Will Ferrell appeared at the Tom Brady roast on Sunday night in character as his Anchorman persona, Ron Burgundy.
He was introduced as “a living legend, a world-class lover and the No. 1 news anchor in all of Sunday.”
“My name is Ron Burgundy,” he said. “I am a very big deal but tonight is not about me. … We are here to honor a champion of the gridiron, a great American, a father and a sexy man, a true patriot — until he was not.”
Burgundy started out by commenting on Brady’s good looks.
“This man is gorgeous. … Look at those cheekbones. That’s a million-watt smile right there. … I could get lost in those eyes and right now I am that person,” he said. “Ron, pull it together. You’re a straight man. He’s making you question your sexuality. Stop looking at him. You’re here to make fun of him. Not fall in love. Concentrate.”
He continued: “Tom, it’s clear, everybody up here loves you. I love you, although it might just be lust. Could be love, we’ll never know.”
Burgundy continued, “I can’t wait for you to be up there on Fox Sports commentating on the game you loved, or playing for the Raiders in the playoffs, or coaching the Patriots, or whatever the fuck you’re gonna do.”
He also joked that Brady was “boring” to watch. “I never liked you Tom in all my years of watching professional football. I never saw a more boring quarterback,” he said, later adding: “He actually made me look forward to all the fun and laughter of a Bill Belichick postgame interview.”
Ferrell also took a jab at Belichick: “By the way, Bill, wherever you are, I hope, you know, I hope you know it now it was Tom, it was never you. … Remember that period when people thought it was you. Well, it wasn’t. It was Tom. I understand, Bill. You’re currently unemployed. Good luck on ZipRecruiter. There are a lot of jobs in the health care field. I hear male nurses are in great demand and with your bedside manner, no one would rather wake up after gallbladder surgery and look into the loving kind face of Bill Belichick as he gives you a sponge bath.”
He went on: “I mean, let’s be honest. Your best years are behind you, Tom. The Super Bowls, Gisele, your movie career, it’s all done, it’s all gone. But you won’t be forgotten, you’ll always be remembered as Eli Manning’s bitch. Don’t let that get you down, Tom. Like I said before, we all love you. In fact, only one man truly hates you and it is my pleasure to bring him out here, Mr. Bill Belichick,” Ferell wrapped up, bringing out Brady’s longtime Patriots coach.
Ferrell played Burgundy in two Anchorman films.
The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, which was part of the Netflix Is a Joke Fest, was streamed live, which Netflix touted as the first-ever roast to be telecast live, unedited. The festivities were held at L.A.‘s Kia Forum in Inglewood.