Klay Thompson's recent foray into romance has hit a home run. The Dallas Mavericks sharpshooter seemed to validate whispers of his courtship with Megan Thee Stallion by sharing snapshots from a Bahamas getaway. On July 12, he unleashed a photo spree on Instagram, featuring an intimate snap of him planting a kiss on a woman whose back was turned to the lens, accompanied by another image of him intertwining fingers with a lady sporting long purple nails.
The hairstyle and nail polish showcased in Klay's Instagram carousel bore an uncanny resemblance to Megan's, as evidenced by the bikini-clad beach pix she posted the subsequent day. Earlier, on July 10, the "WAP" chanteuse had stoked rumors of a romance with Klay when she shared a photo on Instagram, where a man eerily resembling the NBA star could be glimpsed lounging on a pool chair in the backdrop, while Megan, 30, struck a pose beside the pool in a minuscule green bikini.
Following Klay's subtle public unveiling of their relationship, fellow basketball legends rallied behind him in the comment section. Memphis Grizzlies player Ty Jerome quipped, "Whoa, hard launch!" to which Klay responded playfully, "I'm all gas, no breaks, Jerome." Meanwhile, Kevin Durant simply commented, "THAT BOY," while Klay's ex-Golden State Warriors teammate Quinn Cook cheered, "There he goes!"
Megan had previously been romantically linked to rapper Torey Lanez, who was convicted in December 2022 on three felony charges stemming from a 2020 incident where he allegedly shot her in the foot. Initially, in a 2022 interview with Gayle King, she clarified that her relationship with Torey was non-sexual. However, she later confessed to Gayle during her 2024 documentary, 'Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Own Words,' that she had indeed indulged in sexual relations with Torey "once, maybe twice on a drunk night," admitting she had lied in the earlier interview because she deemed the line of questioning irrelevant to the shooting incident.
In the documentary, the "Savage" hitmaker also bared her soul about how her encounter with Torey—who is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence but has appealed his convictions—and the subsequent global furor made her feel. "A lot of people didn't treat me like I was human for a long time," Megan revealed to Women's Health in April 2024. "I felt like people were accustomed to seeing me as the fun, carefree party girl. I witnessed people build me up, tear me down, and grapple with their expectations of me."
