Tom Brady with Dave Portnoy not in the crowd (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
It was Tom Brady’s night on Wednesday, but Dave Portnoy unintentionally ended up making things about him.
The New England Patriots longtime quarterback was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame during a ceremony inside Gillette Stadium.
Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy made sure he was in the house for this event, but he did not stay to watch the entire thing.
The Patriots threw the event at Gillette Stadium to honor Brady’s time in New England and enshrine his career in their history books. It also came on the same day as the Boston Celtics were set to take on the Dallas Mavericks in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Sporting a Celtics cap at the event, Dave Portnoy detailed that he had to leave the event to catch the end of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks.
Even Julian Edelman had to call him out for leaving, saying, “Would’ve been nice to have you here @stoolpresidente,” Edelman posted to X.
Portnoy didn’t regret leaving the stadium as he stated he felt the Celtics “needed” him in their latest matchup with the Mavericks.
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Unfortunately for Dave Portnoy, he left before hearing Tom Brady give him and his crew a major shoutout during his speech.
“Not mad at all that I snuck out to watch the NBA Finals and missed this moment. Celts needed me. #banner18. *but doesn’t mean I’m not sad about it,” Portnoy tweeted on Wednesday night.
Not mad at all that I snuck out to watch the NBA Finals and missed this moment. Celts needed me. #banner18.
*but doesn’t mean I’m not sad about it pic.twitter.com/oUn4Q4UnXk
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 13, 2024
The Celtics almost lost a 20-point lead but came out victorious in a game that gave them a commanding 3-0 series lead in the NBA Finals, and Portnoy didn’t have any more regrets on this night.
Dave Portnoy Addresses Leaving Tom Brady’s Hall of Fame Ceremony Amid Shoutout From Tom Brady
David Portnoy (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund)
Dave Portnoy received a major shoutout from Tom Brady at his Hall of Fame ceremony, and he wasn’t even there to hear it because he decided to leave early.
Portnoy addressed his decision on Thursday with an “Emergency Press Conference.”
“I was like, ‘I need to watch this [expletive] game.’ This is banner 18. Like, yeah, Tom Brady, I love you, but what’s Tom Brady always say? What’s his favorite banner? His favorite banner is the next one. And that’s how I am,” Dave Portnoy explained. “I move forward. I don’t move backwards. This is the NBA [expletive] Finals.”
Emergency Press Conference – I Will Not Apologize for Being A Gigantic Celtics Fan pic.twitter.com/SuIoTKwrwm
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 13, 2024
VIDEO: Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy Is Furious With Tom Brady, And He Has A Legit Reason To Be Upset
Dave Portnoy and Tom Brady (Photos via Getty Images)
Barstool Sports founder and president Dave Portnoy is disgusted that he wasn’t invited to the Netflix special “The Roast of Tom Brady,” which aired on Sunday night.
Tom Brady took center stage for the roasting event, in which high-profile celebrities and NFL personalities took turns making fun of the seven-time Super Bowl champion and three-time league MVP.
Legendary comedian Kevin Hart hosted the event, which included appearances from Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft, Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, Peyton Manning, Jim Ross, Kim Kardashian and Andrew Schulz.
Obviously, only so many folks could receive invitations to a highly anticipated event featuring one of the world’s most recognized and beloved celebrities. But don’t tell that to the Barstool Sports president, who expressed anger over being snubbed during the “BFFs” podcast.
“I thought I was a little bit of a bigger star than I am. Clearly, I overestimated myself. Everyone in the sun made it to the event. I didn’t even get a ‘Hey, we’re doing’…Half my company was there and got invited apparently, except me, which is strange…Other than that, it was great.”
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Portnoy is a renowned die-hard fan of the Boston sports teams, and given his platform, one can understand why he truly expected and hoped for an invitation. But again, there was no way of fitting every high-profile celebrity, athlete or sports personality connected to Brady.
Tom Brady Is Gearing Up For His NFL Analyst Career
It’d be easy to understand why some folks were skeptical about Tom Brady staying retired last year, seeing how his initial retirement only lasted 40 days. But TB12 is indeed done as a professional football player, and now he’s getting ready to begin his highly-anticipated career as an NFL analyst for FOX Sports.
Brady signed a 10-year deal with the network worth a whopping $375 million back in 2022. He’s set to begin the contract this fall, where the soon-to-be 47-year-old will work alongside play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt and sideline reporter Erin Andrews.
The future Hall of Fame inductee will call “America’s Game of the Week” with those two, as well as four playoff games (one in each round). FOX will broadcast Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
