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Best Of Social Media: Tom Brady Joins Twitter, Scares Fans With April Fools Joke

Robert Alvarez
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Apr 2, 2019 at 6:42 pm ET · 1 min read · 1.3k views
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On Monday, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady joined Twitter and decided to make his first tweet an April Fools Day joke that lit the internet on fire.

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

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 1, 2019

The tweet set off a variety of funny reactions.

Welcome to @Twitter, @TomBrady 🐐 pic.twitter.com/gWGx9PJaYd

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 1, 2019

pic.twitter.com/L8GUsD9P6f

— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) April 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/TedyBruschi/status/1112769812399341569?s=20

Welcome to Twitter my love @tombrady! ??

— Gisele Bündchen (@giseleofficial) April 1, 2019

@TomBrady welcome to the twitter world TB… It’s full of hate in this world but it’s fun lol

— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) April 2, 2019

Brady would later admit the first tweet was a bad joke but continued to send out some funny comments to a few other notable people.

My good friend @TomBrady just texted me and said he’s retiring. What a career!
And that he’s also joined @Twitter.
Good to see him comply with our dress code. He loves his new fanny pack.. pic.twitter.com/723znQ0DpZ

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 1, 2019

looks like you skipped leg day recently though… pic.twitter.com/dOGPP7J4yf

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 1, 2019

I’d like to apologize to whoever used to have it for all the mean stuff people said to them.

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 1, 2019

I heard everyone’s really supportive around here?

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 1, 2019

Think Augusta will let us live tweet a round?

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 1, 2019

At the time of this posting, Brady has already amassed over 320,000 followers, he had 55,700 in the first hour of creating the account.

Once again, what can’t Tom Brady win at?

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