Tom Brady’s father says both he and his wife fought COVID-19 last year, which “stressed” the star defender as he began his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tom Brady Sr., in an interview with ESPN Radio #Greeny on Monday, said he was hospitalized for three weeks at some point last year and that both he and his wife, Galynn, were “sick as a child.” dog”.
Brady Sr. mentioned that the couple, both 76 years old, did not watch Bucs’ first two matches this season due to his hospitalization, saying it was the first time in their son’s football career that they missed anything. match.
“I’ve never missed a game in Michigan or New England or anywhere,” he told ESPN. “For the first two games when I was in the hospital, I didn’t even care if it was played – much less the lack of the game. It was a matter of life and death, just like anyone goes to the hospital. That’s serious stuff.” .
Tom Sr. said Galynn, who is a breast cancer survivor, did not need to be hospitalized because of the virus. Their daughter, who is a nurse, cared for Galynn while Tom Sr. was in the hospital.
“We’re just representatives of 25 million Americans who’ve had these things so far, so there’s nothing to shake a stick at,” he said.
Elder Brady also described how difficult it was for his son to balance football with concern for his parents, saying that six-time Super Bowl champion “He would face me every day on the way to and from training ”And was“ stressed ”worrying about them.
“Tommy fought through it and is now in the rearview mirror,” he said. “We are healthy, we are happy and everything is fine.”
Brady Sr. made the comments a day after his son led the Buccaneers to an upset by the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl’s first appearance in the 2002 season.
Brady, 43, will play in a Super Bowl for the 10th time in his historic career on Feb. 7 when the Bucs face the Kansas City Chiefs of Tampa.
“This year has been incredible,” said Brady Sr. “I don’t know where we will start the season and being where we end the season is just an amazing development for me. … Reaching the 10th Super Bowl in 19 years of play is enough – it’s actually incomprehensible. It is beyond anything we could have ever imagined. “