Rob Gronkowski used a live playoff interview Friday night to go after Paul Bissonnette, turning a Game 2 broadcast of the Stanley Cup Playoffs series between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres into an on-air jab about dating apps and old friends. The former NFL tight end told Jackie Redmond, “Biz Nasty, I’ve got a little bone to pick with you,” before accusing Bissonnette of “matching with our high school friends on dating apps right now.”
Gronkowski doubled down from there. “Yeah, I know. I know what you’re up to,” he said. “You’re swiping left all over the place, and you’re matching with our friends. We’re going to have a problem.” The exchange landed in front of a live hockey audience on Friday, with TNT Sports' Redmond carrying the moment during Game 2.
Bissonnette answered fast and loudly on X on May 9, 2026. “You sandbagging son of a bitch @RobGronkowski,” he wrote, then added, “Let’s throw it over to @RobGronkowski for an in period report…” He also posted, “No code in the football world,” and “Treating me like I’m Vrabel.”
The back-and-forth only got more pointed from there. Bissonnette wrote, “This guy’s got former teammates pounding guys wives with a bun in the oven on a boat cruise and me being on dating app is a problem???,” then followed with, “Give it a rest @RobGronkowski.” He later posted, “It’s @roughnrowdy time. 🥊,” along with, “I guess they never played together,” and “The Patriot way.”
The feud landed because both men live in the same sports-media lane, even if they come from different games. Gronkowski is a former NFL star tight end and now an analyst for Fox Sports, while Bissonnette works for TNT. Their online skirmish also leaned on the kind of shorthand that sports fans recognize instantly: bro code, dating apps, Dianna Russini, Mike Vrabel and “The Patriot way.”
For Bissonnette, the answer to whether he would let Gronkowski’s tease pass was delivered within minutes. He did not let it pass. He turned the jab into a public cross-check of his own, and the message was plain: he was not going to take the joke quietly.
