Add Wes Welker’s name to the growing list of folks displeased with Tom Brady’s bawdy Netflix roast.
When asked Wednesday if he had a favorite joke from his former Patriots teammate’s widely publicized comedy special that aired on the streaming giant last month — and torched everything from Brady’s professional allies to his personal life — Welker didn’t offer glowing reviews about the star-studded program.
“Not really, I was a little disappointed in the Brady roast. There was some funny stuff and everything, but you know, it was what it was,” Welker said from Dolphins minicamp, where he has served as the team’s wide receivers coach since 2022.
Tom Brady and Wes Welker (right) were teammates in New England for six seasons.Reuters
The former NFL wide receiver was not part of Brady’s brutal Netflix roast in May 2024.AP
The former Patriots receiver, who caught passes from Brady during their six seasons together in New England, also spoke on missing the event, which featured ex-teammates Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman getting mocked on the sidelines.
“I was not asked to be a presenter. I was asked to sit on the side and get roasted, which I’m glad I wasn’t there. To each their own, I guess,” Welker said, according to Pro Football Network.
The fallout from Brady’s roast carried over for weeks, with the seven-time Super Bowl champion’s ex-wife, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, feeling “deeply disappointed” over what aired.
Tom Brady was mocked during the comedy special that aired on the streamer in May 2024.Netflix
A source told People in May that Bündchen – who shares son Benjamin, 14, and daughter Vivian, 11, with Brady — was displeased “by the disrespectful portrayal of her family on Sunday evening’s roast show.”
The ex-couple finalized their divorce in October 2022 and Bündchen has since been linked to jiu-jitsu trainer Joaquim Valente, who was also targeted at the roast.
Looking back on the ordeal, Brady expressed on “The Pivot” podcast last month that he “didn’t like the way that it affected my kids.”
Tom Brady’s ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, was at the center of jokes during the Netflix roast.Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Tom Brady said in an interview after that he didn’t like the way the roast affected his kids.Tom Brady/Instagram
“I loved when the jokes were about me. I thought they were so fun. I didn’t like the way that it affected my kids,” Brady said.
“The hardest part about the bittersweet aspect, when you do something you think is one way, and you’re like, ‘I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that it affected the people I care about most in the world.’
“It makes you a better parent, going through it. Because sometimes you’re naive. You don’t know … When I signed up for that, I loved that people were making fun of me.”
Brady is also a dad to 16-year-old Jack, whom he shares with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.
The ex-Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback retired from the NFL in 2023 after 23 seasons and is now preparing for his second act as a broadcaster for Fox Sports.
