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By HANNAH MCDONALD
Published: 06:24 EDT, 13 May 2025 | Updated: 06:25 EDT, 13 May 2025
Cardi B looked utterly smitten as she made her first public appearance with NFL player Stefon Diggs.
The rapper, 32, and New England Patriots wide receiver sparked romance rumours in February after being spotted out together on Valentine's Day - but they were first linked back in October.
Cardi and Stefon turned the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks game into date night on Monday as they headed to Madison Square Garden.
The duo sat courtside for game four of the Eastern Conference second roundNBA playoffs andwatched eagerly from the sidelines as the Knicks beat the Celtics 121-113.
The pair looked loved-up as Cardi caressed Stefon's face with her hand, while another snap showed the sportsman with his arm draped around the musician's neck.
Cardi and Stefon were later seen sticking close together as they left the iconic New York arena, as they enjoyed moment of connection amidst the crowd.
Cardi B looked utterly smitten as she made her first public appearance with NFL player Stefon Diggs at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday
Cardi and Stefon turned the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks game into date night on Monday as they headed to Madison Square Garden
Rumours of romance between the pair first surfaced in October when DJ Akademiks alleged that Diggs slept with Cardi along with several other rappers' girlfriends.
Cardi didn't dignify the rumour with a response directly. Instead she took to Instagram to say: 'All these rumors are so f***ing crazy. That's why I don't want to address it because I feel like it's funny.
'I'mma just let it ride out, cuz I think it's cute, it's funny,' she told her fans at the time.
Then in February, Cardi and Stefon were seen out and about in Miami.
The night ended as the two pulled up to a hotel in a luxury car in the wee hours of the morning, per TMZ.
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Cardi and Stefon for comment.
Cardi later claimed that her ex Offset has tried to interfere with her love life as she said: 'He sent a text message to somebody I was dealing with of us having sex.
'You've been harassing me and the man I've been dealing with for months.'
The pair looked loved-up as Cardi caressed Stefon's face with her hand in a very public display of affection
The duo sat courtside for game four of the Eastern Conference second round NBA playoffs and watched eagerly from the sidelines as the Knicks beat the Celtics 121-113
Rumours of romance between the pair first surfaced in October when DJ Akademiks alleged that Diggs slept with Cardi
Cardi and Stefon were later seen sticking close together as they left the iconic New York arena, as they enjoyed moment of connection amidst the crowd
Cardi B added: 'This is my p***y, I give it to whoever I want to. If that b***h don't stop harassing me you gonna have the price to pay for it.'
At one point, the star also accused Offset of getting bloggers to troll and spread rumours about her on social media.
'You know what? I've been letting motherf****** troll me for a long time. Leaving me crazy voicemails, telling me crazy stuff in text messages, trolling me,' as well as 'hitting up' the man she is currently seeing.
'Now it's my turn,' Cardi B stated. 'Now it's not fun. Now it's not fun when the demon's inside... and do you want to know how all this started? This started because he wanted to get his blog friends to troll me.'
At another point, Cardi also accused Offset of getting bloggers to troll and spread rumours about her on social media.
It comes weeks after Offset requested joint legal custody of the former couple's three children.
Despite the request, legal documents reviewed by TMZ revealed that he does, however, think Cardi's home should be the kids' primary residence.
Cardi didn't dignify the rumour with a response directly. Instead she took to Instagram to say: 'All these rumors are so f***ing crazy'
The rapper, 32, and New England Patriots wide receiver sparked romance rumours in February after being spotted out together on Valentine's Day
The hitmaker also wants the court to outline each parent's child support responsibilities.
Furthermore, he asked that the exes' marital assets be divided by the court, and that each party pay their respective legal fees.
Offset and Cardi's tumultuous relationship has been off and on for years, and last summer was the third time she filed for divorce.
She announced her third pregnancy on August 1, one day after she filed to dissolve her marriage with Cephus.