Star Olympian Aly Raisman has admitted that she is dating NFL player Colton Underwood, thanks to the social media and a little matchmaking effort from Shawn Johnson, a gold medal-winning gymnast.
The young couple had kept the relationship secret since August when they started dating at the VMAs. Raisman, 22, told People: "[We] kept it quiet for a while."
She told things played out perfectly for them in Denver where both were present at the same time. Underwood, the 24-year-old football tight end who is a free agent at the moment, had asked out Raisman in a video which he shared on Twitter. The Olympian found it sweet and thanked Underwood, the Fox News reported.
What had Underwood, who had his last stint with the Oakland Raiders in August, say about his speaking to Raisman?
"She did a great job and her whole team did of representing the USA, so I felt like it was only right for me to send a congratulations and extend an offer when she got back and had some down time," USA Today quoted him as saying back then.
Raisman also told People that Underwood had driven for an hour and half to and fro to meet her for their second and third dates. She also said she met his family and is also planning to spend time with them during the holidays. Nice time to build on relations, isn't it?
The couple walked the red carpet on December 12 (Monday) at the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Ceremony 2016 at New York's Barclays Center of Brooklyn, the People added.
"He had his arm around her throughout the dinner and they laughed a lot," the People cited a source as saying.
Aly Raisman said she was looking forward to 2017 as an "exciting year" with new beau Colton Underwood.
