NBA boy toy Jalen Green and his actress girlfriend Draya Michele had to be separated by friends after a furious argument outside a glitzy New York Fashion Week party on Thursday night.
The dramatic scenes unfolded around 2am outside boutique SoHo hotel The Manor, where the pair had attended Mert Alas’ annual bash, alongside the likes of Dakota Johnson, Salma Hayek and Colman Domingo.
In video exclusively obtained by the Daily Mail, Green, 23, can be seen goading Michele, 40, on the street outside the party, before she rushes at him in an attempt to confront him.
The pair are accompanied by two friends, both of whom then desperately try to get in between the pair, who continue to hurl abuse at each other outside the Seventy One Gin party.
‘Stop, stop, stop… everybody going to get into trouble,’ the friend can be heard shouting at Michele, who continues to try and get at her boyfriend of two years.
‘Everybody forgive each other’ is then heard from the same pal.
Phoenix Suns NBA star Jalen Green was involved in a furious 2am argument with his girlfriend
Actress Draya Michele, 17 years his senior, had to be held back as she confronted him
Michele is then dragged away from Green as the argument continues through the streets
It is understood that the tensions then continued as they walked through the streets of New York in the early hours of Friday morning.
There is a 17-year age difference between the pair, and their relationship caused a stir when it was revealed that Michele has a son – Kniko – who is just one year younger than the Phoenix Suns star.
Green and Michele began dating in the summer of 2023, and they share a child together, born in May 2024.
The actress, most famous for her role in Basketball Wives LA, also has a nine-year-old son, Jru, with then-fiance and NFL star Orlando Scandrick.
The pair’s young daughter was with them on their trip to New York, and Michele was back on parenting duties by Friday morning, posting a video of her child wandering through Lower Manhattan.
In the post, recorded near City Hall, she wrote: ‘Baby in the Big Apple’. There was no sign of Green in the clip.
Michele (left) has previously opened up about the difficulties of dealing with media scrutiny
Michele has had plenty of critics of her romance with Green, who is a year older than her son
In the past, Michele has opened up on her age-gap relationship with the basketball star, telling the New York Post: ‘I mean, you try to get to that point (where you don’t give a f***), but you’re still human and you still have feelings.
‘Sometimes, you can read things that are hurtful and you want to just let it roll off, but it doesn’t always work like that.
‘It also depends on what type of day you’re already having when you read the message… I take it because it comes with it, with the limelight, like I said. But I’m human and I have feelings.’
Green and Michele experienced their first major life change as a couple earlier this year, when the guard was traded to the Phoenix Suns from the Houston Rockets, as part of a deal that sent Kevin Durant to Texas.
The couple’s friends hold them back and urge ‘everybody forgive each other’ amid the spat
Green keeps walking but can be seen shouting back at the 40-year-old mother of his child
The couple, who have a 17-year age gap, are believed to have been dating since summer 2023
Michele has a son who is just a year younger than Green, as well as a one-year-old with him
‘This was my first time experiencing a trade,’ Michele said. ‘I just think, you know, as his girlfriend, my main responsibility is to support him wherever we were going.
Back in July, she said they haven’t found a home in Phoenix yet, but added: ‘Phoenix is an amazing city. We were not disappointed with Phoenix at all.
‘But I just need to be supportive of him and of the change and then just try to make things as smooth of a transition [as possible] for him, and not stressing him out with the worries of moving and all that.
‘He’s not gonna have to lift the finger. I’ll handle all of that so that he can just relax and play basketball. Once he gets there, he won’t have anything else to worry about. And that’s just really what I try to focus on: keeping things convenient and easy for him.’
