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Jerry Rice‘s daughter says Julian Edelman was a great prom date and a lovely boyfriend … but she tells TMZ Sports her ultra-famous father wasn’t so hot on the guy …
“My dad wasn’t always the nicest to him,” Jaqui Rice says … “But, I mean, I guess that’s understandable because he’s my dad, you know?”
33-year-old Julian grew up in the same Northern California neighborhood as Jerry in the 1990s … and, turns out, he and the G.O.A.T.’s daughter had a thing for each other.
Jaqui joined the guys on the “TMZ Sports” TV show (airing weeknights on FS1) to explain it all … and says, “This goes a while back. I’ve known Julian since we were kids.”
“He played Pop Warner football, I was a Pop Warner cheerleader.”
Jaqui says she and Julian dated — and didn’t just go to prom together — but went to several other school dances … despite not going to the same high school!!
As for how Jerry felt about the young Edelman … Jaqui says the two didn’t always have the most friendly relationship, telling the guys, “I think [Julian] was a little intimidated by my dad growing up.”
Good news for everybody? Julian has seemed to have grown on Jerry — the two attended the Kentucky Derby together back in 2017, and Jerry posted a cool pic with the Patriots star.
As for Jaqui and Julian, their romantic relationship didn’t make it much further than high school … but she says she still considers Edelman a good friend!
By the way, Jaqui is helping her pops launch a new energy drink called G.O.A.T. FUEL … and ya gotta hear why she says the stuff is going to change the energy drink game.
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