Camille Kostek has built a career most models only dream of: nine SI Swimsuit covers, a Hollywood film credit, a TV hosting gig, and a fanbase that adores her. But in a raw, unfiltered sit-down on People’s new digital series WAG World this week, the 34-year-old admitted something the internet has been whispering about for years: she still catches herself feeling behind. Behind on marriage. Behind on kids. Behind on the timeline she drew up at 21.
Camille Kostek opens up about feeling “behind” on marriage and kids as she and Rob Gronkowski have been dating for 13 years
“When I was 21, I definitely thought I would have been married with kids by now and sometimes I go back and I judge myself,” she told host Skyler Caruso. “I’ll be like, ‘Wow, I’m behind.'” She even brought it up with Rob Gronkowski’s mother on Mother’s Day, asking when she had her first child. The answer was 22, and it did not help.Here is where it gets interesting. Kostek and Gronkowski met in 2013, went public in 2015, briefly split in 2017, got back together, and have been going strong ever since. That is 13 years of a relationship, and they are still at the girlfriend-boyfriend stage. Back in 2023, Gronkowski told People they “definitely talk about” getting engaged but cited their busy schedules as the reason he hadn’t popped the question yet, hinting “it’s going to have to eventually happen.” That was three years ago. The schedules, apparently, are still very busy. Kostek has previously admitted feeling judged by other WAGs for not having a ring: “I felt like I was seen as a lesser-than girlfriend because I didn’t have a ring on my finger.” She has since learned to tune out the noise, but the noise has not stopped. On social media, the question follows her everywhere. Every ruched dress becomes a pregnancy rumour. Every interview becomes a marriage check-in.To her credit, Kostek is not sitting around waiting. She addressed the social media pile-on directly: “With people giving their unwanted opinions, sometimes I’m like, ‘Wait, I should be married right now? I should have kids. Should I just stop my career? What should I do?'” Her answer now is simply: “No, I can do it all.”She closed the interview with the kind of quiet confidence that only comes from years of figuring yourself out: “I believe that this is the path I’m meant to be on. I’m in the right place at the right time.” Rob Gronkowski, meanwhile, has yet to offer a timeline. The ball, as always, is in his court.