NFL star Joe Burrow has revealed the one reason why he did not go through with a stunning $3million purchase of a Batmobile replica.
Last season, the Cincinnati Bengals star revealed to teammates – in an episode of the documentary series ‘Hard Knocks’ – that he planned to splash out on the car.
However, Burrow never received the Batmobile replica – of which there are just 10 in the world – and has now shed light on the reason why.
In an episode of Netflix’s ‘Quarterback’ documentary, Burrow revealed that he cancelled the purchase after his home had been burgled.
The producers of the show then asked Burrow as to whether the burglary was the main reason why he opted out of buying the vehicle.
‘Yeah,’ Burrow told producers. ‘Yeah, that was, uh, you know, that’s… I didn’t end up getting the Batmobile because I had other things that I wanted to deal with at that point.’
Joe Burrow revealed the reason why he cancelled his purchase of a Batmobile replica
Burrow has previously revealed to teammates that he’d bought the $3million vehicle
The replica Batmobile – or ‘Tumbler’ – was not street-legal but it did, however, include bespoke seating, one-way mirrored glass screens and an original-style dashboard.
The burglary of the quarterback’s $7.5million mansion is covered in the new season of the NFL docu-series, which also features Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions and the Atlanta Falcons’ Kirk Cousins.
He later said: ‘Of f***ing course this happened to me right now. When you’re on cloud nine, something’s gonna bring you right back down. It just felt like the kind of year that it was’.
Footage captured by Netflix’s cameras showed the moment Burrow found out about the incident, moments after he led the Bengals to a win on the road against the Dallas Cowboys.
The locker room footage from Episode 6 of the season showed Burrow, 28, scrolling through his cell phone with his head in his hands.
He was still wearing some items of his Bengals uniform, showing just how soon after he left the field it is.
The incident was initially shrouded in mystery after it emerged that the 911 call was made by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Olivia Ponton rather than the quarterback’s longtime partner Olivia Holzmacher.
Although Holzmacher is no longer believed to be involved with Burrow, Ponton has stayed silent on her relationship with the quarterback, refusing to address the topic when asked by paparazzo at last month’s Met Gala. However, the two were recently spotted out late in New York.
The moment Burrow found out that his home had been broken into has aired on Netflix
The Bengals quarterback’s $7.5million Ohio mansion was robbed while he played in December
Ponton – who boasts eight million followers on TikTok – is said to have told officers that she noticed ‘a shattered bedroom window and the room ransacked’ when she arrived at Burrow’s property on December 9. Burrow was out of town at the time.
Chilean nationals Bastian Morales, 23, Jordan Sanchez, 22, and Sergio Cabello, 38, and Alexander Chavez, 24, were later stopped and arrested by police on suspicion of robbery.
Police found the group in possession of LSU and Bengals gear, which is believed to have been taken from Burrow’s home. Officers said the men were in the country illegally after overstaying their permission.
Three of the men – Morales, Sanchez and Cabello – are facing federal charges for allegedly transporting stolen goods and falsifying record in a federal investigation.
Those three are suspected by investigators of orchestrating similar robberies at the homes of Kansas City Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes.
