“Big Papi always took care of us when we went to Red Sox games. They were champions, we were champions, the Celtics were champions and even the Bruins were champions,” Gronkowski said, per video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. “It was the city of champions. Boston, our fan base was unbelievable. The best fan base in all of sports, the New England area, hands down.”
The monologue was enough to draw some teasing from host Charissa Thompson, who indirectly set up one of her coworkers for a hilarious quip out of Gronkowski.
“There’s another guy in this building, Derek Jeter, that might have something to say about that,” Thompson said.