Tara Reid Recalls 'On and Off' Tom Brady Relationship: 'It Was Nothing Serious but It Was Fun'
"We’d go to beer places and have fun and dance. He was cool," the actress said
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Tara Reid; Tom BradyTara Reid is reflecting on her brief romance with Tom Brady.
In a new profile for Bustle published Thursday, the American Pie actress recalled seeing the former NFL player "on and off" before she got engaged to now-ex Carson Daly in October 2000.
"It was nothing serious, but it was fun," Reid, 48, said of Brady, 46. "We’d go to beer places and have fun and dance. He was cool."
"He’s all skinny now. He’s so serious. He used to laugh. When I watch his interviews, he’s so cocky now," she added.
A rep for Brady did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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This isn't the first time the Josie and the Pussycats star has discussed her history with the former New England Patriots quarterback.
When asked about Brady during a 2014 interview on Australia’s The Kyle & Jackie O Show, Reid replied, "[We] have kissed. He's pretty good-looking.”
She briefly touched on their romance again during a 2022 interview with NBC Sports Boston. "I dated Tom Brady," the actress said. "He was a great guy. He's a really nice guy, a really sweet guy. We had a lot of fun."
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Brady went on to date Bridget Moynahan, and the two share 16-year-old son Jack. The former football pro eventually married supermodel Gisele Bündchen in 2009, and they welcomed two children together: son Ben, 14, and daughter Vivian, 11. Brady and Bündchen, 43, divorced in 2022.
Reid and Daly, 50, called off their engagement in 2001. Today, she is in a relationship with Nathan Montpetit-Howar, who is president of Phantom Acoustics, a sound technology company, per Bustle.
"He’s my best friend, my partner in crime; he’s patient like no other," she said of Montpetit-Howar, sharing that they met at a dinner party five years ago.
As for Montpetit-Howar, he told Bustle of Reid, “She’s all heart."
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