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Dave Portnoy addressed being caught on a date with Camryn D’Aloia during a live broadcast, revealing that he felt “panicked” upon realizing their outing had become public knowledge.
“Very unfortunate set of circumstances, I’ll say that,” Portnoy said on the Wednesday, May 1 episode of his BFFs podcast with Josh Richards and Brianna Chickenfry.
Portnoy grabbed everyone’s attention as he and the 25-year-old were spotted seated behind sports commentators Brian Anderson and Stan Van Gundy during the Celtics-Heat game on Monday, April 29, making waves in the headlines.
He also expressed his desire to be considerate of his ex-girlfriend, Silvana Mojica, with whom he was in a three-year relationship. This marked the first instance of him being seen publicly with another woman since their breakup in November 2023.
“I’m sensitive still to the fact I’m six months, five-and-a-half months out of a relationship, so being seen on a date or with a girl, it was not what I was trying to do,” he continued to say.
He delved into the details with D’Aloia and shed light on the reasons behind their attendance at the game together. “If you know how I enjoy Celtics games, generally [sitting] center court, on the wood, loud, proud. I’m friends with this girl, we’ve hung out … it’s not boyfriend-girlfriend, obviously,” Portnoy said. “She’s from Boston, so [she’s] a Celtics fan.”
The Barstool Sports founder said he strictly did not want to be camera, as even turned down courtside seats. “I don’t want to be pictured, I don’t want to be on TV, I don’t want any of it.”
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He continued: “We walk in, sit down and I know instantly I have a problem. No idea where these tickets were. They are right behind the broadcaster. It was the two worst tickets — and there’s the reaction, like, ‘What the f–k.”
“We sat down and it’s like, ‘We are f–ked.’ That’s the initial [reaction]. You can see us on the screen. I think I told her, ‘Just don’t panic, just don’t panic,’ because this girl does not want to be — you guys can appreciate that there is a level of notoriety that stinks when you’re well known. We just wanted to go to the Celtics game.”
Once they noticed they were on camera, the duo swiftly vacated their seats, prompting Portnoy to purchase another pair of tickets to evade the spotlight discreetly.
“So, we get the f*** out of there. I bought two tickets in real-time in different seats and moved just three rows back and out of the way. We did not want to be on camera … I should have known better. I panicked … the camera guy starts talking to me. He’s like, ‘What kind of pizza do you like?’ I was sweating,” Portnoy shared.
He felt bad for D’Aloia, saying, “The poor girl. It happened so fast and then we were like we can’t sit here. Literally, we just moved back three rows … [Initially] I went out of my way to be like where can I sit where it won’t be on TV. I just wanted to watch the game. It didn’t work out like that at all.”
He continued, “It sucked … Imagine just being a pedestrian. She’s a pedestrian and you’re just thrown in. She opened her Instagram and was like, ‘I have 9,000 Instagram requests.'”
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