Dave Portnoy Admits He ‘Freaked’ After NBA Cameras Caught Him Making Out With 25-Year-Old Blonde During Celtics-Heat Game: ‘I Was Sweating’

Dave Portnoy admits he “freaked out” after being spotted on a date during the live stream of Monday’s Celtics-Heat playoff game.

Footage of Portnoy, 47, sitting behind TNT Sports announcers Brian Anderson and Stan Van Gundy with a mystery blonde went viral earlier this week, with the Barstool founder hilariously seen telling his date at the Kaseya Center that they were on television.

Camryn D’Aloia, a 25-year-old recent college graduate, was later identified as the girl sitting next to him as they watched their hometown team defeat the Miami Heat.

Two days after the viral moment, Portnoy opened up about his date with D’Aloia during the latest episode of his BFF podcast with Josh Richards and Brianna Chickenfry – saying he turned down courtside seats for fear of being seen.

“Very unfortunate circumstances, I will say that,” he said. “Because… well, I’m still sensitive to the fact that I’m six months, five and a half months out of a relationship, so being seen on a date or with a girl wasn’t what I wanted. ‘tried.’

Dave Portnoy admits he ‘freaked out’ after being spotted on a date during Monday’s live stream of Celtics-Heat playoff game

Images of Portnoy, 47, sitting behind TNT Sports announcers Brian Anderson and Stan Van Gundy with a mystery blonde went viral earlier this week.

Camryn D’Aloia, a 25-year-old recent graduate, was identified while the girl was sitting next to him.

Portnoy announced his split from influencer Silvana Mojica at the end of 2023 after three years together, with the couple previously attending Celtics games before splitting.

As a result, he was keen to not protect Mojica’s feelings and avoid being captured alongside a new woman.

“If you know how much I enjoy Celtics games, usually (sitting) at center field, on the hardwood, loud, proud,” Portnoy added. “I’m friends with this girl, we spent time together. It’s not a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, obviously.

“She’s from Boston, so (she’s) a Celtics fan. I don’t want to point fingers. I refused the field (seats). I don’t want to be photographed, I don’t want to be on television, I don’t want any of that.

“We come in, we sit down and I instantly know I have a problem. No idea where those tickets were. They are right behind the diffuser. Those were the two worst tickets – and there’s the reaction, like… what the fuck?

He continued: “We sat down and it’s like, ‘We’re screwed.’ That’s the initial (reaction). You can see us on screen.

“I think I told her, ‘Don’t panic, don’t panic,’ because this girl doesn’t want to be – you can understand that there’s a level of notoriety that stinks when you’re well known. We just wanted to go to the Celtics game.

Portnoy insists he didn’t intend to be spotted during meeting with D’Aloia at game

Portnoy went on to explain that he bought two more tickets in different seats simply to move the television camera’s view back three rows.

Yet it was too late for D’Aloia to avoid any attention, with the college graduate receiving thousands of requests on Instagram after being spotted with Portnoy.

“It sucked. Just imagine being a pedestrian. She’s a pedestrian and you’re just thrown into it,” he said. “She opened her Instagram and said, ‘I have 9,000 Instagram requests. “

“She had a horrible time. She couldn’t enjoy the game at all.