Ivanka Trump on Friday playfully teased her admirer from the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Eagles visited the White House last month, as is customary after being crowned Super Bowl champions in February. While Philadelphia’s players and coaches were there to be honored by President Donald Trump, Eagles cornerback Eli Ricks had his eyes on a different member of the Trump family.
After the visit, Ricks went viral on social media for his posts calling Ivanka Trump “beautiful” and expressing how much the president’s daughter was “exactly my type.”
Ricks’ words of admiration went ignored until Friday, when Ivanka Trump happened to visit the Eagles’ training facility. While the 43-year-old businesswoman toured the facility with her son, Theo, and his flag football team, she took a quick detour to the Eagles’ locker room to try to meet Ricks formally.
Unfortunately for Ricks, he was not present when Ivanka stopped by. But she did leave him a note that the 23-year-old would have probably never expected.
“Stopped by to say hi! Sorry to miss you! Go Birds! Ivanka,” Trump’s note read.
Trump shared the note on social media.
Missed you today @eliasricks ! 😉😂 https://t.co/FCwieXiP8k pic.twitter.com/4fTVEbm6NC
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 16, 2025
Ricks apologized to Ivanka and jokingly tried to set up a date.
“My apologies, I owe you a glass of wine now xx!” Ricks wrote back.
My apologies🤦♀️, I owe you a glass of wine now xx! 🍷 https://t.co/ZHQ33UAaW8
— Eli (@eliasricks) May 16, 2025
Given that Ivanka is married with three children, the whole thing is evidently all in good fun.
Posting about your crush on someone on social media and getting a note from them in your locker likely had Ricks and fans alike reminiscing about their high school days. The former just happened to have his throwback moment caused by one of the most influential women in the United States.
