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Bobbi Althoff soft-launched a new romance, but two NFL players have come forward to deny being the mystery man in her life.
Althoff, 27, shared a grainy TikTok video of a man kissing her on Tuesday, December 17. Although the man’s face couldn’t be clearly seen in the clip, fans were quick to speculate about his identity, with many people guessing New York Jets offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi or Arizona Cardinals cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting.
Murphy-Bunting, 27, took to X on Tuesday to shut down the rumors.
“That’s not me,” he wrote, quote-tweeting another user who claimed it was Murphy-Bunting kissing Althoff in the clip.
Ogbuehi, 32, meanwhile, commented on a TikTok video that theorized about Althoff’s love life update.
“This is not me or Sean lol,” he wrote. Althoff seemingly cosigned the denial, replying, “!!!!!!” to Ogbuehi’s comment.
While Althoff has not yet shared any other details about the man in the video, she previously thanked Murphy-Bunting for having her back during a rough night out. In July, TMZ obtained footage of Murphy-Bunting carrying Althoff out of Nashville’s Barstool Sports Bar in the early hours of the morning. The NFL player lifted Althoff over his shoulders before placing her in the back of an SUV. Althoff addressed the incident via her Instagram Story the next day.
“Last night was scary,” the podcaster wrote, without specifying what happened. “But thankful for having good friends in my life like @SeanMurphyBunting for looking out for me.”
Sean Murphy-Bunting. Ric Tapia/Getty Images
Murphy-Bunting also shared the post to his feed, writing, “Always 🙏🏾.”
Whoever Bobbi is dating, the relationship comes after she and her ex-husband, Cory Althoff, finalized their divorce in August. The former couple, who tied the knot in 2020, agreed to joint custody of their daughters, Luca, 4, and Isla, 2. Cory filed for divorce in February, listing July 4, 2023, as the pair’s date of separation.
“As sad as I am right now, I am so thankful for the time I got to be his wife,” Bobbi wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post after Cory filed for divorce. “Our girls are so lucky to have him as a father & I am so lucky to be able to coparent with such an incredible father and person. While our relationship did not work out as husband and wife, we will always be friends and I will always love him.”
Amid the couple’s split, some fans speculated that Bobbi had cheated on Cory with her “Really Good Podcast” guests. Known for her deadpan and disinterested interview style, Bobbi has had conversations with stars including Drake, Jimmy Kimmel, Offset, Lil Yachty and Tyga. In July, she shut down the rumors that she’s hooked up with her interview subjects.
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“I am really sick of seeing [this comment]. Anyone who says stuff like this is so f—ing ignorant,” she wrote via her Instagram Story, referring to a follower’s comment about divorcing Cory to be “passed around” by different men. “You don’t know why my marriage ended, that we are both so much happier apart than we ever were together. That now our kids get to see two happy parents instead of zero.”
She continued, “I have never slept with someone I interview. I don’t sleep around and I rarely ever go out. But you guys can’t f—ing believe that a woman can be around men without sleeping with them. It’s so frustrating that I can’t post a single thing out comments that I’m being passed around. Go live the lives you deserve and shut the f— up.”