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Joe Burrow opens up on unique offseason hobbies after Olivia Ponton Met Gala date

Nypost · · 431 words · By Jenna Lemoncelli
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Cincinatti Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has some unique hobbies when he isn’t spending time with his rumored girlfriend, supermodel Olivia Ponton, this offseason.

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What happened

Cincinatti Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has some unique hobbies when he isn’t spending time with his rumored girlfriend, supermodel Olivia Ponton, this offseason.

Why it matters

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.

Common ground

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.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 18 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ponton also attended both events”
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Claim 2: “Burrow addressed the incident in a press conference”
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Claim 3: “Burrow walked the Met Gala carpet alone before he met up with Ponton to attend the star-studded afterparty at Zero Bond”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the afterparty attendance with Olivia Ponton at Zero Bond.
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Claim 4: “Burrow and Ponton were together all night and were “cozy” while at the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve party in Louisville, according to People”
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Claim 5: “She reportedly identified herself as one of Burrow’s employees”
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Claim 6: “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”
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Multiple web search results confirm he attended his second Met Gala wearing a custom navy-and-black suit by Emily Adams Bode Aujla.
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web search NEUTRAL — He'd soon be attending his second Met Gala, in a custom suit by Emily Adams Bode Aujla herself (later, the designer would FaceTime into the room to give her final sign-off).
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/joe-burrow-met-gala-2…
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web search NEUTRAL — 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.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/sports/joe-burrow-opens-up-on-…
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web search NEUTRAL — At the 2026 Met Gala, Joe Burrow wore a midnight-blue two-piece Bode suit with designer trim, matching the 'Fashion Is Art' dress code tied to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 'Costume Art ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/joe-burrow-appears-at…
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Claim 7: “Cincinatti Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow”
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Wikipedia and Britannica both explicitly state that Joe Burrow is the quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 58th overall, their 26th playing their home games at Paycor Stadium, and their seventh under head coach Za…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Cincinnati_Bengals_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American professional football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). After three seasons of college football wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Burrow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl LVI was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2021 season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Los Angeles Ram…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVI
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Claim 8: “Burrow explained that he’s “playing the piano a lot recently” and learning the instrument by watching YouTube videos”
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Two independent web search results confirm Joe Burrow is learning the piano as part of his wrist rehab.
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web search NEUTRAL — Joe Burrow has some amusing nicknames — Joe Shiesty and Joe Brrrr, to name a few — and it’s possible Joe-hann Sebastian Bach will be the latest addition to the lineup.
https://nypost.com/2024/07/05/sports/joe-burrow-learning-how…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow's 2023 season ended in November with an injured wrist, and he has found a novel way to work on making that wrist healthier: Playing the piano. Burrow says he took up pia…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/joe-burrow-learning-play…
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover Joe Burrow's insights on turf toe and analyze his favorable NFL schedule for 2023! Get all the latest updates here!
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/joe-burrow-talks-on-turf-toe
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Claim 9: “followed b the Miami Grand Prix, Formula 1’s first North American race of the season”
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Claim 10: “He posed for photos outside of The Mark Hotel with Vikings receiver and former LSU teammate Justin Jefferson”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny this specific interaction.
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Claim 11: “the pair have been the subject of on-again, off-again dating rumors since December 2024”
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Claim 12: “Before the Met, Burrow attended the Kentucky Derby with his parents on Saturday”
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Claim 13: “Burrow, 29”
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Daily Mail explicitly refers to him as 'Joe Burrow, 29'. Wikipedia confirms his birth date as December 10, 1996, which makes him 28/29 depending on the current date in the live evidence (2025/2026 context).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium (nicknamed Death Valley) i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_LSU_Tigers_football_team
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Arthur Burrow (born November 29, 1953), commonly known as Jimmy Burrow, is an American former professional football defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football Lea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Burrow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American professional football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). After three seasons of college football wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Burrow
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Claim 14: “I started when I tore a ligament in my wrist in 2023”
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Multiple sources confirm Joe Burrow suffered a torn ligament in his right wrist in 2023, leading to him missing the remainder of that season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Joe Burrow's tumultuous 2023 season has come to a premature end. The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback will miss the remainder of the 2023 campaign after suffering a torn ligament in his right wrist, hea…
https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-qb-joe-burrow-has-torn-wris…
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web search NEUTRAL — Since Burrow will miss the remainder of this current 2023-2024 season and undergo surgery, you can assume that he suffered a Grade 3 or severe sprain. This is where the ligament is either completely t…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/11/17/bengals-qb-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Burrow now faces the reality of three lost seasons in his first six years. He tore his ACL in 2020, snapped a ligament in his wrist in 2023 and injured a ligament in his toe in 2025. He’s also been si…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6630700/2025/09/15/joe-burr…
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Claim 15: “pulled back the curtain on his off-field life in an interview with Vanity Fair on Tuesday”
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The evidence provided for this claim is irrelevant (singer Joe, Lenny Henry). No independent source in the provided evidence confirms a Vanity Fair interview on Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is a British-Jamaican comedian, actor, presenter and writer. He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 198…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2025. Following the box office section, this list is organized chronologically, providing information on release dates, production companies, directors, an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor and comedian. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of L…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Bean
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Claim 16: “the three-time Pro Bowler”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains general info about Joe Burrow and Joe Flacco, but does not specify the number of Pro Bowl selections.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American professional football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). After three seasons of college football wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Burrow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Vincent Flacco (born January 16, 1985) is an American professional football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pitt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl LVI was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2021 season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Los Angeles Ram…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVI
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Claim 17: “Ponton reported a break-in at Burrow’s Ohio home, which was a part of a string of robberies targeting high-profile athletes”
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Claim 18: “Burrow, who hit the town with Ponton after he attended Monday’s Met Gala solo”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about a singer named Joe and general NYC/Met Gala info. However, the claim is linked to the specific event described in claim 7. Since no independent source confirms he attended 'solo' specifically, it remains single-source or uncorroborated by the provided evidence set.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra that co…
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