--- title: Tom Brady Avoids Donald Trump Locker Room Question description: Tom Brady abruptly left a press conference Wednesday after being asked a question about Donald Trump's "locker room talk." canonical: https://time.com/4529670/tom-brady-donald-trump-locker-room-talk/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-13T13:45:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:35.258Z og:title: Tom Brady Apparently Can't Bring Himself to Denounce 'Locker Room Talk' og:description: Dodging questions like he dodges tackles og:url: https://time.com/4529670/tom-brady-donald-trump-locker-room-talk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0590b18e4d6dfe0e/6988a9dcf887dc04e5e97ca1/donald-trump-locker-room-talk-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: New England Patriots v Cleveland Browns og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Brady Apparently Can't Bring Himself to Denounce 'Locker Room Talk' twitter:description: Dodging questions like he dodges tackles twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0590b18e4d6dfe0e/6988a9dcf887dc04e5e97ca1/donald-trump-locker-room-talk-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Brady Apparently Can't Bring Himself to Denounce 'Locker Room Talk' by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 13, 2016 1:45 PM UTC  New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady prior to the game against the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland on Oct. 9, 2016. New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady prior to the game against the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland on Oct. 9, 2016.Jason Miller—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 13, 2016 1:45 PM UTC [Tom Brady](http://time.com/4513669/matt-damon-ben-affleck-tom-brady-hang-out/) may be one of the most celebrated quarterbacks in the NFL, but when it comes to questions about Donald Trump and his “[locker room talk](http://time.com/4528931/tom-hanks-on-donald-trump-women-comments/),” Brady dodges them faster than a blitz. During a weekly press conference, a reporter asked Brady what he thought about the leaked Donald Trump tapes, in which he said he could [“do anything” to women](http://time.com/4523526/donald-trump-women-leaked-audio/). Brady abruptly ended the news conference there, without answering the question, Washington _Post_ [reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/10/12/tom-brady-wont-touch-a-question-about-donald-trump-and-locker-room-talk/). A reporter asked Brady, “How would you respond if your kids heard [Donald Trump’s version](http://motto.time.com/4524837/trump-assault-locker-room/) of locker room talk?” Brady then responded, “Thank you, guys, and have a good day.” > [](https://twitter.com/FOX25Sports/status/786232388074414080) In December 2015, Brady [referred](http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/15/tom-brady-donald-trump-is-a-good-friend-and-i-support-my-friends/) to Donald Trump as “a good friend of mine,” yet Brady has continued to deflect questions about Trump’s “locker room talk.” Earlier this week, Brady appeared on Boston radio station WEEI’s [“Kirk & Callahan” show ](http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports/newengland/football/patriots/2016/10/10/tom-brady-says-he-hasnt-spoken-to-donald-trump-recently/)and was asked whether or not he had spoken to Trump during his Deflategate suspension. Brady [said](http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports/newengland/football/patriots/2016/10/10/tom-brady-says-he-hasnt-spoken-to-donald-trump-recently/), “I don’t think so. I’ve just been trying to get prepared and so forth.” \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/10/12/tom-brady-wont-touch-a-question-about-donald-trump-and-locker-room-talk/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4529670/tom-brady-donald-trump-locker-room-talk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4529670/tom-brady-donald-trump-locker-room-talk/"},"headline":"Tom Brady Apparently Can't Bring Himself to Denounce 'Locker Room Talk'","datePublished":"2016-10-13T13:45:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:35.258Z","description":"Dodging questions like he dodges tackles","url":"https://time.com/4529670/tom-brady-donald-trump-locker-room-talk/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0590b18e4d6dfe0e/6988a9dcf887dc04e5e97ca1/donald-trump-locker-room-talk-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0590b18e4d6dfe0e/6988a9dcf887dc04e5e97ca1/donald-trump-locker-room-talk-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New England Patriots v Cleveland Browns","caption":"New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady prior to the game against the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland on Oct. 9, 2016.","creditText":"Jason Miller—Getty Images","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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4529670/tom-brady-donald-trump-locker-room-talk/","name":"Tom Brady Apparently Can't Bring Himself to Denounce 'Locker Room Talk'"}}]}] ```