While bombshell girlfriend Camille Kostek was preparing to turn heads on the runway at Miami Swim Week, Rob Gronkowski was enjoying a much more low-key start to the weekend in the Florida sunshine, exclusive photos show.
The retired NFL star was seen lounging on Miami Beach with a friend on Friday, strolling barefoot across the sand and sipping from a bottle as he soaked up the warm weather at the private beach area of the 5-star W South Beach hotel. Though the scene may have raised eyebrows due to Miami's strict laws banning alcohol on public beaches, Gronk wasn't breaking any rules. The four-time Super Bowl winner was instead enjoying a bottle of Zentii, a non-alcoholic botanical drink marketed as a 'feel-good' wellness beverage.
Gronk, 37, who played nine seasons with the New England Patriots before following teammate Tom Brady for two more with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wasn't far from home. He has owned a stunning five-bedroom, six-bathroom oceanfront penthouse in South Beach since 2019, adding to his property portfolio in the northeast, which includes a two-house compound near the Patriots' Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
The former tight end turned Fox NFL studio analyst looked beach-ready in blue floral swimming trunks, a white t-shirt, cap, and sneakers in hand as he and a friend made their way across the sand to rows of sun loungers. At one point, the 37-year-old smiled and held his bottle proudly aloft while trudging with his pal, who was also enjoying the beverage. Gronk then removed his t-shirt and made himself comfortable on a lounge chair to work on his tan, occasionally chatting with his friend while scrolling on his phone. He was also seen briefly chatting with a bikini-clad blonde sunbathing nearby.
The football legend was in town for the 2026 Miami Swim Week, where his longtime girlfriend, Camille Kostek, was gearing up to walk in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway show the following day. Kostek, 34, sizzled as she showed off her stunning physique alongside beauty influencer Alix Earle, supermodel Molly Sims, and Brooks Nader at the star-studded event, which featured a live performance by Grammy-winning singer Lizzo.
Kostek and Gronkowski began dating in 2013 while she was a Patriots cheerleader but kept their relationship under wraps for two years due to the franchise's strict rules prohibiting players from getting romantically involved with dancers. The two were at a Patriots Thanksgiving event when Gronk wrote his phone number on the back of a name sticker before discreetly passing it to her. The pair have since moved in together and currently split their time between Foxborough and Tampa. The Florida property means the couple is not far from Gronk's close friend and former teammate Tom Brady, who still owns the $150 million estate on Miami's Indian Creek Island he bought with now ex-wife Gisele Bundchen.
In a recent interview with People, Kostek revealed the teammates' on-field success laid the foundation for a friendship that exists to this day. 'Tom and Rob are forever the GOATs,' she told the magazine. 'The two of them on the field are a power duo and the two of them off the field are just boys. They're just boys. Honestly, when they spend time and they just throw the ball together, I'm not going with Rob to Tom's house. I see them on FaceTime calls. I hear them talk on the phone. They're so funny. They love to laugh. It's so cool to see the buttoned up versions of them that do press conferences… but then to see the relaxed Tom and Rob.'
Gronk and seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady, 48, famously still cross paths on Fox NFL Sunday, swapping pre-game banter in their respective roles as studio analyst and in-game analyst. But the beach-loving former player isn't only famed for his skills on the field and buddy time with Brady. In his 2015 book It's Good to be Gronk, he revealed he hadn't touched any of his NFL contract salary. 'To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money,' he wrote. 'I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school.'
On a Bussin' with the Boys podcast last year, he intimated that might still be the case, saying it was 'technically true' to this day. Gronk, who netted $70 million from his NFL salaries, admitted he was 'very frugal.' He said: 'I didn't know how long the NFL was going to last. I just always wanted to save it and use my money I was getting off the field to spend on whatever I needed to spend it on. Technically, I have not spent any of my NFL money.'
Gronk boosted his fortune with his comeback seasons in Tampa, netting a total of $17 million in salary and bonuses while winning the Super Bowl with Brady in 2021.
