Alex Rodriguez is very aware of his own single status and the former MLB player has some theories about his unlucky-in-love ways. They seem to involve popcorn, for whatever that is worth.

A-Rod dragged his current lack of a love life this week when he was helping out with coverage of the American League Division Series for Fox Sports on Thursday night. When the group of professional sports talkers (industry term)—which also included Kevin Burkhardt, David Ortiz, and Frank Thomas—took a sec to offer some hard-hitting commentary about the fact that some Tampa Bay players were spotted eating popcorn in their dugout during their team’s game against the Boston Red Sox, someone with jokes spliced a little surprise for A-Rod into the highlight reel—in the form of a clip of him and his then-GF Cameron Diaz noshing on popcorn themselves on a date night at Super Bowl XLV.

“It’s not the first time people had been eating popcorn in the middle of the game,” Burkhardt joked, perfectly combining dad-joke humor with a little playful trolling of a friend.

A-Rod didn’t miss a beat, smiling and adding, “KB, that’s maybe why I’m single.”

Alex and Cameron split in 2011 after dating off-and-on for a year, according to People.

Apparently, this is not the first time the former couple’s popcorn incident has been TV-worthy news. During an interview on The Late Show with David Letterman before they called it quits for good, the actress gave a soundbite about it, saying (per People), “It was the only piece of popcorn that I even put near his face, and they happened to have the camera on the right when I did it.”

In April, Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez officially called off their engagement and ended their four-year relationship. The exes put on an amicable, united front, announcing the breakup in a joint statement (with zero mentions of popcorn) to the Today show:

“We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects. We wish the best for each other and one another’s children. Out of respect for them, the only other comment we have to say is thank you to everyone who has sent kind words and support.”

Via Cosmopolitan US