Rob Gronkowski Stuns Crowd With Crack About Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend

Rob Gronkowski said the quiet part out loud.

For the second time in less than a week, the four-time Super Bowl champ is sharing his unedited thoughts on his former coach’s dating life. As TheWrap reports, the Fox Sports analyst attended the network’s upfront on Monday, where he and Fox News host Harris Faulkner were welcomed to the stage by Jane Lynch, host of Celebrity Weakest Link.

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Lynch showed off her hosting skills by asking the pair a question: “When was the very first upfront?” Gronkowski guessed 1962, which was two years off from the actual answer of 1960.

“Well, of course, back in 1962, Fox wasn’t even a twinkle in Rupert Murdoch’s eye,” Faulkner said. “Fox didn’t begin broadcasting until 1986.” That’s when Gronk chimed in.

“Well, in 1986, Coach Belichick’s girlfriend wasn’t a twinkle in her father’s eye,” Gronkowski shot back.

Belichick’s relationship with Jordon Hudson, a 24-year-old former professional cheerleader, has come under much scrutiny since the couple first went public. But the spotlight on the couple has intensified in recent weeks, ever since the new UNC head coach sat down for an extremely awkward interview with CBS Sunday Morning anchor Tony Dokoupil in late April, which ended up being interrupted by Hudson, who very vocally shut down a question about how the couple met.

While Monday’s roast was clearly a joke, Gronkowski did speak more seriously on the matter in a recent interview with 98.5 The Sports Hub. The athlete shared his worry that Hudson could be a “distraction” to his former coach as he gets his feet wet as the new coach at UNC.

“When you were on the Patriots, the whole goal was to eliminate all the distractions that can possibly happen while you’re on the team,” Gronkowski explained of his time playing under Belichick. “We’re just looking down at the program in North Carolina, and it feels like there are just distractions 24/7 down there. There’s no football talk as well.”

The comment seems to indicate a change of opinion on Gronkowski’s part. During a recent episode of Dudes on Dudes, Gronk’s podcast with former teammate Julian Edelman, the two seemed to agree that there was nothing inappropriate about Hudson’s actions during the Sunday Morning taping.

“She was jumping into that conversation during the interview just like any PR person would jump in when there’s an unnecessary question that probably [they] didn’t go over in the pre-production meeting,” Edelman said, and Gronk agreed.