Before finding love with 49ers player Christian McCaffrey, Olivia Culpo had a challenging history with professional athletes. In 2016, the social media influencer made headlines when she dated former New England Patriots player Danny Amendola. “I met her on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, just walking down the street,” the wide receiver gushed to The Providence Journal. While the pair seemingly had a picture-perfect relationship, their love affair turned sour in 2018. Following a series of break-ups, make-ups, and a bizarre social media rant from Amendola himself, the two called it quits in December of that year.
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Because of the volatile ending of their relationship, Culpo enacted a no-athletes dating rule. However, after meeting McCaffrey, the “Venus as a Boy” star threw out her self-imposed ban. “He’s just the best, I feel like he is really everything I could ever ask for,” Culpo told Entertainment Tonight in 2022. “So I never worry about anything. I think that was the reason why I didn’t want to date an athlete, no offense, because there is a reputation there.” While she didn’t point to Amendola, the former NFL player was accused of cheating on Culpo after TMZ shared photos of him with another girl. Toward the end of her interview with ET, “The Culpo Sisters” star attributed the success of her relationship with McCaffrey to his upbringing. “I feel like you can really tell who a person is by the people that raise them,” she added.
