Grammy Award nominee GloRilla initially publicly expressed her curiosity in NBA star Damian Lillard in February. After asking if Lillard was romantically linked to anybody, GloRilla made it clear that the 33-year-old basketball star had caught her eye.
“Trigger I need him #GetemGlo,” she wrote on X, alongside a photograph of her standing subsequent to Lillard who was holding the NBA All-Star Recreation MVP trophy. GloRilla adopted up the publish by seemingly dismissing Lillard’s romantic accomplice by writing, “Whoever she is can’t whoop me so I actually dgaf.”
Lillard’s estranged ex-wife, Kay’la Lillard, entered the chat when when she jumped on her Instagram Tales on April 17 to poke enjoyable on the 24-year-old music star. She shared a social media publish which displayed GloRilla’s mugshot, whose actual title is Gloria Hallelujah Woods, and wrote, “Free GloLillard #sisterwife.”
On April 19, the Suwanee Police Division launched bodycam footage which confirmed the responding police officer knocking on the automobile that the “Yeah Glo!” rapper was driving within the Atlanta exurb. GloRilla later knowledgeable the officer that she was leaving a nightclub. She additionally appeared stunned that the officer didn’t acknowledge her. “However you don’t know who I’m,” she mentioned to the officer, including, “I’m in your TV.”
Kay’La’s publish could have prompted GloRilla to not directly reaffirm her obvious affection for Lillard. The musician confirmed off a customized yellow jersey that featured the nickname “GloLillard” on again, which was an obvious reference to Milwaukee Bucks guard. The customized jersey additionally featured the quantity 0, which is Lillard’s longtime NBA jersey quantity.
Lillard filed for divorce on Oct. 2, 2023, after a two-year marriage with Kay’La. On March 7, TMZ requested Lillard if he had been in contact with GloRilla since she despatched social media that sparked a frenzy, however he was mum on any potential brewing romance and easily responded by saying, “No remark.”
It was “Dame Time” in Lillard’s playoffs debut with the Bucks on April 21. He delivered an electrical efficiency to assist elevate Milwaukee to a 109-94 win over the Indiana Pacers in Recreation 1 of the first-round Jap Convention sequence. The famous person level guard’s 35 factors over the primary two quarters set a file for probably the most factors in a half within the franchise’s playoff historical past.
The “GloLillard” jersey apparently caught the eye of Evan Turner, who performed alongside Lillard for 3 seasons. “The GLOLillard jersey is definitely a wavy contact. My dawg’s legend has grown much more,” Turner wrote on X on April 21.
Others argued that GloRilla has been considerably of an excellent luck allure for Lillard. Shortly earlier than GloRilla posted the now notorious photograph with Lillard, he scored 39 factors and was named the sport’s MVP.
“You the explanation he enjoying this good,” one fan wrote on X.
One other particular person proclaimed that Lillard and GloRilla have been the “Greatest duo within the league.”
Lillard spent the primary 11 seasons of his skilled basketball profession with the Portland Path Blazers earlier than he was traded to the Bucks final 12 months. He has averaged 25.7 factors and 6.2 assists throughout his NBA postseason profession. Portland’s lack of profitable over the previous couple of seasons particularly gave Lillard the time to get pleasure from prolonged summer time holidays, however he’s now hoping for a deep playoff run.
“The final two years, not being within the playoffs, it sucked,” a seemingly relieved Lillard mentioned on April 21. “Early holidays. Final 12 months, I went to Coachella. I ain’t by no means been capable of go to Coachella. It’s enjoying within the playoffs yearly. Simply having that lengthy summer time, it was like, man, I used to be over that.”
