'I was seen as a lesser-than girlfriend': Rob Gronkowski's longtime lover Camille Kostek was judged by NFL WAGs for not having a ring on her finger
(Image via Getty: Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek)
Why do women judge other women so much? A multi-million dollar question with no definite answer. 'It's just how women are,' 'That's her upbringing,' 'Women are inherently jealous,' 'Never content,' 'They find ways to bring other women down,' and 'Women judge each other on appearance.
' The last reason? That's what happened with Rob Gronkowski's longtime girlfriend, Camille Kostek.
She has been with Gronkowski for the past ten years, but her NFL WAGs clan? They are so stuck with Beyonce's Single Ladies track! - 'If you like it, then you should have put a ring on it.' Long story short? Kostek put forth her unfiltered thoughts about NFL WAGs. She said, 'I felt like I was seen as a lesser-than girlfriend because I didn't have a ring on my finger.'
'The woman who judged me the most, she's divorced,' reveals 33-year-old American Model Camille Kostek about an unnamed NFL WAG
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The Sports Illustrated model made a guest appearance on one episode of Kristin Cavallari's Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour. Kristin asked Kostek, 'When everybody found out that you were dating Rob, the other WAGs, how did they treat you?'
Camille said the 'energy was off' between her other NFL WAGs. She elaborated, 'I felt like I was seen as a lesser-than girlfriend because I didn't have a ring on my finger. But you want to know what's so interesting about that? The woman that's coming to mind(who) judged me the most, she's divorced.'
An NFL WAG who divorced her partner was judging Camille Kostek for not being engaged or married to Rob Gronkowski! Talk about double standards.
Talk about hypocrisy.
'The best things came from this f**king breakup': Camille Kostek talks about her breakup with Rob Gronkowski
In that episode, Camille Kostek also talked about a roadblock in her long-lasting love story with Rob Gronkowski. It was a breakup that changed her life's direction. She chased her dream after that heartbreaking breakup with the former TE of the New England Patriots.
She shared, 'Rob and I met when I was 21 years old. And we've been in each other's lives for 10 years. My first breakup was in 2017, but I think that some of the best things that changed the trajectory of my life came from this f**king breakup that broke me but also allowed me to get in the zone. I didn't care about dating. I felt like I was asexual.'
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