Clint Bowyer Plays the Prankster as Danica Patrick Desperately Tries to Avoid Awkward Conversation With Ex-Boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 14: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy Chevrolet, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 14: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy Chevrolet, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 14: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy Chevrolet, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 14: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy Chevrolet, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
It was in 2017 that after a five-year relationship, NASCAR’s true power couple Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Danica Patrick called it quits. And just like most exes, neither has been able to come face-to-face with the other since.
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This was all the more clear after a very recent story that legendary broadcaster Mike Joy revealed.
As we all know, Danica Patrick landed a brief commentary gig alongside Mike Joy and former driver Clint Bowyer in the FOX booth. While her commentary wasn’t something that people enjoyed, it was this story from her brief time in the box that people had a really good time listening to, as their laughs makes clear.
And to be fair, it is quite a hilarious story.
Joy recalled Danica Patrick telling him, “Whatever we do here, don’t make me talk to Ricky (Stenhouse Jr.).”
“And of course, Clint (Bowyer) goes, ‘HELL YEAH!’,” he added.
“So we get to the end of I think, second stage, and Clint says to the producer, ‘Hey I think Ricky finished 18th. You think we oughta talk to him?'”
Mike Joy tells the story of Matt Kenseth talking to Logano at Fontana (and Danica Patrick not wanting to talk to Stenhouse).#NASCAR pic.twitter.com/eXe5K9gFjo
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Why did Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr break up?
In December 2017, a statement from Danica Patrick’s spokesperson said that the IndyCar race winner and the NASCAR driver are “no longer in a relationship.”
This obviously came as a surprise for many fans of the couple and of the sport. After all, they’d been together for five years, and the sudden breakup really shocked everyone.
However, it was later revealed that the reason for the breakup had something to do with Patrick and her plans for the future. According to The Blast, she wanted to get married and have children, something Ricky Stenhouse Jr didn’t necessarily want at that time.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 11: Danica Patrick, driver of the #7 GoDaddy Chevrolet, stands by her car during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 11, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
Soon after her split with the NASCAR driver, Danica Patrick began dating NFL star Aaron Rodgers, a relationship that lasted for two years.
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