ARod is suddenly single. Ex-slugger splits from girlfriend, she says
Lots of milestones for Alex “ARod” Rodriguez.
The retired ball player is an official empty-nester as his youngest daughter Ella, is headed off to UNC Chapel Hill. The 50-year-old posed with her on Instagram Wednesday, the day before her graduation at Gulliver Prep.
In the carousel of snaps, fans can see the local family’s pregame with his oldest daughter, Natasha, who attends the University of Michigan, along with her mom, Rodriguez’s ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis. The pics also include Scurtis’ real-estate-pro husband Angel Nicolas and their daughter, Camilla, 9.
Absent from the big day? ARod’s girlfriend Jaclyn Cordeiro, 46.
Commenters were wondering, too. Where was she? someone asked.
“Good question,” responded a fellow follower. “Haven’t seen them together in awhile.”
Turns out Cordeiro wasn’t at the festivities because she and the Minnesota Timberwolves owner have quietly split after three years together, TMZ first reported.
It’s all copasetic, though.
“To clarify, Alex and I are currently taking some time apart, but there continues to be mutual love, care and deep respect between us and for our families,” the fitness entrepreneur told the outlet, adding she’s also dealing with a close relative’s health issue and pleaded for privacy. “We remain supportive of one another, and there is absolutely no animosity, drama or negative story here.”
Speaking of drama, though: Scurtis and Rodriguez divorced in 2008 after six years of marriage. In last year’s HBO documentary “Alex vs. ARod,” the mom of three gave a few more reasons for their highly publicized breakup.
The big one? Madonna, though the pop star was not mentioned by name.
Rodriguez didn’t cop to any affairs during the union with Scurtis, just alluded to some failings in the spouse department, “in hindsight.”
“I could have been more present,” he admitted in the doc. “I could have been more loyal. I could have been more sympathetic, empathetic, all of it. You name it.”
The Westchester Christian alum never remarried, but has since dated a number of high-profile women. Rodriguez got famously engaged to Jennifer Lopez in 2019 in the Bahamas. The couple known as JRod split for reasons that never became public knowledge roughly two years later.
The actress-singer quickly moved on with her former fiancé, actor Ben Affleck, but that’s a whole other (divorce) story.
This story was originally published May 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM.
