Tom Brady apparently didn’t think an AI-generated comedy special about him was funny at all.
According to the comedians who helped create the viral, hour-long video — which featured an animated version of the NFL legend telling crass jokes in a stand-up format — TB12 threatened legal action over it just days after it was posted … which forced them to wipe it from the internet this week.
Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen explained the situation on their “Dudesy” podcast on Tuesday … saying that shortly after they helped put up the fake Brady comedy special on their Patreon page earlier this month — they received a cease and desist letter from the G.O.A.T.’s attorneys.
The guys said Brady’s lawyers claimed in the letter that the AI version of the future Hall of Famer “blatantly violates” the former quarterback’s “rights” … and if they didn’t meet a list of demands — which included taking down the video — a lawsuit would be forthcoming.
Sasso and Kultgen clearly thought the whole thing was B.S. — on their pod, they wondered how it in any away differentiated from live comedians doing impressions of celebs on shows like “Saturday Night Live” — but they nonetheless acquiesced.
The comedians said they took down the comedy special at midnight Tuesday.
They added, though, the situation wouldn’t prevent them from making further attempts at AI comedy … perhaps even making one down that road that features President Joe Biden.
