Tom Brady, New England Patriots, GQ "Man of the Year" Interview Gets DeflateGate Awkward

Tom Brady, New England Patriots star quarterback, was named one of GQ's "Men of the Year." Coming off of a year that saw him win his fourth Super Bowl ring, this wasn't all that surprising. More surprising, was the awkwardness that transpired during the interview with Chuck Klosterman.

What was originally scheduled to be a 60-minute face-to-face interview instead turned into a 45-minute bundle of joy over a Tom Brady drive down the interstate. After talking about Brady's unlikely rise to the top -- after not even being the best QB in his college conference, to a two-time league MVP as a pro -- and some of Brady's favorite teams and teammates, Klosterman turned his attentions to the controversy of the year in the NFL: deflategate.

This is when things got... uncomfortable. Not to mention repetitive. From here, it lasts all of seven minutes before Brady presumably pulls into a parking garage with no cell reception.

Here are a few fun exerpts from the interview:

There's one element of the Wells Report that I find fascinating: The report concludes that you had a "general awareness" of the footballs being deflated. The report doesn't say you were aware. It says you were generally aware. So I'm curious-would you say that categorization is accurate? I guess it depends on how you define the word generally. But was that categorization true or false?
[pause] I don't really wanna talk about stuff like this. There are several reasons why. One is that it's still ongoing. So I really don't have much to say, because it's-there's still an appeal going on.

Oh, I realize that. But here's the thing: If we don't talk about this, the fact that you refused to talk about it will end up as the center of the story. I mean, how can you not respond to this question? It's a pretty straightforward question.
I've had those questions for eight months and I've answered them, you know, multiple times for many different people, so-

The rest of the interview was more of the same. It's worth pointing out how things ended, though.

Okay, well I appreciate you taking-
I appreciate it.

-the time to talk to me. Sorry, man.
Okay.

Yep. They're still friends.

You can read the full interview here.