--- title: Rob Gronkowski at Sean Spicer Press Briefing VIDEO, reaction description: A viral video of Rob Gronkowski 's surprise appearance at a White House Press Briefing inspired memes. canonical: https://time.com/4746773/rob-gronkowski-white-house-sean-spicer-reaction/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-19T17:42:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:59.111Z og:title: Rob Gronkowski Crashed the White House Press Briefing og:description: The internet is going to town on jokes about the athlete's offer for Spicer og:url: https://time.com/4746773/rob-gronkowski-white-house-sean-spicer-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c33eae06e5993f8/6988c396fb4eac26a8891994/gettyimages-664180764.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pittsburgh Pirates v Boston Red Sox og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rob Gronkowski Crashed the White House Press Briefing twitter:description: The internet is going to town on jokes about the athlete's offer for Spicer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c33eae06e5993f8/6988c396fb4eac26a8891994/gettyimages-664180764.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rob Gronkowski Crashed the White House Press Briefing, and the Internet Loved It by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 19, 2017 5:42 PM UTC  BOSTON, MA - APRIL 3: Rob Gronkowski #87 of the New England Patriots warms up below the stadium before a pre-game ceremony before the Boston Red Sox home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 3, 2017 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) BOSTON, MA - APRIL 3: Rob Gronkowski #87 of the New England Patriots warms up below the stadium before a pre-game ceremony before the Boston Red Sox home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 3, 2017 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox;Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 19, 2017 5:42 PM UTC It wasn’t quite [WrestleMania](http://time.com/4662514/watch-live-new-england-patriots-super-bowl-2017-victory-parade-boston/), but it was close. Just weeks after crashing a professional wrestling match at WrestleMania 33, New England Patriots star tight end popped in at a very different kind of fight: The daily [White House press briefing](http://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/). “You need some help?” Rob Gronkowski asked [Press Secretary Sean Spicer](http://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/) on Wednesday, drawing laughs. “I think I got this, but thank you,” Spicer answered. After Gronkowski popped out, Spicer, who appeared genuinely surprised by Gronkowski’s appearance, cracked a smile. “All right. That was cool,” he said. Naturally Spicer’s reaction to the athlete’s entrance and the Gronkowski-ness of it all combined to create some memes. The internet is often quick to hop on Spicer’s moments, but with Gronkowski tacked on, people were particularly excited about the joke opportunities. > [](https://twitter.com/Ed%5FDemaria/status/854737238156075008) > [](https://twitter.com/CahnEmily/status/854737311455731712) > [](https://twitter.com/dwallbank/status/854736904201400321) > [](https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz/status/854736992533446657) > [](https://twitter.com/TalKopan/status/854736756666753025) The New England Patriots, 2017’s Super Bowl champions met with President Donald Trump for a ceremonial visit, though Martellus Bennett and Devin McCourty said [they would not attend](http://time.com/4661940/new-england-patriots-devin-mccourty-white-house-donald-trump/) as part of a political statement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4746773/rob-gronkowski-white-house-sean-spicer-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4746773/rob-gronkowski-white-house-sean-spicer-reaction/"},"headline":"Rob Gronkowski Crashed the White House Press Briefing, and the Internet Loved It","datePublished":"2017-04-19T17:42:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:59.111Z","description":"A viral video of Rob Gronkowski 's surprise appearance at a White House Press Briefing inspired memes.","url":"https://time.com/4746773/rob-gronkowski-white-house-sean-spicer-reaction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","White House","Super Bowl topic","sean spicer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c33eae06e5993f8/6988c396fb4eac26a8891994/gettyimages-664180764.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c33eae06e5993f8/6988c396fb4eac26a8891994/gettyimages-664180764.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pittsburgh Pirates v Boston Red Sox","caption":"Pittsburgh Pirates v Boston Red Sox","creditText":"Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox;Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4746773/rob-gronkowski-white-house-sean-spicer-reaction/","name":"Rob Gronkowski Crashed the White House Press Briefing, and the Internet Loved It"}}]}] ```