Couples

How's this for maturity?!?

Casper Smart tells TMZ Sports there's ZERO jealousy or animosity or bitterness at Alex Rodriguez for dating his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez ... and actually praised A-Rod as a "legend."

Of course, Casper and J Lo dated for years before finally calling it quits in 2016. She's now dating A-Rod ... and it appears he has Casper's full blessing.

In fact, Casper says he's only heard great things about the ex-Yankees star and says when it comes to his feelings toward the baseball player -- "It's all respect and love."

Scott Disick's new lady friend had a really hard time finding her ride Tuesday night -- but luckily Scott's private driver happened to be Johnny on the Spot and whisked her away ... maybe to Scott's.

Scott's rumored boo -- British model Ella Ross -- simply could not find her Uber after leaving Avenue in L.A. -- going left, right and around to find some kind of help getting home.

Then, out of nowhere, Lee Weaver appeared and offered Ella a ticket out of the paparazzi chaos ... for a price, of course. Turns out the dude is Scott's personal driver ... and he says something that may be a clue as to Ella's final destination.

The whole thing seems too perfect to be a coincidence.

G-Eazy can't get enough of Lana Del Rey ... even if his face doesn't show it here.

The "Me, Myself & I" rapper and singer were leaving Avenue Tuesday night in L.A. ... showing all the signs of a new couple. It was the third night in a row they'd been out and about together.

Eazy and Lana started the turn-up Sunday ... leaving Warwick together. Monday night they were at Beauty and Essex. Not to mention ... they were kicking it at Coachella too.

So, yeah ... they're connected at the hip now.

Joe Jonas and "Game of Thrones" star Sophie Turner are so that couple ... y'know the type ... so freakin' happy they're floating on air.

They were skipping through the streets of downtown Manhattan Monday looking like they were having the time of their lives together ... and making everyone around them feel like their lives are crap.

The couple hooked up last fall, and it's clearly serious since Sophie's wearing Joe's "Overthrow" hoodie.

Sorry, 'GOT' fans ... the gear is NOT a subtle hint for season 7, it's just Joe's boxing gym.

Here's Cristiano Ronaldo and his smokin' hot model girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, showing off their insane, hairless physiques in Spain ... proving once again CR7 is winning at life.

The couple jetted over to Ibiza on a private jet and posted up at a pool at a very expensive luxury resort -- each wearing very tiny bathing suits.

George Clooney and Rande Gerber kept a tradition going of celebrating their birthdays, thanks to Amal -- who surprised the hell outta both of 'em over the weekend.

Sources close to the group tell TMZ ... Amal invited Rande and Cindy Crawford to fly to the UK to surprise George, and join them for an intimate Saturday night dinner. We're told it worked ... George was dumbfounded when he saw his bff.

George and Rande -- whose birthdays fall within about a week of each other -- usually celebrate together, but since George and Amal moved to London ... it seemed like that might not happen.

Rande's appearance wasn't the only surprise. We're told Amal brought out a custom Casamigos cake -- featuring mini George and Rande figurines ... which actually kinda does 'em justice.

Travis Scott must prefer blondes, 'cause Kylie Jenner went back to her platinum look to party with her BF ... on a boat!

The couple arrived by yacht, naturally, for a dinner party at Miami's River Yacht Club. They got cozy on the deck while friends -- and some big bodyguards -- milled around.

The romantic night out was pricey ... they dined with Miami nightlife mogul David Grutman. We don't know who picked up the tab, but it was $2,000 ... and much of that was shots of Don Julio.

Definite recipe for a rough ride home ... on a boat, anyway.

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski couldn't hide their engagement on SNL's version of "Morning Joe" ... packed with sexual tension, penis jokes and a "Donald Trump" cameo!

Kate McKinnon and Alex Moffat did their best Mika and Joe for Saturday's cold open, and nailed the co-hosts ... while also sexing up their now public relationship with hilarious results.

Here he is ... Conor McGregor Jr. ... and the kid is already killin' social media.

Conor McGregor posted the very first pic of his new baby early Sunday morning -- a kid with steely eyes and a tough lookin' jaw. Kid's got a big right arm, too.

He'll clearly destroy all other babies in the maternity ward.

The UFC superstar's girlfriend Dee Devlin looks great -- smiling with the kid at Coombe Maternity Hospital in Ireland, where the baby was born Friday night.

