CONTROVERSIAL NFL player Antonio Brown asked former team-mate Tom Brady for forgiveness in a phone call he allegedly recorded.
Brown, 36, and Brady, 47, played together for the New England Patriots as well as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and won the Super Bowl in 2021 while competing for the latter outfit.
However, since parting ways in 2022 the wide receiver has hit out at the seven-time Super Bowl champion with a series of deeply personal attacks.
Brown accused the NFL great of ending his career and even targeted his ex-wife and super model Gisele Bundchen by sharing doctored images of him with her suggesting they are in a relationship.
However, the American has now shared a recorded conversation of him appearing to apologising to Brady for his past behaviour.
Brown posted an audio clip to Twitter with the following caption: “AB x Tom Brady. Love my Teammate & Friend #CTESPN.
“He helped me out the mud & I’m forever grateful for him. I’m sorry for all my side of everything. Super Bowl Champs @TomBrady.”
The voice on the other end of the conversation, which appears to have been recorded by the ex-Pittsburgh Steelers player, sounds like Brady’s and accepts the apology.
Brown said: “The older we get, we’re still stuck with our traumas for our kids and seeking therapy and how to deal with traumas because we just human beings and a product of what we go through and how people treated us.
“That’s all I’ve been trying to do. I still got to make a little bit of music, but I kind of just focus on raising the kids and trying to do some positive stuff.”
Brady responded: “That’s awesome. I know, we’re all dealing with something. No matter who you are, we all have our stuff that we’re dealing with.
‘We’re parents and we’re sons. We had all our stuff growing up and things that happened in elementary school and high school, it all shaped who we are.
“It’s not all roses for everybody. I know what you went through as a kid and your story through high school wasn’t easy.
“You made a lot of great choices and you made some that were tough, hopefully you can overcome them. I just wanted you to succeed. You always know that.”
Brown replied: “You helped me succeed. You came and got me in the dirt, champ. Helped me be a campion.
“Helped me be a part of greatness, witness you be so great as a leader and as a person. I never took any of those things for granted, man.
“You always special to me. No matter the emotions I try to betray, I only got respect for you and everything you did for me.
“I couldn’t live on without letting you know that as a man I got nothing but the upmost respect for you and asking for your forgiveness.”
Brady said: “Thank you, I appreciate it. What’s happened, it’s in the past. So, you know, whatever. And hopefully I get to see you at some point and give you a hug.”
