Comedian Paul Scheer Claims Tom Brady Threatened to Sue Him Over a T-Shirt: He ‘Trademarked His Own Name’

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Flag on the play! Comedian Paul Scheer claimed that Tom Brady threatened to sue him over a T-shirt that was offered as merchandise for his podcast, “Unspooled.”“Tom Brady threatened legal action against me and the ‘Unspooled’ podcast,” the League star, 46, alleged in a video shared via Instagram on Wednesday, June 29.

After he and his cohost Amy Nicholson watched the film Porco Rosso last month, the pair were discussing how director Hayao Miyazaki will “retire and then he comes out of retirement,” when Scheer compared him to the 44-year-old quarterback.“So I said, ‘Miyazaki is the Tom Brady of the animation world,'” the Black Monday actor recalled, referring to Brady announcing a return to the NFL just six weeks after he retired from football in February.

After the “Unspooled” episode aired in May, they began offering a t-shirt featuring a drawing of Brady, wearing Miyazaki’s signature tan suit and glasses and throwing a football, along with the phrase, “Miyazaki is the Tom Brady of the animation world,” in their online store.However, shortly after fans were able to purchase the shirt, Scheer received a phone call informing him that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers player’s legal team had filed an injunction against them. “If we continue to sell this shirt, we will be sued,” he explained. “Apparently this motherf–ker has trademarked his own name.

So you can’t sell anything with words ‘Tom Brady’ on it.”Despite the threats, the “Unspooled” team was able to find a way to avoid legal action and the shirt in question now bears the phrase “Miyazaki is the Brady of the animation world.” It is currently available for purchase through Teepublic.Us Weekly has reached out to Brady for comment.Brady announced in early February that he was