Eli Manning Trolls Tom Brady for Posting Fish Thirst Traps: ‘Cute Minnow’

Eli Manning is trolling Tom Brady for posting shirtless fish pics on social media.

“A little warmer than it looked in Buffalo last night,” Brady, 47, wrote via Instagram on Monday, December 2, alongside a shirtless snap of the retired NFL legend showing off his chiseled physique while holding a fish by the gills on a fishing boat.

Hours later, Manning, 43, shared Brady’s pic alongside his own fishing photo via Instagram, showing the former New York Giants quarterback on a boat, fully-clothed and holding a larger fish than the former New England Patriots quarterback.

“Cute Minnow, Tom!” Manning captioned his post, as a dig to the fish’s size. Brady shared Manning’s split photo via his Instagram Story, writing in response, “You use a helmet to catch that one too?” along with an eye roll emoji.

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Before they were rival fishermen, Brady and Manning previously came head to head as opposing quarterbacks on the Giants and Patriots, respectively, when the two teams played each other at Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. The Giants defeated the Patriots both times.

Earlier this year, Manning missed his chance to roast Brady during Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady. ​​“I thought about attending the Roast of Tom Brady last night, but I did not want to Roast him for a 3rd time!!” Manning joked via X in May, referring to the Giants’ two Super Bowl wins over Brady’s Patriots.

Brady, for his part, has shared that he is still not over those losses even years later. “I’m not over any of the Super Bowl losses,” he said during a February episode of his “Let’s Go!” podcast. “I am still mad. Sixteen years later. In ’07. I’m still mad. The 2011 Super Bowl, I’m still mad we lost to the [Philadelphia] Eagles. But no, you can’t change the outcome and you gotta live with it.”

As for Brady’s personal life, his fishy Instagram thirst trap comes after Us Weekly confirmed in October that his ex wife Gisele Bündchen and her boyfriend, Joaquin Valente, were expecting their first child together.

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Brady and Bündchen, who divorced in October 2022, share son Benjamin, 14, and daughter Vivian, 11. Bündchen is also stepmother to Brady’s son Jack, 17, whom he shares with ex Bridget Moynahan.

While Bündchen and Valente are starting a family together, a source exclusively told Us in November that they had no plans to tie the knot.

“They’re deeply committed to each other, but there are currently no plans for marriage,” the source said, noting the couple “aren’t talking about marriage” right now.

“They’re in love and happy,” the insider added. “But right now, marriage is not on top of their to-do list.”