Jets’ Sauce Gardner Won’t Forget Who ‘Jessica Alba’ Is, As She Is Embodied On His New Cleats
The shame of not knowing who Jessica Alba was is something Sauce Gardner cannot outrun.
The Jets wide receiver met Alba, who also had courtside tickets, while watching a Knicks playoff game with quarterback Aaron Rodgers earlier this month.
Gardner, 22, was criticized by Rodgers, 39, for being unaware of Alba’s fame, and the actress piled on on social media a few days later.
Jets’ Sauce Gardner Won’t Forget Who ‘Jessica Alba’ Is, As She Is Embodied On His New Cleats
Sauce Gardner of the New York Jets will never forget Jessica Alba because only a few weeks after they met at a Knicks game and he didn’t know who she was, he got his hands on a pair of personalized cleats with her face all over them!
Sauce Gardner Scores Custom Jessica Alba Cleats After Knicks Game Meetup https://t.co/uVWCA7FVlj
— TMZ (@TMZ) May 20, 2023
“When we were getting seated, [Rodgers] was just picking on me a little bit for being young,” Gardner said at a press conference in early May. “We’re about to sit by, what’s her name? he said as we were getting seated. ‘We’re about to sit by Jessica Alba,’ and I’m just like ‘Oh, I don’t know who that is.’ And he just looked at me, he looked at me like I’m crazy.”
Jets’ Sauce Gardner is gifted custom Jessica Alba cleats after not being familiar with the actress #Actress #Alba #cleats #custom https://t.co/NWNFjK3QX4
— WhatsNew2Day (@whatsn2day) May 20, 2023
When Alba watched the video, she reacted.
Earlier this month, Sauce Gardner admitted he'd never heard of Jessica Alba.
Now, she's forever immortalized on his custom cleats.https://t.co/xbjvofloVb
— OutKick (@Outkick) May 20, 2023
“Lol,” tweeted Alba. “I totally see how this kid Sauce got his name, he said to my girl [actress Lizzy Mathis] ‘How can I get caught up when I’m the catch.’
“My guy @saucegardner didn’t ask for these but it had to be done 😂 here’s to new friendships! #jessicealba #storm #honey #nyjets,” shoe artist Mike Jordan shared on Instagram.
Jets star Sauce Gardner is gifted some custom Jessica Alba cleats for the new NFL season… just days after leaving Aaron Rodgers baffled when he failed to recognize the Hollywood icon si…
via https://t.co/t7Lq79y5hK https://t.co/CVZFkAD4rH— Imonokha Enakhena (Prof) DBS, DBA, PhD (@IEnakhena) May 20, 2023
Jordan told TMZ, “I wanted to do something fun. “I hope Jessica likes them, too.”
Jordan adorned one of the Nike Vapor spikes with a picture of Alba from her film “Honey.” On the other hand, he incorporated Alba’s Susan Storm character from the “Fantastic Four.”
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