Tom Brady kicks off ‘40s farewell tour’ with heartwarming birthday yacht posts

Nypost · Aug 03, 2026 · 321 words · By Grant Young

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NFL legend Tom Brady is celebrating his 49th birthday on Monday, and appears to be taking in the occasion with his three children.

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What happened

NFL legend Tom Brady is celebrating his 49th birthday on Monday, and appears to be taking in the occasion with his three children.

Why it matters

This was shown by several posts Brady has made to his Instagram story on Monday afternoon, one of which showed his kids playing volleyball in the pool on Brady’s yacht.

Common ground

The post is captioned, “And Vivi Lake ❤️❤️❤️ running the court as volleyball commissioner!!!

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Claim 1: “NFL legend Tom Brady is celebrating his 49th birthday on Monday”

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Wikipedia confirms Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977. Based on this birth date, he turns 48 in 2025 and 49 in 2026. While the evidence doesn't specify the current date's day of the week, the birth date itself is an authoritative reference.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Deflategate scandal was a National Football League (NFL) controversy in the United States involving the allegation that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ordered the deliberate deflation …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl LV was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2020 season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccan…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons. He spent his first 20 se…
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Claim 2: “Brady’s three kids (which includes Vivi, his son Jack who was born in 2007, and his younger son Benjamin who was born in 2009)”

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The evidence for Vivian being 13 is corroborated, but the specific birth years for Jack (2007) and Benjamin (2009) are not confirmed in the provided evidence snippets. The Wikipedia entry for Tom Brady provided is a summary and does not list the children's birth years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Henry Bernet won the boys' singles title at the 2025 Australian Open, defeating Benjamin Willwerth in the final, 6–3, 6–4. Rei Sakamoto was the reigning champion, but he was no longer eligible to part…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between 1990 and 1999.
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Claim 3: “his 13-year-old daughter, Vivian (aka Vivi) Lake”

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Multiple independent web search results (AOL and other news snippets) explicitly state that Tom Brady has a 13-year-old daughter named Vivian Lake.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gisele Caroline Bündchen (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒiˈzɛli ˈbĩtʃẽ], German: [ˈbʏntçn̩]; born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian model and activist. Since 2001, she has been one of the highest-paid models in t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indian Creek is a village, gated community, golf course community, and man-made barrier island in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It has 41 residential home sites and the Indian Creek Count…
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Claim 4: “The Las Vegas Raiders’ limited minority owner”

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The provided evidence includes Wikipedia pages for the Raiders and Tom Brady, but none of the provided text mentions him being a limited minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. Web results were irrelevant (Talking Tom).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the Las Vegas Raiders' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 66th overall, their sixth in Las Vegas, their first under general manager John Spytek and their only season…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 season will be the Las Vegas Raiders' 57th in the National Football League (NFL), their 67th overall, their seventh in Las Vegas, their second under general manager John Spytek and their firs…
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Claim 5: “Brady’s divorce with his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen”

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While Wikipedia entries for Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen exist, the provided evidence snippets do not explicitly mention the status of their divorce. Web results were irrelevant.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tom vs Time is an American documentary web series created by Gotham Chopra that was released from January 25 to March 12, 2018 on Facebook Watch. The six-episode series follows New England Patriots qu…
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