Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and a female fan. What's the problem?
Rob Gronkowski got into hot water for this picture? What is this, the 1950s? The only discouraging thing I see here is the awkward white rapper pose by Gronkowski. Even if he’s married, can’t a fan give him a hug?
Now Mr. Gronkowski has his shirt off. Still don't see too much of an issue here.
Okay, maybe now we’re starting to cross the line. Emphasis on maybe. But come on, I’ve seen more sexually suggestive photos of Sarah Palin on the cover of Newsweek. And it’s not like this blonde girl is trying to get in his pants or anything.
What? The blonde chick is porn star Bibi Jones?
I see.
I guess we’re taking the term “tight end” to a whole new level.
I’ll be honest – I’m 24 years old and single, I’m a guy at heart, and I still had no idea who she was until it was put into context. So much for your damn stereotype. I honestly thought she was Gronkowski’s girlfriend or the girlfriend of his friend that he was visiting during the Patriots’ bye week when this picture was taken.
Any time a star athlete with a bit of a cult following has a nickname like “Gronk,” it’s destined to be misconstrued into some kind of regional sexual innuendo. But perhaps never before like this. That being said, it does bring up an important question for our “leaders” and “role models” who decry things like this as another tear in the moral fabric of our country:
What the hell is wrong with you?
I’m not even kidding. Police are shitting on the first amendment by using tools and methods not permissible in war zones, we are $15 trillion in debt with another downgrade looming, and you want to complain about a professional athlete on his bye week visiting a friend at college and being introduced to one of his friends who earns her living through orgasms?
Okay, fair concern. One plus one equals two, et cetera…
Wait, are we still having this debate?
Well, we shouldn’t. Because there is no debate. Perhaps the “leaders” and “role models” have forgotten who we’re dealing with. We are talking about athletic, handsome young men (men being the operative word here) and a hot, young, blonde female porn star. It doesn’t take a high school guidance counselor to know what’s likely to happen (and, according to Ms. Jones, repeatedly has, and sometimes to the benefit of the aforementioned agent).
Robin Williams once said that “God gave you a penis and a brain and only enough blood to run one at a time.” But I don’t see how meeting a friend of a friend who just happened to be a porn star has ruined the Patriots’ season in anyway, so I don’t know if the critics are operating either one at this point.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft is one of the most intelligent, respected owners in all of sports, so even he could give Gronkowski a pass on this, right?
Kinda? Mr. Kraft says Gronkowski has to be more careful.
Again, a fair concern, but all evidence indicates Gronkowski was already very careful, especially in the most important category – what he let out. The pictures that were posted weren’t scandalous enough for the ESPN The Magazine body issue. Now, we don’t know what happened before or after the pictures were taken, but quite frankly, if anything of a sexual nature did occur between the happy couple, that’s the business of Mr. Gronkowski and Ms. Jones and not of anyone else.
Porn is not a crime, and Gronkowski didn’t even commit a misdemeanor here. You let me know when the Bibi-Gronk sex tape becomes widely distributed, and then we’ll talk.
Gronkowski has apologized for this (non) incident, but quite frankly, given what’s in the photos; more importantly, what’s not; and most importantly, who’s delivering the criticism, his official response should have went something like this:
Love, Gronk.
Moral of the story: If you take exception to Gronkowski having the most fun one can with Jones whilst keeping your clothes on, you seriously need to get laid.
