Bill Burr Goes After Andy Reid, Jokes About Aaron Hernandez At Tom Brady Hall Of Fame Ceremony
Retired NFL legend Tom Brady was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame on Wednesday afternoon in a pagentry-filled ceremony.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft waived the team's usual four-year waiting period to ensure that Brady could be inducted this offseason. And a ton of former teammates, celebrities and football personalities came out to celebrate the 46-year-old legend.
As well as a packed Gillette Stadium of Patriots fans.
Jon Bon Jovi showed up, and Jay-Z opened the ceremonies with a live performance of "Public Service Announcement."
Comedian Bill Burr opened up the ceremony with a miniature roast of his own, though after the Netflix roast and Brady's disappointment. While saying he wanted to thank the Kraft family, and running through the era of dreadful Patriots football prior to Brady's arrival, Burr also took a minute to roast Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Burr repeated that Brady is and always will be the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, including 10 Super Bowl appearances and seven wins. He continued "You're never going to see it again, I don't want to hear about that guy from the Chiefs…Andy Reid is too fat to do that."
And he wasn't done yet.
Bill Burr References Aaron Hernandez In Brady Opening Ceremony
After the Andy Reid diss, Burr went on to mention the list of star players the Patriots drafted or acquired under Bill Belichick to play with Tom Brady.
He mentioned Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, then said, "Rob Gronkowski…That guy we can't bring up," in reference to Aaron Hernandez.
Mike Tirico, of all people, followed Burr on stage, also making a reference to the Netflix roast and how extreme some of the jokes were at that show.
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"Let's just say that got a little sticky and uncomfortable," Tirico said. He also addressed the randomness of his appearance, saying that instead of Kevin Hart, the Patriots "Went with someone taller and a little more handsome, and they got me."
In a direct contradiction to that event, when Brady got up to speak with Tirico a few minutes into the ceremony, he spoke about how impactful Robert Kraft and his family were on his development through "shared experiences." He also got emotional referencing Myra Kraft, who passed away in 2011.
Certainly a bit of a different tone than the Netflix roast. Seems like this is much more the kind of event Brady wanted all along.