NFL commentator Robert Griffin III has shared inside info on a harrowing baby experience after he was seen sprinting away from a live broadcast to join his laboring wife.
The former football star, 44, made the shocking announcement that his wife Grete Griffin is still pregnant following the exciting news that stole the show during Saturday night’s game.
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Robert, a 32-year-old Heisman winner, was commentating on the Fiesta Bowl between TCU and Michigan with ESPN’s Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show when he began to act strange.
The quarterback-turned-sportscaster stepped away from his companions on the sidelines in the third quarter of the game while he received some concerning news, a video posted by the man himself reveals.
One man finally asked Robert what he was up to when he mysteriously said: “Sorry guys, uh, I gotta go.”
He then quickly said his pregnant wife was in labor, gave one man a quick embrace, and sprinted away while his coworkers cheered him on.
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Thankfully, Robert later tweeted that he got home in time – because the baby never came.
“Our baby decided it WASN’T TIME TO COME OUT YET,” he said on Twitter.
“Baby Girl must have known that Mommy and Daddy had never spent a New Years apart. GOD KNEW where I needed to be.”
His wife Estonian heptathlete Grete also broke her silence after the viral incident.
“Baby said SIKE!!!” she tweeted.
“Thank you everyone for the sweet messages, but as of right now, still pregnant and couldn’t be more thankful for @RGIII for hopping on the first flight home
“My hero!!!!!”
On Instagram, she posted a picture looking very pregnant and beaming alongside her husband while they rang in the new year together.
In the caption, she wrote: “First off let’s start by saying that even though baby girl tried to make a dramatic entrance last night into 2023, she decided it wasn’t time yet.”
“Secondly, let’s talk about my husband @rgiii I gave him a call in the middle of him being on live TV fully expecting to not get a hold of him but I guess when your wife is 9 months pregnant and calls you you answer the phone no matter what you’re doing huh?
“All I had to say was the word “labor” and this man STOPPED CALLING A BOWL GAME and took off sprinting to the car to get to the airport and get on a 4 hour flight to make it home”
The couple announced in July that they were pregnant with their child.
The two are already proud parents to Gloria and Gameya Griffin. Robert also has another child from a previous marriage.
The football player, nicknamed RG3 or RGIII, was a star quarterback at Baylor before he was selected by the Washington Redskins in the 2012 NFL Draft.
In August 2021, he signed a multi-year contract with ESPN to work as an analyst after he finished a season with the Baltimore Ravens in 2020.
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Several weeks ago, the star-turned-analyst slammed Booger McFarland for his controversial comments on Zach Wilson.
And some fans have called to get Robert fired for using an “offensive” term during his analysis just last month.
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