Feuding? While Tom Brady emotionally asked Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans to have empathy for former teammate Antonio Brown after his now-viral NFL exit, the receiver has claimed his former teammate does not have his support.“It’s nothing personal, Tom is actually one of my close friends,” Brown, 33, explained why he didn’t follow the quarterback, 44, on social media during an appearance on the “FULL SEND” podcast on Friday, January 7. “Some people have a different definition of a friend because when I say you’re gonna be a friend, that means I got your back.
To me though, that’s what a friend means.”The Masked Singer alum then opened up about friendship in the professional sports arena, noting that not all teammates provide that loyal type of bond he was offering.“Tom Brady’s my friend, why, because I’m a good football player?
These guys called me to win the Super Bowl, not for the toilet bowl,” he claimed. “They didn’t say, ‘AB, we’re having problems with the toilet over here in Tampa.
You think you could flush the s—t down and help up out?’ No.”Brown, for his part, alleged that Brady saw him “run through” his former team, the New England Patriots, before asking him to join the Bucs because “AB’s a professional” and “one of the greatest football players of all time.”After Brown expressed that he was a dependable and capable athlete that the Florida-based team could “count” on, he further alleged that there was a major salary discrepancy between his fellow athletes.“Tom can’t do nothing by himself, this is a football game,” Brown told the podcast hosts. “If Tom Brady’s my boy, why am I playing for an earnest salary?
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