Jennifer Lopez Recollects “Bizarre Electrical energy” With Alex Rodriguez Throughout 2005 Assembly

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are opening up about their relationship.

Whereas the “On the Flooring” singer and the previous New York Yankees baseball participant began courting in 2017, they really first met over a decade earlier. In Rodriguez’s cowl story for Sports activities Illustrated’s newest “The place Are They Now?” situation, the couple dishes on their romance, together with their first assembly at Shea Stadium in 2005. On the time of their tunnel assembly, each Lopez and Rodriguez had been married, however there was an admitted “electrical energy” between the celebs in the course of the encounter.

“We shook fingers, and it was this bizarre electrical energy for, like, three seconds,” Lopez tells SI. “Three to 5 seconds of taking a look at any person proper of their eyes, and getting caught.” 

Years later, shortly after Rodriguez’s retirement, the only stars ran into one another on the Beverly Hills Lodge. A faucet on the shoulder on the famed location then led to a dinner date between the duo.

“I spotted afterwards he was slightly nervous, saying all these things you’ll by no means say on a primary date,” Lopez shares. 

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Through the date, Rodriguez obtained up to make use of the restroom, the place he despatched Lopez a textual content message that learn, “YOU LOOK SEXY AS F–Ok.”

“Really, it was good recreation, as a result of it was very sudden and it was tremendous flattering,” Lopez admits. “I wasn’t dressed very attractive.”

And the remainder, as they are saying, is historical past. The couple introduced their engagement to the world in March 2019. Two months later, Lopez and Rodriguez stepped out to attend the 2019 Met Gala, turning heads as they hit the crimson carpet.

“We had an amazing desk,” Rodriguez tells SI. “The black man from The Wire—Idris Elba, yeah, and his new spouse. Some well-known singer subsequent to me, I do not know what her title is. Versace—Donatella.”

A-Rod provides that Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner, who additionally wore Versace to the style occasion, had been seated at their desk.

“We had Kylie and Kendall. And we had an Asian gentleman from Wealthy Asians, the lead,” Rodriguez says. “Kylie was speaking about Instagram and her lipstick, and the way wealthy she is.” 

To learn extra from Rodriguez’s cowl story, head on over to SI.

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