Rob Gronkowski's "man-child" act went too far at Super Bowl Opening Night on Monday, WFAN's "Carlin, Maggie and Bart" show said Tuesday.
Chris Carlin said reading the following excerpt from a New York Post article "ticked me off to no end."
"He's obviously making a stupid 69 joke, but you're going to point to a female reporter in that setting and say 'ask her?'" Carlin said.
"I don't care who it is," Carlin added. "Do whatever you want, dude. Just don't be disrespectful in that setting."
Added Maggie Gray: "That one is a crossing the line. I think there has been a pass that's been given to Rob Gronkowski for a really long time. I think part of the pass that he gets comes with the fact he is doing this and really doesn't have anything in his past or in his private life that would indicate he actually has an issue. It just seems like an act."
"Workplace etiquette, right?" said Bart Scott, a former Jets and Ravens linebacker. "He has to understand that this is business time, it's workplace time, that you can't go that route. It's not the time or the place."
Gray shared a story about when she interviewed Gronkowski about his book, which included a bunch of "ridiculous stories." Among them, Gronkowski wrote that he had a house in college with a hot tub that was underneath a tree. Women who wanted to get into the hot tub had to remove their underwear and throw them in the tree.
After the interview, Gronkowski's father asked Gray if her underwear was in the tree, she said.
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"That's the father maybe setting the tone for the rest of the guys in the family," she said. "I haven't really been a fan of the Gronkowskis ever since."
It wasn't the first time Gronk made a 69 joke. After he scored his 68th career touchdown in 2016, he said a news conference: "One more, I got 69 touchdowns, if you know what I mean. Only you know what I mean, baby," he said to one reporter.
Last year, Gronkowksi placed a $69 Belmont Stakes bet on Gronkowski, the racehorse named after him that he co-owns.