{"id":23074,"date":"2019-04-02T18:42:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T22:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=23074"},"modified":"2019-04-14T22:30:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T02:30:16","slug":"best-of-social-media-tom-brady-joins-twitter-scares-fans-with-april-fools-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2019\/04\/02\/best-of-social-media-tom-brady-joins-twitter-scares-fans-with-april-fools-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of Social Media: Tom Brady Joins Twitter, Scares Fans With April Fools Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\" title=\"New England Patriots at PatsFans.com\"><strong>New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> quarterback Tom Brady joined Twitter and decided to make his first tweet an April Fools Day joke that lit the internet on fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m retiring. 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What a career! <br>And that he\u2019s also joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a>. <br>Good to see him comply with our dress code. He loves his new fanny pack.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/723znQ0DpZ\">pic.twitter.com\/723znQ0DpZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/1112806077790371840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">looks like you skipped leg day recently though&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dOGPP7J4yf\">pic.twitter.com\/dOGPP7J4yf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tom Brady (@TomBrady) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBrady\/status\/1112827669484326912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" 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