The White House press briefing had a little bit of levity Wednesday, thanks to a member of the New England Patriots, who were at the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory.
Tight end Rob Gronkowski, commonly known simply as “Gronk,” busted into the briefing room for a bit of a joke during White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s remarks.
“Sean, need some help?” he asked, to laughs from reporters.
“I think I got this, but thank you,” Spicer replied. “Maybe. Thanks, man. See you in a minute. Hold on, one second. That was cool. How do you follow that?”
Spicer appeared not to know the gag was coming, but it’s unclear exactly who was in on the joke.
Watch the encounter below via NBC News:
Watch: Patriots' Rob Gronkowski crashes White House press briefing https://t.co/8CDLezjsUI
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Pathetic.
An asshole on the field, an asshole off.
I was just going to point out that maybe some brief levity like this is needed…or at least a welcome distraction. Why do you say pathetic? Just a Pats hater? Gronk rules! And I mean that both on and off the field…he does a lot with MA kids etc.
Pathetic in that this smack of Nero grabbing a fiddle.
Would rather the media and particularly the WH press corps would do their job and in earnest instead of being enthralled with shiny tinsel and forced levity.
Just a reminder: last week, Sean Spicer said Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons.