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Rob Gronkowski’s Lego shenanigans on New Year’s Eve is part of ridiculous trend

Real actors, not people.

Though not particularly funny or creative, Rob Gronkowski, due to diminished standards, has already been ordained a must-have TV presence — from the Kentucky Derby on NBC, to the Times Square ball drop on New Year’s.

Heck, before he was fully declared a retired NFL star tight end, he was on Fox’s payroll to do what he does and is expected to do — mostly act like an unapologetically vulgar, fully grown juvenile delinquent.

So, other than network cross-promotion, what, exactly, did Fox’s producers of its New Year’s Eve show expect when it invited Gronkowski?