strawberry season.

    I was a picky eater as a kid, but my mom had a rule that I had to at least try something once before I decide.

  37. Red says:

    Did he just compare strawberries to cheeseburgers? That paragraph makes zero sense.

  38. tallia says:

    Must be a slow news day. I’m so bored I read this. Yawn.

  39. Willa says:

    Moron comes to mind. It just does.

  40. Amelie says:

    I’ve always been the don’t knock it til you try it so he can’t claim to not like them if he has never tasted them.

    I have a long list of foods I don’t like but I can say I at least tried them (in some case several times) before eliminating them forever: pineapple, foie gras, asparagus, brussel sprouts, green beans, beets (a lot of these are veggies and yes my taste buds haven’t evolved past a 5 year old) etc. It is a very long list so I’ll stop there. Lots of foods I “tolerate” but don’t necessarily like. I’ll eat it if I can mix it with a food I like.

    I remember claiming not liking mussels for years even though I had never tried them. Finally got brave enough a few years ago and discovered I LOVE them!

  41. Rayya kirt says:

    @POISONOUS LOOKALIKE, GREAT name btw, I can’t seem to reply to you directly , but thanks for the well wishes…feeling a bit better. Ditto lol on your posts, as well. I’m sorry for your bathroom locks not being as sturdy as mine haha. I took some measures for security that no one should have had to if their family were same lol.
    As for your strawberry rhubarb crumble, sounds delicious. Let’s send some to the Brady household for the holidays. We’ll just sign the card from: Love, Trump, eat it, your wife is hot. And he’ll do as he’s told.

  42. teacakes says:

    whoa @the amount of fan fictions in here about the start of his current relationship with his wife.

    He sounds like a crashing bore to have at a dinner party.

  43. SilverUnicorn says:

    I eat EVERYTHING. I’m so omnivorous that I need to stop myself eating sometimes, I’d eat pebbles.
    People who doesn’t eat some food by default without ever trying it seem weird to me….

  44. Veronica says:

    He looks like a cross between a Beatle and Tom Cruise with that haircut.

    Beyond that, this is probably the most likable he’s come across in an interview, so kudos Brady PR team. As for the strawberries, whatever floats your boat, dude.

  45. Juluho says:

    That’s such a strong stance to take on strawberries.

  46. Kelly says:

    This is what the cult of celebrities is all about: Tom Brady droning on about eating strawberries. Have we come that mundane and trivial that an interview centers on that?

    For a quarterback which is supposed to represent the a wonderful combination of physical perfection and strategy he is sure a delicate and special snowflake. Boh-ring.

  47. Donna says:

    For me a life without strawberries wouldn’t be worth living. I have them in my protein shake nearly every morning and it’s always been my favourite flavour. But to each their own.

  48. Erica_V says:

    First and foremost – Tom Brady could burn my house to the ground and I’d still wear his jersey & root for him on Sundays. #GOAT

    Second, I don’t think people understand how truly rare a 39 year old professional quarterback who plays at his level is. I don’t see anyone giving him any credit for the discipline he must have to eat the way he feels he must to maintain his health and physical level.