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- Tom Brady spending time on the basketball court with his eldest son Jack
- Father-son duo shoots hoops with New York Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns
- Brady shares teenage years with his ex-girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan
Tom Brady’s eldest son Jack may trade the gridiron for the basketball court.
On Tuesday, November 25, the retired NFL quarterback, 48, and New York Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns brought their two sports together in an Instagram post that also featured Jack, 18.
“Next time we run the route?” Towns, 30, captioned the upload, tagging the seven-time Super Bowl champion.
The cover image shows the trio standing on a basketball court and smiling while facing the camera.
In the second photo, Towns, who has been dating Jordyn Woods since 2020, was seen discussing the hardwood with Brady while each athlete held a basketball.
Other photos include Brady and Towns watching as Jack dribbles. The post ended with the teen dunking his basketball into the hoop.
Jack was born in August 2007, shortly after Brady and his former girlfriend Bridget Moynahan separated in 2006. His full name is John Edward Thomas Moynahan.
The former New England Patriots player was already dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen, and he admitted to Howard Stern in 2020 that Moynahan’s pregnancy was a shock.
He said, “The next thing you know, I found out Bridget was pregnant with our son.” “So that was a very unique time… and it challenged me in a lot of ways, again, to grow up in a different way. It was very hard for my wife to think that she fell in love with this guy, and then now this guy’s ex-girlfriend is pregnant.”
He added, “And it was very challenging for my son’s mother, you know, because she didn’t even imagine it.”
Ahead of their 2022 divorce, Brady and Bündchen welcomed son Benjamin Reigns, 15, and daughter Vivian Lake, 12.
As Jack grew up, he showed interest in following in his father’s footsteps on the field. When he was just 13 years old, Brady said Jack already had his first major league job as a ball boy for the Buccaneers.
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His mother later said that the teen was also exploring other sports.
“I think right now he wants to be a professional football player,” the former elite The star, 54, said stay with kelly In 2017. “After the Olympics though, he said, ‘I think I’m going to win gold in swimming.’ Then it was Michael Phelps. So I think he just likes awards.”
Brady reiterated his sentiments the following year.
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“I think (the kids) like to watch (football) because of their dad, but … my oldest son Jack really likes football. He wants to be an Olympic soccer goalie,” Brady told People.
No matter what she chooses, her parents have shown their support.
“I really think he’s like that normal kid who doesn’t really know what he wants to do and I think that’s OK,” Moynahan said during an appearance in June 2023. stay with kelly and mark“I definitely don’t want to put that pressure on him to do what I do or what his dad does,”
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