Madison Pettis shaded her ex-boyfriend, Michael Porter Jr.whereas discussing their breakup.
Pettis, 27, appeared on an episode of the “In Your Desires With Owen Thiele” podcast earlier this month. Throughout her chat with Thiele, Pettis shared that she is a giant fan of basketball which led him to ask if she would contemplate relationship an NBA participant.
“Um, yeah,” she mentioned earlier than explaining her historical past with Porter Jr. “I imply, my ex is now within the NBA. After we dated, he was in highschool and school.”
Pettis additionally gave some perception into the alleged cause for his or her break up.
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“I broke up with him earlier than he was within the league as a result of he was a psychopath,” she claimed. “I do suppose a number of athletes will not be nice companions, however I wouldn’t, like, rule it out as a result of I do love what they do. I might have respect for them and love to speak to them about their ardour.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Porter Jr. for remark.
Pettis and Porter Jr., 27, dated from 2016 to 2017. Pettis is greatest identified for getting her begin as a toddler actress on Disney Channel. She most lately appeared within the rom-coms He’s All That and The Unsuitable Paris.
One 12 months after their break up, Porter Jr. was drafted by the Denver Nuggets. The ahead received his first championship with the Nuggets in 2023. Two years later, Porter Jr. was traded to the Brooklyn Nets.
Porter Jr. has made headlines lately for his controversial relationship feedback. Final 12 months, Porter Jr. shared that he would have the ladies he dated hearken to polarizing podcaster Andrew Tate to see their response to his viewpoints. (Tate is greatest identified for selling masculinity and slamming feminism.)
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“So, I’m not saying I’m a misogynist or something, however I’ll throw on some Andrew Tate and see how they react,” Porter Jr. mentioned throughout a 2025 episode of the “One Evening with Steiny” podcast. “I’ll carry up, like, conversations and play satan’s advocate simply to see how this woman, like, thinks about sure issues.”
Porter Jr. additionally shared that he prefers up to now girls who haven’t been with one other NBA star.
“I really feel like should you dated like publicly, like a participant, it might be onerous simply due to … it might be robust relationship somebody’s previous woman they usually simply all the time have that over you,” he mentioned on a September 2025 episode of his “Curious Mike” podcast. “It may very well be like an ego factor or like I don’t know … I’m open to vary, I’m not caught in my methods.”