You may have heard eBay users sell(opens in new window) The sand-filled jar they’re from “Tom Brady’s Exact Retirement Place” is bidding up to a staggering $99,900.00 at the time of this writing. The jar of sand kissed on the butt cheek of the greatest NFL quarterback of all time on the most auspicious day of all?
That’s highly doubtful, our investigation found.
In summary, on February 1, ageless Tom Brady (actual age: 45) announced his apparent retirement after a disappointing final season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The announcement came in the form of a video posted on his Twitter and his Instagram around the same time, showing Brady on the sand. For a moment it looks like he’s about to announce that he’s engaged to himself, but he quickly gets to the point and makes the announcement.
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Soon, the video was viewed by millions, and Brady’s fans in the Miami area were soon able to identify the stretch of beach where Brady made the video: Surfside, Florida. Beach, on a patch of sand near the entrance to 94th Street(opens in new window).
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One of the fans who found this spot was TikTok user @betcaroline. She posted a video explaining that she had apparently been gambling with the Bucks all season and she was bitter and trying to sell Brady’s butt sand to get all her money back. She then lifts a bag of sand. She has no word on how she plans to market it.
It’s unclear when @betcaroline scooped up that sand, but regardless of when the video was posted, it appears to have been filmed on the afternoon of February 1st. of video.
On February 2nd, there was an eBay auction titled “Tom Brady’s Exact Retirement Place – Bottled Sand.” According to the auction text, the auction was for “an 8-ounce mason jar bottled in the same sand that goat Tom Brady made his retirement video for,” much more to professional Brady than the outraged @betcaroline. Sounds. The hands in the eBay auction photo are clearly not @betcaroline’s.
One eBay auction photo contains February 1st. new york timesThis is a popular method for dating photographs in cases where proof that someone is alive is needed, such as during a kidnapping. Newspapers only prove that the photo was taken on February 1st of him, because he doesn’t magically disappear in a day. or anytime thereafter.
Both @betcaroline’s TikTok post and eBay auction exploded online and started getting a lot of publicity. The Daily Mail article (opens in new window)On Feb. 4, an eBay auction was attributed to @betcaroline, who sometimes shortens the name to Carol, stating, “Carol showed off her sandy face by taking a picture in front of the background of Brady’s retirement video.” “It helps to prove the authenticity of the jar,” he said, adding, “Give her a February 1 copy of The New York Times to prove the photo is recent.
However, a second @betcaroline TikTok video about sand seems to refute this. bagging List on eBay with a relatively low starting price of $100. In her Feb. 1 video, she is seen holding what she calls “real sand from that day, not this fake they put up because the wind blew.” It was reflected.
“Probably not real sand,” she says.
Mashable asked @betcaroline for the link to the correct eBay auction and the exact time she scooped up the sand, but as of this writing she has not responded.
But assuming she really got there in February, an hour after Brady posted the video, @betcaroline’s sand is the actual sand in the video, mixed with Tom Brady’s khaki fibers. can you think?
That’s pretty dubious.
On the night of January 31st — just hours before the retirement video was posted — Tom Brady was in Los Angeles to attend the premiere of the film. Brady is 80, His freshly made movie starring Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Lily Tomlin and Rita Moreno. Here’s a video of him taking pictures on the red carpet.
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Assuming Brady wasn’t sitting around during the movie, he quickly jumped into a private jet, caught 40 winks on the plane, and hurried to Surfside Beach at 5:12 a.m. Los Angeles time, You may have created and posted a video?
yeah, sure Possible. but more than that probably Than Brady sleeping in his Los Angeles mansion(opens in new window) At 5:12 a.m., I had his handler post a prerecorded video of his retirement announcement taken a few days before he was in Florida, and I posted it to coincide with the release of the movie. So the actual sand he was sitting on was scattered. Was it blown out to sea years ago? you will be the judge
There are now hundreds of eBay auctions claiming to offer Tom Brady’s butt sand(opens in new window) From retirement video There are also parody auctions, such as selling pictures of angry guys reacting.(opens in new window) To Tom Brady’s butt sand eBay listing, and the one that sells empty bottles(opens in new window) Bids start at $25,000 without Brady Sand.
If you have all the money in the world feel free to bid on any or all of these. However, if you need money for things like food, housing, or even personal pleasure, spending money on Tom Brady and his eBay auction involving sand is not recommended.
