Wait, Tom Brady did what?
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This is not science fiction. The former NFL quarterback and current game announcer on FOX shared that his pit bull, Junie, is a clone of his late dog, Lua. The news was reported by PEOPLE.
Lua died in 2023 and was shared with Brady, his children, and his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen. Junie was cloned using a blood sample that was collected before Lua's death.
Why Did Tom Brady Clone His Dog?
Brady is an investor in Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company based in Dallas that was founded in 2021. You may have recently heard about the three genetically modified gray wolves that carry the traits of the long-extinct dire wolf. Colossal did that.
"I love my animals. They mean the world to me and my family," Brady said. "A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family's elderly dog before she passed."
The company recently acquired another biotech firm, Viagen Pets and Equine. It has cloned the pets of celebrities.
The three-time NFL MVP added that Colossal "gave my family a second chance with a clone of our beloved dog." He's "excited how Colossal and Viagen's tech together can help both families losing their beloved pets while helping to save endangered species."
The company has also cloned the pets of Barbara Streisand and Paris Hilton.
Would Brady Clone Himself?
Given his talk about the current state of the NFL, Brady would almost certainly try.
Last year, he once again discussed making a return to professional football. After commenting about how mediocre the league and the coaching are, he said that he believed he would be one of the best in the league.
"I just want to make sure that all those young bucks in the NFL know that if I still wanted to come out of retirement, they still got something to deal with," he said.
But Brady has plenty to do. He's a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and a podcaster. Additionally, FOX awarded him a $375 million contract to call games for the network.
If he can afford to clone his dog, then why would he (or his not-yet-existent clone) ever return to the NFL?
