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After four years of marital bliss with his wife Camile, NFL legend Rob Gronkowski joyfully embraces fatherhood as they welcome their first child. Honored Tom Brady by naming son after him
The NFL player and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model first crossed paths when he was a tight end and she was a cheerleader for the New England Patriots. Despite sharing a stadium during Patriots games, however, the pair didn’t actually meet until they were off the field at a charity event in 2013According to the model, Gronkowski’s teammate had given her his number. “I was a rookie. I was like, ‘Oh no, no, no, I can’t take this. I can’t take his number.’ And then [his teammate] was like, ‘Just take it,’ and I was like, ‘Okay,’ and I put it in my pocket. And I never spoke about it again.”
She later FaceTimed the tight end, and the two quickly struck up a romance, though it would be a few years before the couple took their relationship public. The pair made their red carpet debut in 2016 and have been supporting each other on and off the field ever since.
Here is the complete timeline of Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek’s relationship. At the time, Kostek was a Patriots cheerleader and Gronkowski was in his third season with the team. Kostek worried that she could be breaking a rule by dating a player, so after Gronkowski’s teammate gave her his number, she decided to keep the exchange to herself.
“I didn’t make it locker room talk. I never spoke about it. Some of my captains now are probably like, ‘Girl, what?’ So, and then I just sat on it for a couple of days and then I FaceTimed