Danica Patrick might have a new man in her life.
The former race car driver shared a carousel of holiday photos via her Instagram on Wednesday, December 17, and hidden among them is a shot of her cozying up to a mystery man.
Patrick, 43, is resting her head on his shoulder as the two pose while seated on a mock ski lift. Her unidentified date has his hand resting on her leg.
“After 16,000,000 twinkling lights,” she captioned the post. “I am a little more ready for Christmas. 😜🎄”
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Patrick has maintained mystery around her dating life as of late. A regular at Burning Man, she posted a carousel from the festival in 2024 in which she was seen kissing another unknown man. Months later, in June 2025, she confirmed in an appearance on the “Believe in Good” podcast that she was single.
Her last public relationship was with businessman Carter Comstock, whom she dated from 2021 to 2022. She previously had high-profile relationships with NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and current Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
After splitting with Rodgers, 42, in 2020, Patrick opened up about their relationship in an appearance on the Sage Steele Show.
“[The] nature of the relationship was emotionally abusive,” she said, adding that Rogers “wore [her] down to nothing.”
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Patrick added that the breakup was the “most painful” experience of her life, but it also “gave me the greatest gift of how much I needed to show up for myself and take care of myself.”
“It was so sudden,” she explained. “It felt like it was my life. So when you live with somebody, it’s your whole life.”
She added, “People could never imagine that I would lack … any confidence or belief in the simple things about who I am. Everything was torn to bits. Yeah, he leaves a trail of blood. I don’t think I’m saying too much earth-shattering stuff after we — there’s been enough out there.”
In a November episode of her “Pretty Intense” podcast, Patrick explained why she doesn’t keep in touch with many of her exes.
“I am personally of the camp that if I’ve been with you in that way, like, I love you, I care about you, I don’t see you as a friend,” she explained to guest Trevor Hanson. “If it was a serious [relationship], I’m probably never gonna speak to you again, you know?”
Elsewhere in the podcast, she explained that she doesn’t “know when to let go” of relationships.
“I’m one of those people that’s just like, whatever it takes. … I see the good in them. I can sense their essence,” Patrick explained. “I know who they are. I’m not dating potential. But everybody sees someone’s potential, right?”
She also characterized many of her relationships as being with men who have an “avoidant attachment” style.
“Everything seemed fine, or it seemed solvable,” Patrick said. “Or like, ‘How about you tell me what the problem was,’ instead of just leaving and then telling me and being like, ‘We didn’t have a chance to solve this.’ You let it fail us, because you didn’t even say anything.”
