A private candlelit dinner on the baseball field at Dodger Stadium sounds like something Drake would do, right?
Well, he did it.
Los Angeles’s ABC News affiliate’s helicopter reporter Chris Christi happened to catch the international superstar during a midnight flyby, spotting him getting cozy. The shots found their way to Twitter, and already, fans are buzzing about not just the utter Drake-ness of the date, but also the identity of the woman sharing a meal with the self-declared Certified Lover Boy — a nickname he’s certainly earning with this stunt. The prevailing theory is that it’s entrepreneur Johanna Leia, who is the mother of high school basketball star Amari Bailey, one of Bronny James’ teammates at Sierra Canyon School.
.@DRAKE ON A DATE? Randomly just flew over this cozy couple enjoying a private dinner along the third base line at an empty Dodger Stadium from #Air7HD @ABC7 #Drizzy pic.twitter.com/SjMR1UOgbo
— Chris Cristi (@abc7chriscristi) July 9, 2021
It seems that Drake has become rather fond of dining in closed-down arenas over the past few months. He recently celebrated his Billboard Artist of the Decade Award win with dinner on the 50-yard-line for his crew at the SoFi Stadium, also in Los Angeles.
Drake’s supposedly been hard at work on his next album, Certified Lover Boy, which he says is due to drop by the end of the summer — although he’s pushed it back a few times already — so perhaps this instance will form the basis for one of his many, many flexes when the album finally does drop. Check out some fans’ responses to his Dodger Stadium date below.
Looks like @Drake is wining and dining Johanna Leia at a private dinner for two inside Dodger Stadium ๐ upping the ante for men everywhere… pic.twitter.com/AN1zvjI7nn
— Christian Manoukian (@cvmanouk) July 9, 2021
Bro did they fly a DRONE into Dodger Stadium just to see Drake on a date????? https://t.co/rTqmmB1Y4L
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) July 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/antigravitylite/status/1413528999800750084
Drake finna be like "dodge me with the bullshit, you say it's hard to date me, booked out a stadium but it's hardly empty, camera lenses creepin on the daily, they don't let a playa play,shout out to Amari bailey" CLB coming soon ๐๐
— YungShabazz (@WHOTFIsdaquan) July 9, 2021
And you know he gon put it in his next song โ back in the states, took my girl on a date. Imagine tryna Dodge the paps but instead you gotta Dodge the 8. Guess that what come wit fame. She tellin me she miss the old drake like she losin faith…. โ๐๐๐ https://t.co/hiy1nZ2J6x
— K baby โจ (@shakimalachell) July 9, 2021
Amari Bailey when Drake starts playing in the gym pic.twitter.com/TBBlO7JoAF
— BILL (@SalaadCrimm) July 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/JOrzechowskiMT/status/1413494430305193998
https://twitter.com/ResearchRod/status/1413525608286474242
So you mean to tell me Drake wasnโt going to those highschool games for Bronnyโฆ heโs was going for Amari Baileyโs mom ๐ต pic.twitter.com/9OxPO1Md2x
— ๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ (@Play0ffBron) July 9, 2021
Amari Bailey thought drake was hanging out with him because he was next up in the basketball world whole time he wanted to smash his mom lmaoo drake sick man https://t.co/9aaA55Rp1N
— jw (@jwmedia12) July 9, 2021
When LeBron see Amari Bailey pic.twitter.com/o78bC2fcBd
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) July 9, 2021