Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is denying rumors of a romance with exNHL player Ron Duguay that sparked after the two were seen together
in New York City.
They’re “just friends” who “met through hockey,” a source close to the
former Republican vice presidential candidate told People magazine. Palin
has frequently called herself a “hockey mom” while making the political
rounds. The pair grabbed dinner together in Manhattan last week while
Palin was in the Big Apple for her defamation trial against The New York
Times. The former governor made headlines because she was dining out
just two days after testing positive for the coronavirus. The trial has been
postponed until February. She also ate inside the same Upper East Side
Italian restaurant on Saturday – before she tested positive – despite
being unvaccinated. New York City law requires diners to provide proof of
vaccination to dine in. The New York Post reported that Palin, 57, and
Duguay, 64, have been dating since last year. Duguay, who played in the
NHL from 1977 to 1989 for the New York Rangers and three other teams,
was on hand when a photographer started filming them at the restaurant
and asked if her dinner companions were comfortable dining with her while
she had the virus.
