Derek Jeter finally reveals the truth about legendary gift basket story
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Derek Jeter is considered to be one of the greatest players in modern baseball, and is one of the most-loved New York Yankees of all-time. And in his upcoming seven-part ESPN documentary "The Captain," he finally addresses the famous rumors about his romantic life: that he gave gift baskets to one-night stands as a parting gift the morning after.
Those rumors originally surfaced in a New York Post story in late 2011, which claimed Jeter was "bedding a bevy of beauties in his Trump World Tower bachelor pad โ and then coldly sending them home alone with gift baskets of autographed memorabilia." Emily Smith, the author of the story, wrote that the New York Post was contacted by a friend of a woman who had allegedly received not one but two gift baskets, because Jeter had forgotten he'd hooked up with her once before.
It's a juicy piece of gossip that has followed Jeter around for over a decade. In "The Captain," which premieres on July 18, he finally breaks his silence and says the story is completely untrue.
โYeah, I read the article. Yeah, of course,โ says Jeter via the Daily Beast. โYou know, you see it, and then itโs like, how the f**k did people come up with this? You know, basically, thatโs it. And who would believe this s**t? And you believed it!โ
He continues: โI remember being at a Starbucks one time and thereโs some random guy behind me and he says, โHey, I just want to let you know that Iโm giving out gift baskets because you did.โ And I turned around and said, โYouโre a f**kinโ idiot!โ and the look on his faceโฆ like, did he think I was gonna say, โYeah, good job, man!โโ
โItโs a story that became larger than life. People keep regurgitating this story that never happened. Never happened,โ he concludes.
The gift basket story was one of the most ridiculous and well-known pieces of sports gossip from the past 15 years, but now we've reached the end of its life. Its gravestone will read "Gift Basket Story, 2011-2022" and feature what is sure to become an iconic Jeter quote: "Who would believe this s**t?"