Tom Brady Joined Twitter to Jokingly Announce His Retirement

Tom Brady used April Fools' Day of all days to announce that he's officially joined the hellhole that is Twitter.

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Tom Brady used April Fools' Day of all days to announce that he's officially joined the hellhole that is Twitter. Making the most of the opportunity, he made sure his first tweet addressed the day at hand. "I'm retiring, in my spare time, I'll be tweeting," he said.

Shortly after, he made sure to clarify that it was, in fact, a joke. "Was this a bad joke?" he tweeted.

I'm retiring. In my spare time, I'll be tweeting #LFG

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 1, 2019

Was this a bad joke?

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 1, 2019

The New England Patriots themselves reacted to the tweet with a GIF showing how little they're amused, while his teammate Tedy Bruschi chimed in by calling his tweets a "Twitter rookie move." Meanwhile, NFL insiders jokingly took this as a confirmation that Brady's playing for another 10 seasons and won't retire anytime soon.

pic.twitter.com/OM9RHebba0

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 1, 2019

pic.twitter.com/L8GUsD9P6f

— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) April 1, 2019

Twitter rookie move 😂

— Tedy Bruschi (@TedyBruschi) April 1, 2019

Confirmed: Tom Brady is playing for 10 more seasons. https://t.co/r9kYxyemTV

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 1, 2019

the rest of the nfl when they realized what day it is pic.twitter.com/VNvcncjPi1

— brianna pirre (@bsp_13) April 1, 2019

As if it wasn't already obvious, Brady is sticking around for better or for worse. Recently, Captain America himself, Chris Evans, stated that if Brady was still on board with Donald Trump, he'd "cut ties" with the quarterback. "Maybe he thought it was going to be different—and even that bothers me—but maybe there's a chance now he just thinks Trump's an absolute dumb shit, which he is," he explained.

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