Joe Burrow had to postpone his crime-fighting days in Gotham.
The Bengals quarterback said he passed on buying a $3 million replica Batmobile following a robbery at his Ohio home last December.
“I didn’t end up getting the Batmobile because I just had other things I wanted to deal with at that point,” Burrow said on Netflix’s “Quarterback” series.
Burrow made waves last year when he revealed in the first episode of the in-season “Hard Knocks” that he bought a fully scaled Batmobile, which retailed at $2.99 million, per ESPN.
He told receiver Tee Higgins in the episode — which aired Dec. 3 after a Week 13 loss to the Steelers — he made the purchase but he would not receive it for a year.
The Bengals beat the Cowboys in Dallas on ‘Monday Night Football‘ the following week and that’s when Burrow’s $7.5 million home in Anderson Township was broken into.
This break-in happened during a high-profile string of robberies at the homes of NFL players, including Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes.
A gang of Chilean migrants were accused of stealing $300,000 in luxury goods and posted photos with the merchandise, before being indicted in federal court in Cincinnati.
Burrow learned of the robbery — called into the police by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and possible girlfriend Olivia Ponton — after the win when he checked his phone in the locker room.
“Of f–king course this happened to me right now, when you’re on cloud nine something is going to bring you right back down,” Burrow said in the series. “I just felt like that was the kinda year it was.”
The break-in left its mark on the quarterback.
“I just get uncomfortable when my life is very public and that comes with the job but there are certain parts of your life that are yours, your house is one of those,” he said in the Netflix production.
“When that gets violated people find out where you live, all these different things. Not everybody’s failures at their job are in front of the whole world. It’s every vulnerable position to be in. I put myself in that position because I love it. I don’t like the other part of it.”
Burrow, who signed a five-year, $275 million contract with the Bengals in 2023, told former defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo in the episode that he considered moving, but ESPN reported the house is still listed to Burrow.
“That’s the only part I’m upset about — all my business is out there,” he said. “I got news vans camped out by the house. It sucks. So, we’ll see if I end up moving. The whole world knows where I live now. That hasn’t been really fun to deal with.”