Austin Reaves is calling fake news on the rumors that he ever dated Taylor Swift.
As Reaves was lighting it up for the Lakers during the NBA playoffs, rumors ran rampant on social media that he had a thing going on with the songstress after Swift broke off relationships with Joe Alwyn and later Matty Healy.
Reaves appeared on the “All the Smoke” podcast and was asked about the rumors by co-host Stephen Jackson.
“I have never met her, never talked to her,” Reaves answered.
Matt Barnes, the other podcast host, then asked if it was all B.S.
“All bulls–t —, I ain’t never talked to her,” Reaves said, laughing off the rumors that the two were spotted together at a bar in Arkansas.
Asked if he was interested in Swift, Reaves did not sound like someone interested in tabloid coverage.
“I’m gonna stay out of the media,” he said.
Reaves has been dating Jenna Barber since 2014, when the two were growing up in Arkansas.
Barber graduated from the University of Arkansas last December.
This offseason, Reaves signed a four-year deal with the Lakers worth nearly $54 million, according to Spotrac.
On the podcast, he explained his rationale for remaining with the team.
“I really wanted to be in L.A. the whole time,” Reaves said. “There was a couple situations that were close, but like I said, I really wanted to be in L.A. L.A. feels like home to me, so that’s really where I wanted to be.”
Who were the other two teams?
“Houston, before the [Fred VanVleet deal], and then San Antonio,” Reaves revealed.
The Lakers made it to the Western Conference Finals this past season before getting swept by the Nuggets, and they’ll also have LeBron James for the 2023-24 campaign after the star made cryptic comments about a possible retirement following their season-ending loss.
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