--- description: In a funny sketch from 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' title: Watch Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Other Celebrities Defend Their Hero Tom Brady image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee618710fa2e419/69877ccc3c163921be4517f5/screen-shot-2015-01-30-at-10-16-33-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Other Famous Patriots Fans Defend Their Hero Tom Brady by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2015 4:08 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2015 4:08 PM CUT New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has spent [a lot of time](http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/22/new-england-patriots-deflategate-tom-brady "undefined") denying any involvement with the (allegedly) deflated footballs used in the team’s semifinal game against the Indianapolis Colts. In a Thursday night sketch, Jimmy Kimmel rounded up a a bunch of famous Bostonians to help defend Brady’s honor. Ben Affleck, Tom Brady, John Krasinski, Chris Evans and others bust out their best blue-collar Boston accents to assure us Brady did not let air out of the balls. In fact, they go ahead and claim personal responsibility. They also make sure to point out how handsome and perfect and amazing they think Brady is. Could anyone that handsome and perfect and amazing really cheat? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3689392/super-bowl-celebrities-tom-brady-deflategate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3689392/super-bowl-celebrities-tom-brady-deflategate/"},"headline":"Watch Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Other Famous Patriots Fans Defend Their Hero Tom Brady","datePublished":"2015-01-30T16:08:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:23.965Z","description":"In a funny sketch from 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'","url":"https://time.com/3689392/super-bowl-celebrities-tom-brady-deflategate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee618710fa2e419/69877ccc3c163921be4517f5/screen-shot-2015-01-30-at-10-16-33-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee618710fa2e419/69877ccc3c163921be4517f5/screen-shot-2015-01-30-at-10-16-33-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-01-30 at 10.16.33 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3689392/super-bowl-celebrities-tom-brady-deflategate/","name":"Watch Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Other Famous Patriots Fans Defend Their Hero Tom Brady"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Is What Physics Says About Deflategate","description":"Ainissa Ramirez, physicist and author of Newton's Football, talks through why weather can't explain deflate-gate","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TECrbcbF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-22T23:26:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TECrbcbF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3689392/super-bowl-celebrities-tom-brady-deflategate/","duration":"PT1M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3689392/super-bowl-celebrities-tom-brady-deflategate/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```