Randy Orton Says He’d Be Hot About Tom Brady Calling WWE ‘Cute’ 10 Years Ago

Randy Orton says that had Tom Brady called WWE “cute” 10 years ago he’d be pissed, but he’s chill about it now. As you may recall, Brady used the term in a mocking way when denigrating Logan Paul’s work in a trash talk back and forth on Impaulsive earlier this month. The comment caused a number of reactions across the WWE spectrum, but Orton said on the Pat McAfee Show that he’s tickled by it.

Orton also talked about how he’s managed to stay relevant in WWE for as long as he has. You can see the highlights below:

On Brady’s ‘Cute’ Comment:

“Well the thing with the cute line — so I’m just having fun at this stage of my in this stage of my career, man. I am just, especially after the injuries and and the spinal fusion, there’s no one on the roster that I’m aware of anyway that’s had a lower lumbar fusion, let alone a double fusion. So the fact that I’m doing anyway, like every second I’m in that ring, I am soaking it up. And I’ve been doing this longer than damn near anybody. Gosh, I just feel so grateful to be around.

“So hearing him call it cute — like, I’m having fun. 10, 15, 20 years ago I would have been hot. I would have had choice words to say for Tom Brady. But the RKO line, it’s funny because I’ll look at the comments sometimes just to get, you know. It tickles me, but people get so freaking upset and it’s like, we were just having fun. But Tom, if you want to take an RKO dude, Pat will call me.”

On How He’s Stayed Relevant For So Long:

“Man, I think I’ve just been me. There’s a lot of like… as far as that goes, I take care of my body. And the thing is, early on in my career I think I got lucky. Because I was horrible to my body. Like, I was doing all sorts of s**t I shouldn’t have been doing. And I kind of had a reality check and I turned things around, and I just like, the in-ring work that we talked about earlier, I make sure that everything I’m doing, there’s a reason that I’m doing it. I’m not just throwing myself around.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit The Pat McAfee Show with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.