The loss of a lovely pet has turned into an unexpected online debate, and Sophie Cunningham is the latest to join the conversation. It all started when Tom Brady revealed that his dog, Junie, is actually a clone of his late pet, Lua, who passed away in 2023. Cunningham, who otherwise speaks on almost all issues, shared her reaction on her podcast, and that has everyone talking.

“Dude, that’s f— weird. That’s really weird,” Sophie Cunningham said on her podcast Show Me Something. “I still like him. Just a weird guy. Weird guy.” It wasn’t really about Brady himself, more about the idea. Her co-host, Caleb Wilson, added that Brady was actually great to work with, and Cunningham replied that people with his kind of money just find new things to spend it on.

“This is why rich people do weird s— cuz they have f— you money and they just find ways to do weird s—,” Sophie Cunningham said. Tom Brady, whose net worth is estimated at around $300 million as of April 2025, reportedly spent $50,000 on the cloning procedure. It only required a simple blood draw from the family’s aging pit bull mix, Lua, before she passed away. But you may have to wait before drawing an opinion.

Because there is a catch. Brady is an investor in Colossal Biosciences, which acquired Viagen, a biotechnology company. Along with the business side, cloning yields a genetic twin, not the same dog in memory or temperament. Even if its scientific method is proven over the years, this decision from Brady has brought some moral judgment from other dog lovers and activists. 

“Setting aside Brady’s business connection to the cloning company, one that makes the new pup seem a bit like a four-legged branding opportunity, there are far better ways to get a different dog, ways that don’t involve dropping $50,000, an extravagant sum that few dog lovers could ever afford,” wrote Rex Huppke on USA Today. What Huppke is referring to is adopting a dog instead. He also provided data that “in all of 2024, 2.9 million dogs entered shelters or rescues, and 334,000 dogs were euthanized.”

But Brady had his reasons to justify the move. “I love my animals. They mean the world to me and my family,” he said. “A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family’s elderly dog before she passed.” While the science is fascinating, its real-life use has Sophie Cunningham questioning the greatest quarterback of all time.

Sophie Cunningham, who grew up in Missouri, spent much of her childhood on her grandparents’ 2,500‑acre Primus family farm east of town with horses, such a move seems out of the norm. Cloning a dog, which is not even the same one, while millions are euthanized every year, is not a fact everyone accepts.

Sophie Cunningham swaps dog debates for golf laughs with Caitlin Clark

Sophie Cunningham stands out as the odd one out among the “tres leches” trio of WNBA stars. Caitlin Clark and Lexie Hull are seasoned golfers, with Clark returning for her second consecutive year at the Annika Pro Am, an LPGA event hosted by Hall of Famer Annika Sörenstam.

The tournament pairs professionals with invited amateurs and celebrity guests. This year, Cunningham and Hull will serve as celebrity caddies alongside Clark, even though Cunningham openly admits she has no experience with golf.

“I don’t know s— about golf. I’m really good at drinking and driving the golf cart. Actually, not bad. I have a pretty good short game, too. Yeah, I would kill people at mini golf. But yeah, I have no idea what I’m going to be doing,” she said. 

Cunningham’s unfamiliarity with golf was already on full display in a hilarious social media mix-up. When she was announced as a caddie for Clark, she captioned her repost with “FOUR!!!!!!” Most golf fans, including Clark, know the correct term is “Fore,” which players shout to warn others of an incoming ball, a small but telling sign of Cunningham’s inexperience on the course.

The Fever point guard was quick to point out that silly mistake writing, “Yeah, clearly we have a lot to learn about golf. It’s fore bud.” Either way, Cunningham’s presence with Hull and Clark will only increase the attention on the tournament. Cunningham will learn about the sport at the Annika Pro Am. Maybe we can see the trio golfing this offseason after the tournament.