Andrew Schulz John Parra/Getty Images for Reserve Padel
Comedian Andrew Schulz is ready to take to the dais again after tearing the house down at Netflix’s Roast of Tom Brady.
Schulz, 41, was one of many celebrities who roasted the former New England Patriots quarterback, 47, during the raucous live event in May 2024. In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Schulz revealed his idea for who should be thrown into the fire next.
“I think the next person to do is Tiger Woods,” said Schulz, while promoting his participation in the Reserve Cup Miami padel tournament. “That to me is the obvious one. Who are you going to follow Tom with? You gotta follow him with somebody else who’s been at that size.”
Schulz added of the world-famous golfer, 39, “The thing about Tiger is he’s got so much controversy around him, as well. It would be really funny.”
The comedian also mentioned NBA legend Michael Jordan as another former athlete on the level of Brady and Woods, 49, but insisted Jordan’s roast will “never happen.”
“If it did, any of us on that panel would be his enemy until the day he died,” Schulz joked.
Tiger Woods Brennan Asplen/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images
Schulz insisted the next roastee needs to be a “big, huge figure that you can’t believe did it.”
“People who don’t need the money,” he further explained. “I don’t think it works as well when people need it, when they need the re-brand. I think it’s better when nobody needs it.”
Schulz compared celebrity roasts to the White House Correspondents Dinner, when the sitting President opens themselves up to jokes by a comedian emcee. In recent years, the WHCD has been hosted by comics like Colin Jost, Roy Wood Jr. and Trevor Noah.
“I like seeing people who don’t need it at all being able to go up there and get humbled in front of the whole world,” Schulz said. “There’s something beautiful and endearing about that. I feel closer to those people simply because they allowed themselves to be humiliated in front of me.”
(L-R) Tom Brady and Andrew Schulz Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Netflix
In the meantime, Schulz is taking his talents to the padel court as one of the official team captains for the Reserve Cup Miami 2025, where he goes head-to-head with the event’s other team captain, former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter.
“I found this sport a year-and-a-half ago and it is the single most addicting thing I’ve ever done in my life outside of drugs,” Schulz said of padel, which is a racket sport played in an enclosed court. “You think you’re good at every stage of the game. There’s always hope. The walls create this dynamic that you just don’t have in tennis. If the ball gets by you in tennis, you’re toast. Here, the ball gets by you and it stays in play.”
He added, “The hardest thing for me to learn is the hand skills. You get those when you’re 5 years old playing racket sports. You don’t get them at 40, when I started playing.”
The event will bring together 16 of the world’s top-ranked padel players divided into two teams captained by Schulz and Jeter, 50. The teams will compete in a series of matches over three days for the coveted Reserve Cup trophy. The Miami event is one of three tournaments in the Reserve Cup series, which features an unprecedented $1.7 million prize pool — the largest in padel series history.
The Reserve Cup Miami takes place from January 23 to 25 at Reserve Miami Seaplane.
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