Rob Gronkowski was fast on his ft when his Fox Sports activities colleagues pulled an epic prank on the previous NFL star.
Gronkowski, 35, was the topic of a hilarious prank through which his Fox NFL Sunday co-hosts Jay Glazer, Terry Bradshaw, Michael Strahan, Howie Lengthy and Curt Menefee threw him right into a section a few fictional Dallas Cowboys participant.
“He thought we have been going stay with an additional section,” Glazer mentioned to viewers earlier than footage of Gronkowski’s prank performed. “All people at Fox is aware of this isn’t actual, apart from Gronk.”
He continued, “The premise was, I used to be going to ‘break information’ that the Cowboys have been activating this nice Professional Bowl tight finish who doesn’t exist and Gronk has to go on what he thinks is stay TV to speak about this tight finish.”
The broadcasters started their prank on the previous tight finish by discussing some “breaking information” out of Dallas that Wealthy Russo — a fictional participant — could be lively for the subsequent Cowboys recreation.
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Gronkowski appeared confused as his co-hosts started discussing Russo’s type of play and their predictions for his fictional return to the sphere.
When Gronkowski was requested to chime in on the dialog, he was fast on his ft in including some commentary about Russo probably being “just a little rusty coming again” after being injured.
The prank went on till Bradshaw instructed Gronkowski that Russo was lacking “two fingers on his proper hand,” to which the previous Patriots tight finish mentioned: “So is that going to have an effect on him when he’s catching a go?”
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Gronk then added, “I nonetheless have all 5 of my fingers,” which prompted his co-hosts to burst into laughter and remind the previous NFL star he has ten fingers in whole.
Menefee got here clear to Gronkowski after.
“It is a joke. Wealthy Russo does not play for the Dallas Cowboys,” he mentioned, a lot to Gronkowski’s shock and aid.
“I used to be questioning! I used to be going to say, proper when it was completed, ‘Guys, I’ve by no means heard of Wealthy Russo in my life,'” Gronkowski instructed his co-hosts, including, “You guys had my head spinning, that is for certain.”
The Fox Sports activities crew confirmed Gronkowski footage of the prank in a later section, which the retired participant mentioned he was “so excited” to see.
“I’ve discovered two issues from it — that I’m a humorous man,” Gronkowski mentioned. “Quantity two is that I’m at all times prepared,” he added of his potential to shortly faux like he had heard of Russo whereas the cameras have been rolling.
Gronkowski first joined the Fox broadcast crew in 2019 after retiring from the NFL. He is grow to be a fan-favorite addition to the community’s commentary workforce, which additionally just lately added Gronkowski’s former teammate Tom Brady.
