Andrew Schulz John Parra/Getty Pictures for Reserve Padel
Comic Andrew Schulz is able to take to the dais once more after tearing the home down at Netflix’s Roast of Tom Brady.
Schulz, 41, was one in every of many celebrities who roasted the former New England Patriots quarterback, 47, throughout the raucous dwell occasion in Could 2024. In an unique interview with Us Weekly, Schulz revealed his thought for who ought to be thrown into the fireplace subsequent.
“I believe the following particular person to do is Tiger Woods,” mentioned Schulz, whereas selling his participation within the Reserve Cup Miami padel event. “That to me is the apparent one. Who’re you going to observe Tom with? You gotta observe him with any person else who’s been at that dimension.”
Schulz added of the world-famous golfer, 39, “The factor about Tiger is he’s bought a lot controversy round him, as nicely. It will be actually humorous.”
The comic additionally talked about NBA legend Michael Jordan as one other former athlete on the extent of Brady and Woods, 49, however insisted Jordan’s roast will “by no means occur.”
“If it did, any of us on that panel can be his enemy till the day he died,” Schulz joked.
Tiger Woods Brennan Asplen/TGL/TGL Golf by way of Getty Pictures
Schulz insisted the following roastee must be a “massive, enormous determine that you could’t consider did it.”
“Individuals who don’t want the cash,” he additional defined. “I don’t suppose it really works as nicely when folks want it, after they want the re-brand. I believe it’s higher when no one wants it.”
Schulz in contrast celeb roasts to the White Home Correspondents Dinner, when the sitting President opens themselves as much as jokes by a comic emcee. In recent times, the WHCD has been hosted by comics like Colin Jost, Roy Wooden Jr. and Trevor Noah.
“I like seeing individuals who don’t want it in any respect having the ability to go up there and get humbled in entrance of the entire world,” Schulz mentioned. “There’s one thing stunning and endearing about that. I really feel nearer to these folks just because they allowed themselves to be humiliated in entrance of me.”
(L-R) Tom Brady and Andrew Schulz Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Pictures for Netflix
Within the meantime, Schulz is taking his skills to the padel court docket as one of many official crew captains for the Reserve Cup Miami 2025, the place he goes head-to-head with the occasion’s different crew captain, former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter.
“I discovered this sport a year-and-a-half in the past and it’s the single most addicting factor I’ve ever achieved in my life outdoors of medication,” Schulz mentioned of padel, which is a racket sport performed in an enclosed court docket. “You suppose you’re good at each stage of the sport. There’s all the time hope. The partitions create this dynamic that you just simply don’t have in tennis. If the ball will get by you in tennis, you’re toast. Right here, the ball will get by you and it stays in play.”
He added, “The toughest factor for me to study is the hand expertise. You get these if you’re 5 years previous taking part in racket sports activities. You don’t get them at 40, after I began taking part in.”
The occasion will deliver collectively 16 of the world’s top-ranked padel gamers divided into two groups captained by Schulz and Jeter, 50. The groups will compete in a collection of matches over three days for the coveted Reserve Cup trophy. The Miami occasion is one in every of three tournaments within the Reserve Cup collection, which options an unprecedented $1.7 million prize pool — the biggest in padel collection historical past.
The Reserve Cup Miami takes place from January 23 to 25 at Reserve Miami Seaplane.
