Politics and the first few weeks of President Donald Trump’s administration have been all anyone can focus on, even as the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady prepare to face the Atlanta Falcons Sunday in Super Bowl LI in Houston. One of the reasons? Trump’s friendships with Brady, the Patriots owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick. Specifically, many have wondered whether or not the MVP and NFL superstar actually supported the controversial Republican prior to his election and if he cast a vote for Trump on Election Day in November.
Reports have shown Brady did in fact vote, but whether it was for Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton or another candidate is technically unknown. Brady showed up at the Brookline, Massachusetts’s town clerk’s office around 8 a.m. the day before Election Day to fill out an absentee ballot, The Boston Globe reported, but state laws prohibit who he voted for from being revealed.
On the same day, however, Trump said he had spoken to Brady, who allegedly told the New York billionaire who he picked in one of the most contentious elections in the country’s history.
“Donald, I support you, you’re my friend and I voted for you,” Trump claimed Brady said to him during a rally in New Hampshire, The New York Times reported.
If Brady did pick Trump, it’s possible the vote caused a rift in the Brady household. Brady’s wife, model and businesswoman Gisele Bundchen, responded to a question on her official Instagram that asked if she and her husband were “backing” Trump. Bundchen shot back: “NO!”
Still, Brady’s relationship with Trump is very real. The two have played golf together and Trump has been on the Patriots’ sidelines before.
Brady, while answering questions during Super Bowl media day last week, opted not to discuss his politics and wanted to focus on the Falcons.
“If people want to take sides, you know, they can obviously do that,” Brady told USA Today Tuesday. “It’s everyone’s right. They have a right to do that.
“And I have a right to stay out of it, too. I want to keep my focus on where it should be for me at this moment. I’m trying to be the best that I can be for my team. And I don’t want to bring any distractions to our team. I don’t want to bring any negativity to our team. We have enough of that as it is.”
Though Brady remains skittish, Trump showed some full-throated support for New England. During his interview during Fox’s pre-game show with interviewer Bill O’Reilly, the president said he didn’t like to make predictions and didn’t know the point spread, but when pressed he predicted the Patriots would win by eight points over the Falcons.
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