Critics and comedians are having a good time with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's attitude about being becoming a dad out of wedlock.

One day after speaking for the first about the challenges and responsibilities of his impending fatherhood, the football star is taking some heat.

Jay Leno took his shot on TV last night.

"Easy way to see if your wife may have given birth to another man's child: if she's wearing a Tom Brady football jersey," the comedian joked on ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

Also, Brady's hearing criticism from a Massachusetts candidate for Congress. Kevin Thompson is running on the ultra-conservative constitution party ticket.

In a posting on his blog, he said, "Many millions of small, adoring fans look up to Brady, only to find him chasing models, fathering children out of wedlock and unashamedly engaging in an immoral lifestyle."

Thompson then challenged Brady's future fathering skills, asking, "What is manly or praise-worthy of a man... forcing a woman to raise her child without a loving, present, father?"

The press has painted No. 12 as a man caught with his pants down, when his ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan revealed she was pregnant with his child.

Moynahan broke the baby news to Brady just after he started dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

Brady spoke for the first time about his impending fatherhood, telling Details magazine being a dad will "be a challenge" but he doesn't understand or like the intense media coverage of his private life.

Brady, 29, is expecting his first child with actress Bridget Moynahan, whom he broke up with in December. Brady is now dating model Gisele Bundchen.

"It doesn't affect anyone but me anyway, so why is it a big deal?" Brady said, according to Details magazine.

Brady, who has won three Super Bowls with the Patriots, said he isn't scared but considers fatherhood "a huge unknown," Details magazine reported.

"I want to prepare for it the way I do everything else in my life," Brady said, Details reported. "I make lists. I make plans. But being a father is different. I think that people go into it and find out, holy (bleep), I have no control."

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The Patriots quarterback also said he and Moynahan know the gender of their baby, but he declined to reveal it, the magazine reported.

The Patriots quarterback also discussed his relationship with Bundchen, Details magazine reported, saying he likes the glamorous lifestyle.

"I'm attracted to women who are smart and funny and ambitious and have lives of their own and great families. Isn't that what attracts anyone?" he said, Details reported.

"People want to go out and travel around and meet cool people. I could just go live in Vermont, but is that what I really want?"

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