Cincinatti Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has some unique hobbies when he isn’t spending time with his rumored girlfriend, supermodel Olivia Ponton, this offseason.
Burrow, who hit the town with Ponton after he attended Monday’s Met Gala solo, pulled back the curtain on his off-field life in an interview with Vanity Fair on Tuesday.
With the NFL in its offseason, the three-time Pro Bowler said he’s been “doing a lot of Legos” while spending a lot of time in Los Angeles.
“I was excited about the new Pokémon collab [Legos],” Burrow, 29, said. “I haven’t dove into those yet. I have them sitting at home for when things start to calm down a little bit.”
His latest Lego set “looks like a painting of a galaxy, it’s super textured with a built-in frame” and it will “go up on a wall somewhere.”
Burrow explained that he’s “playing the piano a lot recently” and learning the instrument by watching YouTube videos.
“I started when I tore a ligament in my wrist in 2023, just trying to get my dexterity back. I was like, ‘Man, this is pretty freaking fun,’” Burrow recalled, adding the he can play “a lot of old Kanye,” such as, “Runaway” and its first-strike E Major.
Burrow attended his second Met Gala, wearing a navy-and-black shawl-lapel custom suit that featured tasseled frogging for its closures by Emily Adams Bode Aujla, in New York on Monday.
He posed for photos outside of The Mark Hotel with Vikings receiver and former LSU teammate Justin Jefferson.
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Burrow walked the Met Gala carpet alone before he met up with Ponton to attend the star-studded afterparty at Zero Bond, as seen in photos of the pair in New York City.
The signal-caller sported a white tank top undershirt and his signature sunglasses.
Ponton looked stunning in a lace corset top and skirt.
Before the Met, Burrow attended the Kentucky Derby with his parents on Saturday, followed b the Miami Grand Prix, Formula 1’s first North American race of the season.
Ponton also attended both events.
Burrow and Ponton were together all night and were “cozy” while at the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve party in Louisville, according to People.
The pair have been the subject of on-again, off-again dating rumors since December 2024 — when Ponton reported a break-in at Burrow’s Ohio home, which was a part of a string of robberies targeting high-profile athletes.
She reportedly identified herself as one of Burrow’s employees.
Burrow addressed the incident in a press conference, but he did not name Ponton, who has never spoken publicly about it.
