Chris Gronkowski talks growing up with 4 NFL playing brothers, getting a Shark Tank deal, Ice Shaker empire
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🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman are joined by former running back Chris Gronkowski. Chris discusses what it was like growing up with five brothers, four of which played in the NFL. He also explains How he defied the odds to make it to the NFL. Later, he explains what it was like playing with Tony Romo, and the demanding style of Peyton Manning. Chris then shares his journey to creating his Ice Shaker brand, and how he got his big break on Shark Tank.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:10.4 | What's up, everybody, I'm Peanut Tument, and this is the NFL players' second |
| 0:15.4 | acts podcast. |
| 0:16.5 | And with me, as always, my trusty co-host, Lavender, Roman Harper. What's up, baby? I'm doing good. Really excited about our next guest. You're excited about every guest. I know, but I have not got to talk to this gentleman before. He's got a great background, a great history, comes from a crazy athletic family. I actually got to, I'm gonna give him a rundown of what happens when I ask my kids the first thing that |
| 0:38.7 | comes to mind about the last name of his family. |
| 0:41.7 | Go ahead. |
| 0:42.8 | Okay. |
| 0:43.7 | Played fullback in the NFL for four different teams. |
| 0:46.5 | He is a member of the Gruncowski family. |
| 0:49.1 | And now he is the CEO and curator of a ice shaker brand. |
| 0:53.5 | Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Chris Gronkowski to the park. |
| 0:58.6 | There we go. |
| 1:04.0 | Appreciate you, man. |
| 1:05.1 | Yeah, for sure. |
| 1:06.0 | Thanks for. |
| 1:06.5 | All right, Chris. |
| 1:07.9 | Yeah, I got to. |
| 1:10.2 | So, first thing. |
| 1:11.7 | So I told my children I was interviewing a Grancowski, |
| 1:17.7 | Chris Gronkowski. |
| 1:18.9 | And they said, I said, what is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word |
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