Alex Rodriguez has yet another beautiful athletic blonde on his roster — and this one is helping him with his downward dog.
Laurel Henley, a 31-year-old yoga instructor and cocktail waitress at Meatpacking hotspot SL, is the woman A-Rod met for cocktails at Kenmare last week. We earlier reported Rodriguez met Henley and a group of friends for a drink there Wednesday night but he left alone after a flirty conversation with her.
While their friendship has sparked rumors, Henley, a regular face on the New York nightlife scene, insists she and the Yankee slugger are “just friends.”
“I taught him yoga a couple of times,” she told Page Six. “We have a lot of mutual friends and have hung out in group settings, only in New York.”
Nightlife insiders claimed the yogi had boasted of hooking up with Rodriguez, but Henley says it’s not true. “I guess people make more out of it than it is,” Henley told us. “He’s always been nothing more than a gentleman. We’re not dating. We’re not having sex.”
Even so, Henley, who taught Rodriguez yoga “a while ago,” fits the athletic blond profile of the women to whom A-Rod has typically been linked. Past gal pals have included Kate Hudson and Madonna, and this summer, he was spotted all over town with Cameron Diaz.
But Diaz and A-Rod haven’t been seen together for a few weeks. She’s been spending time in Los Angeles to film her latest movie, “Bad Teacher,” with Justin Timberlake.
Rodriguez, meanwhile, remains focused on the MLB playoffs. Henley, who’s currently in Miami, didn’t watch Game 4 at the Stadium. “I’ve been to a couple of games in New York, but in a group setting,” she said.
A-Rod’s rep had no comment. A rep for SL said the club doesn’t comment on the personal lives of its employees.