Peyton Manning Makes Fun of Tom Brady for His Solo Yacht Trips: 'Does He Fly Delta to Get to the Yacht?'

On "The Pat McAfee Show" Thursday, the retired quarterback shared a story about a very different vacation he recently took

Peyton Manning; Tom Brady
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Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are enjoying retirement in very different ways!

On The Pat McAfee Show Thursday, Manning entertained the host Pat McAfee and co-host A.J. Hawk with a hilarious story about flying back from Hawaii recently on Delta Airlines —  and sitting in coach at the back of the plane — in contrast to Brady’s recent luxurious vacation in the Bahamas on his $6 million yacht.

“Did he fly Delta to get to the yacht?” Manning, 47, asked, referring to Brady’s recent partnership with the airline as a long-term strategic adviser. “Is there a direct Delta flight into the Bahamas so that he can get onto the yacht? I was on a Delta flight the other night, I flew back from Hawaii. My flight got canceled.”

He added, “I was in 36F. Has Tom sat in 36F on a Delta flight, what do you think A.J.?”

Manning continued, “They put me in an exit row, Pat, which was great for leg room but I swear the door was open. It was as cold as I’ve ever been. I’ve played in some cold-weather games, I’ve been in Green Bay, played in New England. I asked the flight attendant, ‘Is there a warmer blanket?’ She was so disappointed that I was complaining about being cold, she wouldn’t give me a blanket, and I was like, ‘I’m just freezing ma’am’.”

Meanwhile, in the Bahamas, Brady, 46, has been photographed aboard his multimillion-dollar Wajer 77 superyacht, soaking up some sun and downtime.

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But he did have time to toss back a playful retort about his former NFL rival's flight.

“I’m sure the temperature was perfect,” Brady wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday.

With an eye-roll and crying-laughing emoji, he added: “Peyton could never handle life outside the dome…”

Brady has been enjoying life post-retirement, and recently vowed again that he would not return to the NFL, even as his former team the New England Patriots struggles.

During the Oct. 9 episode of his SiriusXM podcast Let's Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray, Brady, 46, joked that his family would "kill" him if he tried to unretire from football for a second time. "My parents would call, my kids would call. They would kill me. I wouldn't be around by tonight."

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