Tom Brady snaps at Birmingham employee over ‘f–king stupid' David Beckham decision in new doc
The retired quarterback, 47, didn't hold back while calling the shots in front of English football legend David Beckham in Amazon Prime Video's docuseries 'Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues,' which drops Friday and follows Birmingham's promotion to the Championship last season.
During the second of five episodes, Brady snapped at a Birmingham City aide before Birmingham's 3-1 victory over Wrexham, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, in September, according to multiple U.K. outlets.
3 Tom Brady, minority owner of Birmingham City (L) with David Beckham to the Sky Bet League One match between Birmingham and Wrexham AFC at St Andrewâs at Knighthead Park on September 16, 2024 in Birmingham, England.
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Brady wasn't happy over the aide suggesting that Beckham, who was Brady's guest at the U.K. clash, shouldn't receive a Birmingham gift bag due to Beckham's lack of affiliation with the team, having only played for Manchester United while he was in England.
'That's f–king stupid,' Brady said. 'Give him a gift bag to take home. It's a sweet thing. He doesn't have to wear it.'
Prior to the match, seven-time Super Bowl champion Brady was seen telling Birmingham City co-owner Tom Wagner that they should gift Beckham with goodies from the club, including a sweater, hoodie, a scarf and a hat.
Elsewhere in the five-part docuseries, Brady discussed potential changes he wanted to make in order to shift the losing culture of the club.
He said he was 'a little worried' about former manager Wayne Rooney's 'work ethic' — and called some of the team from the 2023-24 season 'lazy and entitled.'
3 Tom Brady minority owner of Birmingham City and Chairman Tom Wagner ahead of the Sky Bet League One match against Wrexham AFC at St Andrewâs at Knighthead Park on September 16, 2024 in Birmingham, England.
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'Well, we've already changed the coach, so it's really the players because the coach doesn't go out there and put the ball in the goal,' Brady said after Birmingham's relegation in his first season with the club.
'They were lazy, they were entitled and when you're lazy and entitled, you don't have much of a chance to succeed. We've got to change all the people that are associated with losing, so I think this summer there's going to be a lot of people gone.'
3 Birmingham City co-owner Tom Brady (centre), CEO Garry Cook (left) and director Matt Alvarez (right) in the stands before the Sky Bet Championship match at St. Andrew's, Birmingham on August 12, 2023.
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Both Birmingham and Wrexham went on to receive automatic promotion to the Championship last season.
The Blues secured the title with an English Football League record of 111 points.
Wrexham finished second with 92 points.
Birmingham begins their season at home against Ipswich Town on Aug. 8.
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