GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said Thursday that he is not affiliated with Turning Point USA, two days after photos and videos showed him greeting voters near a Turning Point Action tent at a Goffstown polling place on Election Day.

"In regard to the images and videos circulating we are not endorsed by or affiliated with Turning Point USA," Gronkowski wrote in a post on his Instagram story, referring to himself and his girlfriend, Camille Kostek.

Gronkowski said the pair had stopped at Goffstown High School on Tuesday and then "crossed the street to greet excited fans yelling out our names before leaving to the next location."

"We simply took some pictures and I signed some things for them before leaving," he wrote. "We took photos with people across the political spectrum throughout that morning."

He called the reaction to the visit "upsetting and eye opening" and criticized how it had been covered. "We cannot control what the media has made of it and running with - so we are here to shut down the false narratives," he wrote, adding that it was "disappointing to see an innocent moment stripped of context and turned into clickbait."

A Turning Point spokesperson told WBZ-TV on Tuesday that Gronkowski was not part of the group but did walk past its tent, CBS Boston reported.

State Rep. Lisa Mazur, a Goffstown Republican who is Turning Point Action's "Chase the Vote" state director for New Hampshire, wrote on X on Tuesday morning that Gronkowski "showed up at one of the Goffstown polling stations to help get out the vote," and posted photos of him with volunteers, including one beneath a tent bearing Turning Point Action branding, The New England Signal reported.

Gronkowski also visited the polls in Bedford on Tuesday, where Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte posted a photo with him, according to CBS Boston. The station reported that a Republican candidate for state representative said Gronkowski signed one of his campaign signs, and that the Bedford visit drew enough of a crowd that local police announced he had left and would not return.

Gronkowski is not registered to vote in New Hampshire and has no history of being politically outspoken, CBS Boston reported. At the polling places, he told people that voting matters regardless of party, the station reported.

Turning Point Action, the political arm of the conservative youth group co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, ran a get-out-the-vote effort in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday's election. Boxers Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather were also seen near Turning Point tents at polling places around the state, CBS Boston reported.

Gronkowski, a four-time Super Bowl champion, is an NFL analyst for Fox.