She came back after a year. We are talking about Olivia Holzmacher, who dated Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow. On Feb 2, she posted for the first time since breakup speculation swirled and she wrote, “be intentional , do the hard $hit , && show, don’t tell. I found my deeper well.” In that one year that she was away, she traveled, indulged in creativity, got some new tattoos, read books, and took care of herself.

Holzmacher and Burrow had been together since 2017 after they met for the first time at Ohio State University, and reports suggest that they broke up around December last year. But for months before the breakup speculations, Holzmacher was inactive on Instagram. However, she seems to have rediscovered herself.

While Holzmacher is busy enjoying a new outlook on life, Joe Burrow’s name has been linked with Olivia Ponton, and as per reports, the two have been ‘hooking up’ shortly after his breakup with Holzmacher. In fact, the breakup speculations spread after Ponton had notified the police in December that Burrow’s house in Ohio had been broken into. However, the QB was away for a game against the Cowboys and was in Texas at that time.

Then came June 20. The rumored couple was seen on an outing in New York City. Burrow and Olivia Ponton hit several known Manhattan hotspots before ending the night at her apartment around 3 a.m. Burrow kept it casual in a blue short-sleeved hoodie and jeans; Olivia, in a white flowy top and black shorts, looked effortless.

A few days after the public night out, Olivia dropped a new Instagram carousel. At first glance, it looked like a regular photo dump. But one photo in the mix said more than the rest. She had on the same elegant white top from that night and was now smiling beside three close friends. No mention of the date, no obvious clues—but for anyone who had been watching, the detail was hard to miss. It felt like her way of doing the soft social media launch. But it doesn’t end here.

The couple was also spotted in Miami in May

Their NYC stroll wasn’t their first shared moment, though—both were spotted earlier at a Formula One event in Miami. They weren’t pictured together, but fans noticed. And TMZ reported in May that they were seen leaving the Sprinter van at least twice during the Formula One weekend but made sure to let others accompanying them to make appearances between them as the media documented their arrival.

In fact, in one video Burrow’s exit from the vehicle was followed by three guys and five women before Ponton’s exit. However, TMZ also reported that the rumored couple was trying to keep it lowkey. The QB had already highlighted last year how he felt it was necessary for him to protect hi privacy. “I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one … Way more is already out there than I would want out there and that I care to share, so that’s all I got to say about that.”

“We live a public life and one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy,” he added. “That has been difficult for me to deal with my entire career. Still learning. But I understand it’s the life that we choose. Doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.”

And so, as of now, Burrow and Ponton may have been spotted together on several occasions, but neither of them have confirmed their relationship.