Report: Amendola and Culpo Split Over Her SI Photos and Her Love for Rhode Island
Us Weekly – Olivia Culpo and NFL star Danny Amendola … “definitely broke up,” a source tells Us exclusively. “It had to do with the distance and them barely seeing each other.”
The source adds that Amendola also wasn’t happy with Culpo’s nude photos in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue and his relocation didn’t help things. “He got signed to the Miami Dolphins and Olivia wasn’t going to move there,” the source added.
The pair, who were spotted vacationing in the Bahamas in early March, sparked speculation earlier this week that they had gone their separate ways when, as Barstool Sports’ Chicks in the Office pointed out, Amendola, 32, unfollowed Culpo and deleted all of their pics together.
OK, now this all makes sense. And confirms what I’d suspected all along. Danny Amendola is a modest man. Yes, he is the first pro football player to sign a contract with the Ford Modeling Agency. But that doesn’t mean he approves of nudity, tasteful or otherwise. It can’t have been easy for him to have his preposterously attractive girlfriend show off her superhumanly perfect body, even with her lady parts covered and positive messages written on her. That might be fine for some men, who’d like to show the world what they’re getting. But when you’re a modest, chaste, demure gentleman like Danny Playoffs, it’s a bit too much.
But I think that is secondary. Having done an appearance with Amendola that lasted about two hours, it’s safe to say he and I are best friends in the whole wide world. So I know the man.
I know him enough to know Olivia’s semi-nudity wouldn’t be enough for him to break up with her. A love like theirs could overcome a little think like her almost showing the goods in SI. It’s really the second thing Us Weekly’s source said that speaks volumes. You’re not going to get a born and raised Rhode Islander like Olivia Culpo to move to Miami. You’re simply not.
How can anyone ask a Daughter of Rhode Island to trade the glamor of Providence for South Beach? Watching the sunrise over the azure blue tropical Atlantic has nothing on waking to the frost glistening on the roof of your carport. There’s not a club on the strip that can compete with the Foxy Lady. No restaurant to compare with the burger places on Federal Hill. No shopping experience like bargain hunting at the Ocean State Job Lot. Having season tickets to the Heat and Marlins combined isn’t as good at one afternoon of watching the PawSox at McCoy. And if there’s a single thing south Florida has to offer better than the Big Blue Bug, I am unaware of it.
So while it’s a pity they split up, it’s also totally understandable. Danny had to follow his career path, Olivia had to follow her heart. You can’t ask a woman to just walk away the Rhode Island Life. Not for Miami. Not for anywhere.