At last, the cat is out of the bag—Trinity Rodman and Ben Shelton are officially a couple. After endless drama, gossip, and cryptic social media antics, the two American athletes finally made their relationship public. In fact, they are now openly flaunting their romance, with Rodman being the latest to do so. This prompted the tennis world to roll out the red carpet for the USWNT star, as fans are in awe to see her latest dating update with her new boyfriend.

The daughter of Dennis Rodman recently took to Instagram and shared an adorable couple click with her new significant other. In the picture, the Washington Spirit forward is seen leaning back in Shelton’s arms, both hands occupied with her phone as she captures the moment. She gazes deeply into the tennis star’s eyes.

Meanwhile, Mr. Boyfriend is also looking back at Trin, though his face remains hidden beneath the cap he’s wearing. But to make it obvious, Rodman eventually tagged the 22-year-old in the post. It was quite an aesthetic click as the NWSL star had used some sort of a vintage-style filter. Additionally, she wrote a caption saying, “Dibs 🤭.”

Simply adorable! That’s all we have to say, even though countless words can be used to describe how good these two look with each other. More importantly, what should we consider this picture this time? Just like one of the comments from Adidas Football’s official account—also one of Rodman’s sponsors—described, “Is this the hard launch or second soft launch? 👀🥰”

Well, whatever it may be, the talking point remains: Welcome aboard to the love journey of Trinity Rodman and Ben Shelton. Speaking of which, the picture just had to break the internet with everyone from the tennis world swarming up to greet Shelton’s new girlfriend with an open heart.

Trinity Rodman earns special place in the tennis world!

After the post made the Gram, all of the 546K Instagram followers rushed to send their reactions. To address the elephant in the room, Ben Shelton made a rather hilarious yet heartfelt comment, writing, “Whoever that is he won fs.” Ha ha, well Ben, we know who that “He” person here is, can we please say something?

Another surprising reaction came from American women’s tennis star Sloane Stephens, who commented, “Here for it!👏🏾.” This serves as a reminder that both Shelton and Rodman can expect a surge in Instagram followers, as fans from both the tennis and soccer communities are likely to show their full support and love.

Well, even Trin’s fellow USWNT and NWSL teammates had to jump in and pull her leg but more importantly, celebrate a new journey in her love life. While Angel City forward Alyssa Thompson commented, “The softest hard launch😍,” NJ/NY Gotham FC veteran Emily Sonnett wrote, “Hardest secret I had to keep.”

To recall, it was just days ago when Shelton also made headlines for posting a photo with Rodman. In the last of the pictures from his carousel post, Shelton shared a full-length mirror selfie taken in an elevator, with his arms wrapped around Rodman’s waist. Meanwhile, the Spirit forward placed her right hand on his shoulder, and though only her side profile was visible, she sealed the moment with a sweet kiss on his cheek. Tennis player turned entrepreneur, Sarah Koudouzian found it adorable. “it’s the last slide for me🫶🏼🫶🏼 love so much!!!” she wrote, referring to the photo. American tennis star Coco Gauff couldn’t control her excitement either on seeing that the cat was out of the bag: “hard launchhhhh !!”

Trin also left an interesting comment, “Shooters shoot I guess 🤭👀.” Well, as if that wasn’t enough to break the hearts of their respective admirers, the latest one from Rodman seems to have done a similar job: “Just fell to my knees at walmart lmao.”

Who would have thought a mere TikTok trend would see both Trinity and Ben find each other? Well, at least that’s how one alleges it happened, otherwise, the truth hasn’t been revealed so far. Yet, keeping aside the mystery of how they met each other, it’s good to see that things are official between the two. Oh, how good it feels to be posting your loved one and showing them off openly. “Ooohhh this is flex,” wrote a fan, perfectly capturing the feeling. 

Touchwood (And we can’t stress how much) but it’s quite a momentous thing for the whole sporting community to witness this romantic allegiance between Shelton and Rodman. Let’s hope they continue forward beyond the honeymoon phase and we get to see much more from them. Just like this fan echoed our sentiment, both are indeed, the “Best duo.”

Regardless, this was just a glimpse of the reaction from fans and other athletes alike. But what are your thoughts on the same? Let us know in the comments.