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DANCER Hayden Hopkins has hit back at suggestions she is pregnant with Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis’ baby.
Rumors about the pair began to swirl after they were first seen together at a Raiders game in 2022.
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But Hopkins, 26, clapped back at the claims on Monday night, insisting they are “false.”
“Reports of Mark Davis being the father of my child are wildly untrue,” the mom-to-be posted to her Instagram Stories.
“I was pictured sitting next to him at a game in 2022 and have endured false rumors of a romantic relationship since.
“I was just a guest sitting in the owner’s box with other friends.”
The dancer added that the rumors concerning the father of her baby are “negatively affecting what should be my happiest days.”
She concluded, “Joey and I are excited to welcome our baby in the fall xx.”
In 2022, Davis, 69, took the internet by storm after he was pictured with the Cirque De Soleil dancer.
People rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to ask who she was and joke about the encounter.
“So kind of Mark Davis to take his granddaughter to the game today,” one wrote.
“Ayo who’s that girl Mark Davis is sitting with??? I see you, Mark,” another commented, enthusiastically.
When Hopkins was asked on Instagram about her day with the football team owner, she said they were just friends.
“Haha MD [Mark Davis] is a legend! He’s my neighbor/friend. Fun game,” she replied to a fan.
The two were also spotted at another Raiders game last year.
The mom-to-be has been an award-winning dancer from a young age.
She has won multiple national titles and helped professional choreographers in her early teens.
By 19, she had already been on the cover of Dance Spirit and Dance Informa magazine.
Reports of Mark Davis being the father of my child are wildly untrue.
Hayden Hopkins
Hopkins soon relocated to New York City to start her own dancewear label HHxx and studied dance at university.
She has since performed with Jason Derulo and appeared on Good Morning America.
When she was about 21, she went to the West Coast to join Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas and debuted in 2017.
Along with dancing, Hopkins has 222k followers on Instagram and enjoys posting pictures.
Her TikTok also features dance videos and more recently, snippets of her bump.
In her recent post about Davis, she confirmed to fans that her baby is expected to be born in fall 2024.
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