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Tom Brady is not only one of the greatest quarterbacks of his generation, it also seems he is one of the greatest pranksters of all-time.

The New England Patriots star admitted today that his overtly feminine behavior in recent years, behavior that has intensified in the past few weeks, has just been an elaborate ruse intended to show "the discordant link between celebrity perception and reality in our culture."

"I'm not really this soft and lady-like," said Brady, grabbing at the long, flowing hair framing his face. "I don't really want to look like this. I mean, come on. I don't really start crying when I talk about the NFL Draft. I don't really wear pigtails. I don't really wear Uggs. I don't dance by myself to Samba music. I don't have my wife feed me grapes poolside. I don't … I can't even remember everything I've done anymore. There's been so much and it's gone on for so long."

Brady says he began his experiment after his breakup with former girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.

"I felt the media didn't cover that fairly, that I was painted as the bad guy, so I decided to mess with them," says Brady, "by experimenting with my appearance and behavior."

NFL star quarterback Tom Brady filed his second lawsuit in as many weeks today, following up Brady v. NFL with Brady v. Pantene with Botanicals after he said the shampoo left his hair "just totally a wreck."

While Brady v. NFL seeks to force the NFL owners to offer the players a better deal under antitrust grounds, in Brady v. Pantene the Patriots quarterback seeks $1 billion for his "split ends and pain and suffering because I couldn't get my hair to lay right on Sunday and I had to put it in a scrunchie … to go to the opera! It was very embarrassing."

Pantene is claiming that $1 billion is an exorbitant figure for one bad hair day, no matter the obvious emotional scarring it caused. The shampoo brand also said that its products are designed to clean and protect "natural human head hair and not what is clearly the scalp of an aging men desperately trying to cling to his youth via hair plugs and non-age appropriate styles."

Due to Pantene's claims, Brady then sued for an additional $1 billion "for further emotional pain and suffering over their hurtful comments about my hair."

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick set his starting rotation for the NFL playoffs today, announcing that MVP candidate Tom Brady will get the ball for Games 1 and 3, while No. 2 Brian Hoyer will start Game 2, or the AFC Championship Game.

"I am obviously a competitor, so you want to start every game," said Tom Brady. "But everyone knows that Bill is in charge around here so I just have to go along with the plan."

The Patriots don't have a third quarterback so Brady and Hoyer will need to quarterback complete games.

"The Super Bowl, if we make it that far, would give Tom an extra week of rest to get ready and I want my top guy starting that game," said Belichick. "It would also let Brian recover, too, so if we need to bring him in late like the Giants did with Tim Lincecum in the World Series, we have that option."

"I appreciate Bill's confidence in me," said Hoyer, 25, who has thrown only 42 passes in his two-year career. "But, umm … I don't know if this is such a good idea. I feel very unprepared. I just don't see how I could win the AFC Championship Game."