By the way, Conor Jr. is already proving to be a massive hit on social media -- with more than 40,000 followers on Instagram in the first 48 hours of his life.

Newly engaged "Morning Joe" host Mika Brzezinski had her new ice on when she took her dog out for a walk Thursday morning in NYC.

She and fiance, Joe Scarborough, have co-hosted the MSNBC show since 2007, and just went public with their engagement in Vanity Fair. They say Joe proposed in the South of France.

There have been longtime rumors they were dating. Both have kids from previous marriages. Joe ended his in 2013, while Mika split with her husband just over a year ago.

They say they've turned down an offer from President Trump to officiate the wedding.

If Barack Obama had married his ex-girlfriend -- who isn't black -- it wouldn't have killed him at the polls ... according to one of his staunch supporters, actress Meagan Good.

We got Meagan in Bev Hills and asked her about Sheila Miyoshi Jager's claim in a new Obama biography that Barack proposed to her before he ever met Michelle. As we told you, Jager claims BO was hell-bent on marrying an African-American woman to benefit his political career.

Meagan thinks Barack's record was good enough to carry him into the White House -- regardless of his wife.

Barack Obama seriously dated several women before meeting Michelle, and none of them were African-American, according to the author of one of the definitive books about the former president.

Christopher Andersen, who wrote "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage," appeared on "TMZ Live" just after excerpts from another book -- "Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama" -- were released, saying he twice proposed to a woman before meeting Michelle.

Andersen says Obama, who had big political aspirations early on, recognized the value of marrying a black woman, although he's quick to add the love between Barack and Michelle is real and profound.

Barack Obama proposed to a woman who rejected him not once but twice ... before he met Michelle -- this according to a new biography.

The woman is Sheila Miyoshi Jager. David Garrow, author of the new book, "Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama," says Obama met Jager in the mid-'80s when he was doing community organizing in Chicago.

Jager, of Dutch and Japanese ancestry, told Garrow even back then, Obama had a strong belief he'd someday become President of the United States. She also told the author Obama had "a deep-seated need to be loved and admired."

She says in 1986 Obama asked her to marry him, but her parents were opposed because they thought she was too young. She said no, but they continued dating.

Then, Garrow says, Obama's presidential ambitions became a centerpiece of their relationship, causing a conflict because he worried a non-African-American spouse would do him political damage.

Garrow says he "felt trapped between the woman he loved and the destiny he knew was his."

Obama went to Harvard Law School in 1988 and the relationship was on the ropes, but Jager says Obama again asked her to marry him before he left, but she was off on a research trip to Seoul and rejected his proposal.

Obama fell for Michelle after their first year in law school but, according to Garrow, he was still occasionally seeing Jager.

As for Jager, she's a professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College. And there's this fun fact: Her book, "Iraqi Security Forces and Lessons from Korea" was on Osama bin Laden's bookshelf in the compound where Seal Team Six killed him.

12:20 PM PT -- A rep for Hailee says she and Justin are friends. That's her side of it.

Our sources are clear ... their relationship has left the friend zone.

Justin Bieber's moved on to a new Hailey -- different spelling though because he's now dating singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld ... TMZ has learned.

It's all still fresh. Our sources tell us they've only been seeing each other for a little over a month -- though that's a lot in Bieber's world. We're told they were introduced by pastor Carl Lentz. They both attend his church.

Last month, JB dropped a giant clue things were heating up between them when he was photographed mid-FaceTime with the "Pitch Perfect 2" star.

Justin's in NYC now and we're told they met up after Hailee went to the Met Gala ... solo.

Kendall Jenner was happy to leave half of her skirt behind for a Met Gala after-party in NYC ... and she seemed content to leave A$AP Rocky back there as well.

Kendall and A$AP hit up 1 OAK after the Met Gala Monday night, where she was looking pretty damn hot in almost half of a leather mini skirt barely held together by strings.

Jay Z's ball handling skills are impeccable ... even if Beyonce isn't impressed.

The couple hit up the Jazz-Clippers playoff game Sunday in L.A. and Hova couldn't resist feeling Bey's bump. She wasn't looking so thrilled at the moment, but then again ... she's doing all the heavy lifting.

The 2 have become regulars at Clippers games, but after the Game 7 loss -- the twins will be born into a world where Chris Paul and Blake Griffin's squad still hasn't made it to the NBA Finals.

Or even the Western Conference finals.