Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura has seen the rumors about his dating life, and he’s ready to shut them down.
It all started when an Instagram account named Durant, which has a history of sharing less-than-truthful information, posted a photo appearing to show Hachimura, 27, with his arm around rapper and singer Doja Cat.
“RUMOR: Doja Cat & Rui Hachimura are allegedly dating after fans have been speculating that she’s dating an NBA player 👀 Are they a good couple?” the caption to the Wednesday, January 28 post read.
The top comment, with more than 24,000 likes and 1,000 replies as of Thursday afternoon, January 29, was from Hachimura himself.
“Mann f*** no😂,” Hachimura wrote.
The Lakers star tends to keep his personal life to himself, but he is believed to be dating Los Angeles-based fitness influencer Briana Delgado. The pair has been linked since 2021, but they keep their social media accounts related to their jobs, making it hard to track if they are still together.
Doja Cat, 30, has also kept her love life private. She is believed to be dating Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn, though the two have never officially confirmed their relationship. In a September 2025 interview with The New York Times, Doja Cat said that she is “just having fun” and “allowing things to happen.”
“As a daughter of a single mother taking care of two kids, romance is something that I feel is my life lesson because it’s not something that was ever really there,” she added.
No, Doja Cat and Joseph Quinn apparently are not engaged. The “Paint the Town Red” rapper, 28, denied rumors that she was engaged to the Stranger Things star, 30, after she flashed a ring on her left hand during her performance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 21. Speculation surrounding […]
Before Quinn, Doja Cat was linked to comedian J.Cyrus from 2022 to 2023 and French Montana from 2020 to 2022.
The Durant account followed up later in the day, highlighting Hachimura’s denial.
“BREAKING: Lakers forward Rui Hachimura denies Doja Cat dating rumors, after speculation has circulated the two have been dating recently 👀,” the caption read. “It appears that Rui’s recent improvements on the court are due to something else 🤔 💭”
At the time, Hachimura was in the midst of a red-hot two-game stretch in which he averaged 20 points per game and made eight of his 12 three-point attempts. The Lakers then faced the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, losing 129-99. Hachimura went 0-7 from the field and did not score in that game.
Since returning from a calf injury, Hachimura has been relegated to a bench role with the Lakers, even now that he is no longer under a minutes restriction. He said it has been an adjustment.
“Coming off the bench, the game is already going,” Hachimura told the Los Angeles Times in a story published Tuesday, January 27. “So I kind of know how important [it is] to kind of be extra aggressive [more] than usual.”
He also still has the confidence of his coach, JJ Redick.
“Nobody’s going to care if you were a starter or came off the bench at the end of the season or at the end of your career,” Redick said. “Just be a good basketball player. He’s a good basketball player.”
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