Can a friendship survive a roast? Kevin Hart And Tom Brady will find out soon.
Speaking to ET’s Kevin Frazier from the carpet of The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady On Sunday, the 44-year-old comedian, who hosts Brady’s Netflix roast, shared that while the jokes he’s written about the 46-year-old former New England Patriots quarterback are fun, he doesn’t expect them to be on Brady’s to be there The close friends list remains much longer.
“I’m being mean today,” he said Jumanji actor joked. “I’m not being nice today, Kevin…I expect that after today I’ll lose my relationship with Tom. I’ve already dealt with that.”
The Elevator The actor said that he and Brady had a “good run,” but that he is focused on becoming the best roaster he can be.
“I don’t think he has a real idea of what the world of roasting is, so it gets a little ugly, but it’s fun!” he said. “And I think the world needs that. The world needs to see some, you know, some – some transgressive humor that’s done with a tasteful approach and where people on both sides are having a good time.”
In a trailer for the highly anticipated roast, Hart promoted the event with the promise: “No helmets, no mercy, no Brady Rule.” In the promo, Brady himself responded to the take-no-prisoners approach by saying, “None damn problem.”
As for the types of jokes he prepared, Hart said when he sat down to write them, he didn’t think anything was off limits, including that End of Brady’s marriage to the Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. The couple announced this “amicable” end to their 13-year marriage in October 2022. At the time, Bündchen wrote in a statement: “The decision to end a marriage is never easy, but we have grown apart.”
Hart told ET that the group of roasters — including Jeff Ross and other surprise roasters — could say or do anything to make fun of Brady and make him laugh.
“I mean, I can’t speak for what other people do or what I do, it’s a live event,” Hart continued. “It’s a live event, man, you know? I think with the idea of funny, you have to be able to embrace the uncomfortable – you have to – you have to go and make it comfortable.”
He added: “Tom knows I love him. He knows all my stuff comes from fun and good heart, but I have a job to do. I have a job to do.”
The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady will stream live on Netflix on May 5 at 8:00 pm ET and will be available to watch after it airs.
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