From touchdowns to laundry! Rob Gronkowski plays a dry cleaner who LICKS Jeffrey Tambor's dirty shirt in Tide Super Bowl ad
- New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski is starring in his own Super Bowl ad
- He plays off Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor for Tide
- Gronk plays a dry cleaner who licks jelly off of the actor's white shirt
Rob Gronkowski may not be playing in the Super Bowl this Sunday but that's not to say he won't be on Americans' TV screens in another way.
The injured New England Patriots tight end will be appearing in a Tide ad during commercial breaks as his team battles the Atlanta Falcons.
Tide released the ad - which also stars Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor - ahead of the game on Wednesday.
Jeffrey Tambor and Rob Gronkowski star in a Tide ad that's set to air during the Super Bowl
Gronk won't be playing with the Patriots this Sunday due to an injury, but the commercial means he will still get air time
In the ad, Gronk plays a dry cleaner who licks jelly off of Tambor's white shirt
Tambor looks disgusted as the New England Patriots star tight end licks his shirt
In the commercial, Gronk plays a dry cleaner who bizarrely licks jelly off of Tambor's shirt, when he brings the item in for cleaning.
'I got something on this, I'm not quite sure what it is,' Tambor says, as he enters the aptly named 'Gronk's Cleaners'
Gronk then takes the white shirt from him and licks it, coming to the conclusion that 'It's jelly'.
Gronk then rips off the soiled area of the shirt and says 'It's already coming out!'
The shirt comes apart easily thanks to Gronk's hulking frame
The commercial ends with the words 'A better way is coming' flashing on the screen. It's unclear what Tide product the commercial will advertise
Tambor looks mystified as Gronk leans down and licks it again to confirm his findings.
'Definitely jelly,' Gronk says with a smile.
He then rips off the stained part of the shirt, which comes apart like a piece of paper thanks to his hulking frame.
'It's already coming out!' Gronk says.
The commercial ends with the words 'a better way is coming' flashing across the screen. It's unclear what Tide product the commercial will advertise on Sunday.
In an interview with People magazine about the commercial, the 27-year-old football star said he and Tambor, 72, bonded on the set when the actor walked in on him flexing in front of a mirror in his dressing room.
'He caught me flexing… as a joke,' Gronk said. 'I called him Jerry and the banter started rolling from that point!'
While Gronk pretends not remember Tambor's first name, he says he's been a big fan for some time thanks to Arrested Development.
'We’re kind of an "odd couple," if you will,' Tambor, a San Francisco 49ers fan, said. 'Rob’s big personality and sense of humor was a nice counter to my more reserved personality and dry sense of humor. Hopefully other people find the dynamic that plays out on screen as entertaining as we do.'
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