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The NFL player and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model first crossed paths when he was a tight end and she was a cheerleader for the New England Patriots.

Despite sharing a stadium during Patriots games, however, the pair didn’t actually meet until they were off the field at a charity event in 2013.

According to the model, Gronkowski’s teammate had given her his number. “I was a rookie. I was like, ‘Oh no, no, no, I can’t take this.

I can’t take his number.’ And then [his teammate] was like, ‘Just take it,’ and I was like, ‘Okay,’ and I put it in my pocket.

And I never spoke about it again.” She later Face Timed the tight end, and the two quickly struck up a romance, though it would be a few years before the couple took their relationship public.