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Photography by Phillip Hamer/Getty ImagesSydney Thomasthe ring girl that went viral during the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson fight on Netflix, revealed that a prominent college football coach recently slipped into his DMs.
During an appearance on the “Like a Farmer Podcast” on Sunday, January 12, Thomas, 21, was asked to name “the biggest celebrity” to reach out after the November 2024 boxing match.
“I have some names, I don’t know that I want to reveal them,” Thomas said with a laugh.
Podcast host Pat Spinosa encouraged Thomas to be honest, saying, “It’s not a bad thing, maybe they just reached out and said hello.”
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Ultimately, Thomas refused to answer, so she was asked to at least reveal the “craziest DM” she’s received since the fight.
“We will say this,” said Thomas, who is currently a student at the University of Alabama. “Another SEC football team had a coach. They gave me ‘Roll Tide’.
“Roll Tide” is the rally cry used by Alabama fans, a reference to the school’s nickname, the Crimson Tide. SEC is short for Southeastern Conference, the home athletic conference for Alabama and schools like Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and LSU.
“I’m not going to say which coach it was, but at least they’re an Alabama fan now,” Thomas added. “We’ll let everyone else find out who he was.”
In exclusive interview with Us Weekly shortly after the fight, Thomas suggested that some celebrities had already tried to shoot their shoot with the college student.
“My DMs are flooded like crazy right now,” Thomas said in November. “There are definitely some pretty big names and brands that have reached out.”
While Thomas said she didn’t want to reveal any of the names for “privacy reasons,” she joked “the DMs and everything are going crazy right now.”
When she woke up the morning after the fight, Thomas said she knew immediately that her life had changed dramatically.
“I woke up and saw how my followers had gone up, and then saw all the news articles written about me,” Thomas told us. “I refreshed my feed and it was just pictures of me and memes and everything. I think that was the moment for me where I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, like I’m really going viral.'”
Thomas added, “It’s very overwhelming. But at the same time, I’m also very blessed and very grateful. You know, what a ‘problem’ to have.”
The college student — who plans to graduate in the spring of 2025 with a degree in management and entrepreneurship — has been proactive in making the most of her viral fame.
In December 2024, Thomas signed with CAA Sportsa talent agency that represents athletes including MLB stars Shohei Ohtanian NBA star Devin Bookeran NHL star Sidney Crosby and WNBA star Cameron Brink.
