Ice Spice sparked rumors of dating NBA player Michael Porter Jr. after breaking up with NFL star Sauce Gardner.
The “Barbie World” rapper was spotted getting cozy with the Brooklyn Nets forward at Rousey’s Nightclub in New York City on Sunday night, sources exclusively tell Page Six.
“They were definitely close together, chatting in each other’s ears, and she had her arm around him,” the source said.
“They weren’t using a lot of PDA, but they were clearly together and sitting close together,” they added.
We’re told Ice Spice, 26, and MPJ, 27, arrived at the intimate Lower East Side hotspot around 11:30 p.m. and joined a group of friends.
“There were no other celebrities or NBA personnel present,” the source noted.
Although there was no bottle parade welcome, the group was heard drinking tequila.
“They were definitely flying under the radar,” the source said, sharing that they left the club around 2 a.m.
A few days earlier, Porter attended the “Buddy Buddy” singer’s New Year’s Eve birthday party at PHD Rooftop Lounge last Wednesday, where guests sipped on the 1942 classic as 2026 chimed in.
“They were so in love during the New Year’s Eve party,” another onlooker told Page Six of the pair, adding that she was also spotted dancing with four of her gal pals.
Fans speculated that Ice Spice (real name Isis Gaston) and Porter were dating after the athlete shared a photo of a woman sitting across from him pouring hot chocolate on a croissant in November 2025.
Eagle-eyed sleuths noticed that a red butterfly tattoo on the woman’s forearm matched the Grammy nominee’s tattoo.
Ice Spice was then spotted sitting courtside at the Porter’s Nets vs. Boston Celtics game at Barclays Center on November 18, 2025.
Page Six did not immediately receive a response from representatives for Ice Spice and Porter.
In August 2025, the hip-hop star had a disagreement with Gardner when she came out about her relationship with French basketball player Diamant Blasi.
The following month, Ice Spice confirmed on the podcast Baby, This Is Kiki Palmer that she and Gardner, 25, had broken up.
“It was fun. It was cute. We’re still friends. We just hang out,” she said of her relationship with the Indianapolis Colts cornerback.
She debuted her romance with Gardner in a since-deleted Instagram post in April 2025, but they were first spotted together in public in February. The now ex-lovers met in April 2024.
Porter dated former Disney actress Madison Pettis in 2017.
