ALISON BOSHOFF: The blonde American whose flirty interview with Rory McIlroy set the world of golf buzzing after his divorce revelation...
and why friends say it's 'textbook behaviour' from a sportsman who 'doesn't like to be alone' By Alison Boshoff Published: 17:02 EDT, 26 May 2024 | Updated: 20:17 EDT, 26 May 2024 e-mail 52 View comments When Rory McIlroy ruthlessly dispatched his seven-year marriage to pretty Erica Stoll two weeks ago, there was widespread shock from many media quarters. Theirs, it was thought, was a picture-perfect union, complete with a three-year-old angelic blonde daughter, Poppy. That shock, however, didn't extend to one person who is close to McIlroy, who was not surprised by the revelation that the golfer's marriage to Stoll was over at precisely the same moment he and another pretty blonde, American TV presenter Amanda Balionis, were apparently drawing ever closer.
'No one will be surprised that Rory has someone else lined up,' a source close to the multimillionaire Northern Irishman told me in plain terms. 'It's textbook behaviour. Look back at his love life.
This isn't a guy who likes to be alone. The next conquest always appears before the current one goes. I've known the guy a long time, and there is always an overlap.
' The golfer's marriage to Stoll was over at precisely the same moment he and another pretty blonde, American TV presenter Amanda Balionis (pictured), were apparently drawing ever closer Who is Amanda Balionis, the TV presenter s.
