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A story went viral last week across social media that detailed even further the crazy life that former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski lived off the field.
His former teammate, Julian Edelman, says it’s BS.
Jake Bequette, who played in New England for two brief seasons during the 20+ year dynasty, went on the “Prime Time with Alex Stein” and told them quite the tale about Gronk:
“During the offseason, Gronk would go out all night with his boys in Boston, you know stay up ‘til three, four in the morning… and have his crew drop him off at the Patriots facility."
"So then like an hour or two later when the trainers would come in to start their workday, they’d come in there and see Gronk just sprawled out on the training table, just fast asleep." Bequette continued. "They would go over there, they wouldn’t wake him up, they would roll up one of his sleeves, and you know stick an IV in his arm and like after a couple hours he would just wake up like Frankenstein, revived, and go out there and just kick ass.”
While the story adds another layer to Gronkowski’s Hall of Fame career, Edelman weighed in on Saturday evening:
“Story is BS. Everyone wants to paint Gronk as a party animal. When in reality he was one of the most dedicated teammates I had.”
Edelman and Gronk played nine seasons together for New England, winning three Super Bowl's in the process.
Their former teammate Patrick Chung, who was also a member of their three championship teams, weighed in as well:
"Exactly," Chung tweeted. "People just want their time of fame. Willing to do anything to get it."
Well it was fun... for about 72 hours.
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