Tom Brady opens up about emotional experience dropping son Ben off at camp

Tom Brady delivered an emotional take on fatherhood while speaking on his Let’s Go podcast on Monday.

The 45-year-old Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback is the father of Benjamin, 13, and Vivian, 10, with his ex Gisele Bündchen, and John Edward Thomas Moynahan, 15, with actress Bridget Moynahan, 51. .

Brady, who is the focal point of the upcoming comedy 80 For Brady, spoke about his Go podcast during a discussion with co-host Jim Gray and guests Roger Staubach and Steve Young about the “emotional components” that figure into his annual NFL comeback process.

The latest: Tom Brady, 45, took an emotional take on fatherhood while speaking on his Let’s Go podcast, saying “there’s nothing more important to me than my kids.” He was photographed last month in Arizona.

“I’m dropping my son off at camp, he’s 13 this year, at summer camp,” the seven-time Super Bowl winner said. “They were just kids, and they were all, no electronics, and they just had to be kids. They swam, drew and played.

Brady drew parallels between his son’s seasons in summer camp and his 23 years in the NFL.

“I was driving after the delivery and I said: ‘Damn, that’s football for me,'” he said. We all go to eat at the same cafeteria, the same coach yells at us. We are using the same things. We are still in the camp.

Brady compared community experiences, saying, “It’s nice to connect with that feeling when we all didn’t have as much responsibility.”

Brady shared a photo of himself with his son Benjamin late last month.

Brady is the father of Benjamin, 13, and Vivian, 10, with his ex Gisele Bündchen, and John Edward Thomas Moynahan, their 15-year-old son, with actress Bridget Moynahan, 51.

Brady spoke about the factors weighing on the difficult decision to return to the NFL each year.

“The weight of life and the weight of your life’s responsibilities become more than… to value it, it’s your cost-benefit analysis, if you will,” Brady said. ‘What am I giving up now, to keep playing, instead of what I’m earning?’

The three-time NFL MVP noted that “there’s an emotional component to those decisions that weigh on you differently as you get older because you just have more responsibility in your life, and that responsibility is incredible.” Children are… there is nothing more important to me than my children.’

Brady is more than two months away from co-announcing the separation with Bündchen, as both took to Instagram Stories to confirm they were filing for divorce.

“In the last few days, my wife and I finalized our divorce after 13 years of marriage,” Brady said on Oct. 28. “We came to this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together.

“We have been blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world in every way. We will continue to work together as parents to ensure they always receive the love and attention they deserve.’

He shared a Christmas photo of his three children together last month.

Both Bündchen and Brady confirmed that they were divorcing in Instagram posts on October 28.

He added: “We just wish the best for each other as we pursue the new chapters of our lives that have yet to be written.” And we kindly ask for privacy and respect as we navigate what’s to come in the days and weeks ahead.

In her statement, Bündchen said she felt “blessed by the time we spent together and just [wishes] the best to Tom always.

News of the split came amid sources saying People that there was “a lot of tension” between the NFL star and the Brazilian supermodel over her decision to return to the NFL for the 2022-2023 season after previously announcing that she was retiring.

“There is a point where Gisele thinks enough is enough,” the sources told the outlet, adding that Bundchen was “frustrated and fed up with his career being presented to his family, who have always supported him,” and that ” returning to Tampa after retirement tested the personal side of [Brady’s] life.’

The couple initially exchanged vows on February 26, 2009 at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California.