Tom Brady couldn’t walk away from the topic in his weekly Monday morning interview on WEEI’s Kirk and Callahan, where the Patriots quarterback had been asked about his friendship with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Brady said that he met Trump 15 or 16 years ago. In the past, Brady has pegged the beginning of their friendship on when the quarterback judged Trump’s Miss USA beauty pageant in 2002, shortly after winning his first Super Bowl.

Brady said on Monday, adding that Trump is a “friend of mine” and a fan of the Patriots, “We’ve played golf together many, many times and I’ve always had a good time with him” . The quarterback said, “He’s supported the Patriots. He’s been on the Patriots sideline a lot.”

Trump has accompanied Patriots owner Robert Kraft on the field of Gillette Stadium before at least two games in 2007 and 2008, both against the New York Jets.

Brady said of Trump, “[He] always called me after games to encourage me over the course of 15 years and, you know, that’s kind of the way it is,” .

In a real Elizabeth Warren move, Brady confirmed that he would cast a ballot in the November 8 election, but declined to say for whom he would vote.

He said with a chuckle when asked, “Yeah, I’ll vote. Maybe we’ll talk about it after Super Tuesday or whatever it is.”

Brady also addressed his decision to walk out of a press conference last week after a reporter asked a question about a recorded conversation of Trump making lewd comments about women. The candidate has defended the remarks as “locker room talk.”

He said, “Obviously there’s a lot of headlines to make, and I’ve tried not to make a lot of headlines. I’ve been in an organization where we’re taught to say very little. The thing I’ve always thought is I don’t want to be a distraction for the team.”

By Prakriti Neogi