Alex Rodriguez is setting the record straight when it comes to getting attention-grabbing tans.
Rodriguez sat courtside with his fitness instructor girlfriend Jaclyn Cordeiro and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith during the Timberwolves’ 112-107 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night in Minneapolis. Social media users were in an uproar.
People were wondering why Rodriguez’s complexion was darker than normal, and the 48-year-old. reacted on Instagram On Saturday night, she told her 4.2 million followers that she went to sleep in the sun.
“Okay, guys, I know it’s dark, but I’m Dominican and I went on vacation and fell asleep in the sunshine. So everyone calm down,” Rodriguez said in the Dominican Republic. “Calm down everyone, I just got a sunburn,” he said in a video captioned with a flag emoji.
X users expressed surprise at Rodriguez’s tan on Friday night.
“What’s wrong with Rod’s tan?” Ringer writer Wozney Lambre Askedlater responding to the ex-Yankees star’s explanation, “Well, A-Rod isn’t from this planet.”
A user passing by Brody B. “I got Ross Geller’s special tan,” Rodriguez said, referring to David Schwimmer’s character getting an excessive spray tan on an episode of “Friends.”
another X user, Josh Cobbcalled Rodriguez’s tan a “reverse Sammy Sosa,” referring to the former Cubs slugger whose skin has lightened dramatically since he last played in 2007 due to bleach-containing creams.
Rodriguez and Mark Rohr, who attended the Timberwolves’ 101-86 win over the Nets on Saturday, will become majority owners of the Timberwolves this year and will exercise the right to buy an additional 40 percent stake in the Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Lynx. ESPN reported in December that both clubs had acquired 80% of the deal.
Rodriguez told Us Weekly in September that she lost 32 pounds thanks to Cordeiro’s fitness program.
