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TikTok star Tianna Robillard stirs dating buzz with Vikings’ Ivan Pace Jr. after messy NFL breakup

TikTok star Tianna Robillard and Vikings linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. raised eyebrows Sunday when they were seen hugging on the sidelines before Minnesota’s win over the 49ers in Minneapolis.

The influencer — who made headlines in July for publicly accusing her ex-fiancé, Bengals guard Cody Ford, of cheating — and Pace shared a brief exchan🅰ge and posed for a photo together, as seen in a video on social media.

Pace ran over to Robillard on the sidelines before the Vikings upset the 49ers in their home opener at🔯 U.S. Bank Stadium, 23-17.

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The pair have yet to address the dating rumors.

Robillard was all smiles with some of the Vikings WAGs — including Whitney Risner, the wife𝕴 of guard Dalton Risner and Keely Grugier-Hill, who married Kamu Gruꦅgier-Hill in February — in another snapshot taken on Sunday.

TikTok star Tianna Robillard and Vikings linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. raised eyebrows when they were seen hugging on the sidelines before Minnesota’s win over the 49ers on Sept. 15, 2024. TikTok/jennagarza8
TikTok star Tianna Robillard and Vikings linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. raised eyebrows when they were seen hugging on the sidelines before Minnesota’s win over the 49ers on Sept. 15, 2024. TikTok/jennagarza8

Earlier this week, Robillard and Ka🐼tya Kuropas, the fiancée of Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy, got coffee and croissants together, as seen in a photo Kuropas shared on her Instagram Sto💝ry.

McCarthy, who was the Vikings’ No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, is out for the season after suffering a torn meniscus in his right knee after Minnesota’s preseason opener against the Raiders last month.

(L-R) Tianna Robillard, Whitney Risner, and Keely Grugier-Hill at the Vikings-49ers game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota on Sept. 15, 2024. Instagram/Whitney Risner

Pace and Robillard stirred buzz on🎉line when they wereat the Minnesota State Fair.

Robillard and Ford, who w𝔉ent public with their relationship in 2022, got engaged in Apri🙈l.

Two months later, she confirmed thꦯey had split in a tearful explanation on TikTok𒁃.

“It’s over and it’s never going to be back together, that’s for damn sure,” in June. “I love him and I always will but some things are unrecoverable.

Cody Ford and Tianna Robillard. Instagram / @tiannarobillard

“And I just pray for healing and for him to be OK at the end of the day.”

Ro꧂billard then accused Ford of cheating on her during their relation💜ship when she appeared on the July 17 episode of

“He was giving people the address to our Cincinnati home,” Robillard alleged, adding that she was living in Dallas at the time while Ford was training for the NFL season in Ohio. “And I dug more into it and got the receipts, got all the info I needed.”

Robillard also claimed she received an “unsettling” DM on Instagram from a fan informing her that Ford was unfaithful to her. She did not share what the message said.

“I felt like my world was fake,” she said.

In a posted last month, Robillard said she made an account on the dating app Tinder and said she was ready to “get back out there.”

It’s unclear if Robillard will attend the Vikings’ matchup with the Texans in Minnesota on Sunday.

Both teams are 2-0 to start the 2024 NFL season.