Tom Brady won't say if he's voting for Donald Trump, admits 'I don't even know what the issues are'
Much like a fully inflated football, the Tom Brady endorsement may have just slipped out of Donald Trump's hands.
Earlier this month, the New England Patriots quarterback said it would be "great" if the Republican frontrunner went on to become president. "I hope so," he said. "There would be a putting green on the White House lawn. I'm sure of that." An eagle-eyed reporter also spotted a red "Make America Great Again" hat — a Trump-approved chapeau — inside of Brady's locker.
But during his weekly phone call to the Boston radio station WEEI on Monday, Brady refused to say if he would vote for Trump, only divulging that he isn't close to deciding who to vote for, and that when he does make his selection, he won't share that private information. "One way or another, it's so far away from when the election will be," he said. "Whatever I vote is going to be my own personal choice based on how I feel." He also admits that he doesn't "even know what the issues are. I haven't paid attention to politics in a long time. It's actually not something that I really even enjoy. It's way off my radar."
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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