Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are headed to the Super Bowl to take on the Kansas City Chiefs, but it was far from a smooth season for Brady off of the field. After announcing that he and his wife had COVID-19 in 2020, Tom Brady Sr. shared that Brady was ‘stressed out' during their battles with the disease.
“Tommy fought through it, and so now it's in the rearview mirror,” Tom Brady Sr. said, via ESPN. “We're healthy, we're happy and everything is good.”
Tom Brady's father got the worst of COVID-19, which forced him to be hospitalized for multiple weeks. While his wife, Galynn, didn't require hospital care, she needed to be taken care of by their daughter at home due to COVID-19. Galynn is a breast cancer survivor, making her a high-risk person for COVID-19.
Despite beating out COVID-19, Tom Brady's father revealed that he and his wife weren't able to watch their son's first two games with the Buccaneers.
“We've never missed a game at Michigan or New England or wherever,” he told ESPN. “For the first two games when I was in the hospital, I didn't even care if they were playing — much less missing the game. It was a matter of life and death, just like anybody who goes to the hospital. That's serious stuff.”
It was already tough enough for Tom Brady. He was getting acclimated to a new team, let alone having to deal with his parents battling COVID-19. Fortunately, both of them are healthy and will be able to watch their son take part in his 10th Super Bowl.
Tom Brady has led the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl, the second appearance for the Bucs in the NFL's ultimate game. Tampa Bay last appeared in pro football's showcase in January of 2003, beating the then-Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII.
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