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Camille Kostek is once again gracing the pages (and cover!) of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit!
Extra’s Mona Kosar Abdi spoke to Camille about being part of SI Swimsuit’s 60th anniversary issue, her boyfriend Rob Gronkowski, and the Netflix roast of Tom Brady.
Camille joked that she was nervous while watching the roast, adding, “You know they have their own backstage in the locker room. So the millions of people watching at home… To broadcast it live on… I knew they were just going to do it.” These jokes go a little off script, so don’t do them. ”
She’s the one Rob definitely went off script with! She said: “There were a lot of times when I would hear him practice and think, ‘That’s not in there,’ and then right after I’d make that joke, he’d say, ‘I just thought of that.’ I heard it.” Now. ‘”
Despite taking a few jabs, Gronk didn’t have any hard feelings. Camille emphasized that one of Rob’s dreams was to “hang out with his sons and make fun of each other to make everyone laugh.”
She added, “He’ll randomly call me or I’ll call him and he’ll pick up the phone sometime this week. And he’s just laughing already. I’m like, ‘What? I’m like, ‘Who are you with? What’s going on?’ And he said, “No, Camille, I still laugh remembering people’s jokes.”
Laughter aside, Kostek said he was “so thrilled” to be invited back for the 60th anniversary issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, which he has photographed for the magazine for seven consecutive years.
For Camille, it was “emotional” to be included in the new Legends class, alongside other women she admires like Paulina Porizkova and Tyra Banks. She said: “I called my mom and she couldn’t believe it. She was in awe, just like I was, and we were both very emotional, so I immediately told her It reminded me of the time she sat me up to watch the 50th anniversary TV special, Legends Class.”
“This was a full-circle moment,” she said.
Regarding the shoot itself, Camille said: You can feel their presence. You can feel their energy. ”
Camille said she actually got emotional seeing Paulina. She said, “She was so powerful and beautiful in her essence and the way she moved that she started crying. She remembered how she felt when she opened a magazine when she was 15 years old.” he recalled.
Camille also revealed how Gronk reacted to her latest cover and opened up about their relationship and what brought them even closer.
Camille said she showed Rob the magazine when he got home. She joked, “I think over the years he’s gotten less excited because he’s like, ‘I know you’re in the magazine, I know you’re in the picture. All the time. I’m looking at you,”’ he said.
She continued, “But he was like, ‘That’s great, Camille.’ We shot it at night, and it was like a high-flash shot by the pool, and he was like, ‘This This is something I’ve never done before,” and I was like, “Watch it.” He said, “It’s really cool that we didn’t shoot on the beach this year.” ”
Kostek revealed that Gronkowski is making every effort to attend the big announcement party, saying, “He had an event in Atlanta that ended exactly at 7 o’clock and said, ‘I’m going to take a helicopter ride. I was like, ‘It’s me,'” he said. Land and run to your event. ”
She said, “He knows that I flew in and rushed to the stadium to make the game. I love that he shows the same enthusiasm for things that are important to me.” exclaimed.
Camille recently opened up about their ups and downs, which brought them even closer together. she emphasized. “Communication is so important and that’s something I’ve learned over the years… There are ways to be very forthcoming in a polite way or in a way that makes someone listen, so you can have a conversation. , it will make you feel so much better.”
As well as trying not to internalize things, Kostek said: If we let it out instead of keeping it inside, I feel like we’ve become much closer together. ”