Tom Brady made a dark joke over the weekend about any potential suitors his 9-year-old daughter, Vivian, may have in the future.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, 45, posted a photo of a Halloween tombstone on his Instagram Stories on Sunday that had the words “Anyone Who Dates My Daughter” written over it.
“I want to be crystal clear,” Brady added over the image alongside two crying-laughing emojis and a red heart to signify he was just kidding.
Vivian is the NFL star’s only daughter with wife Gisele Bündchen. The couple also shares a son, Benjamin, 12, and Brady has an older son, John, 15, with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.
Sources recently told Page Six that the all-star athlete is focused on being the best father possible to his kids amid claims of marital woes with his supermodel spouse.
“He’s with the kids, and is just trying to be super dad,” an insider told us in September.
A source previously claimed that Brady and Bündchen, 42, had been having issues over the football player’s decision to “un-retire,” noting that “Gisele has always been the one with the kids.”
“They had agreed he would retire to focus on the family, then he changed his mind,” the insider added.
Brady spoke out about the importance of family following reports of marital strife.
“Football and family has always been the most important thing to me so it’s a good time of year,” the father of three said on his SiriusXM podcast “Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray,” after winning his first game of the season.
He continued, “I’m finding peace in other ways of life and just loving the time with my kids – [they] are getting a little bit older.”
Weeks later, Jack, Benjamin and Vivian were then spotted at the Buccaneers’ first home game of the season — without Bündchen.
Before kickoff, Brady was seen sharing a sweet moment with his kids as he went up to give them a kiss and a hug on the field.
