--- title: A Rod on Instagram Duty for Jennifer Lopez at 2018 MTV VMAs description: Alex Rodriguez showed his devotion to girlfriend J. Lo at the 2018 MTV VMAs by fulfilling his duties as an Instagram boyfriend. canonical: https://time.com/5372653/a-rod-jennifer-lopez-photos-2018-vmas/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-21T02:00:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:25.757Z og:title: A-Rod Is a Top-Notch Instagram Boyfriend to J. 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(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 21, 2018 2:00 AM UTC You may know [Alex Rodriguez](http://time.com/4442325/alex-rodriguez-yankees-retirement-baseball/) as baseball icon-turned-sports personality—but he’s proved tonight on the [2018 MTV VMAs red carpet](http://time.com/5347009/2018-mtv-video-music-awards-guide/) that he’s got a promising second career as an extremely enthusiastic Instagram boyfriend to his [main squeeze, Jennifer Lopez. ](http://time.com/5354329/jennifer-lopez-vmas-2018/) A-Rod, who’s been dating Lopez for over a year, was on deck to support his girlfriend as she took home top honors as the recipient of this year’s coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Rodriguez was spotted on the red carpet taking pictures of Lopez as she posed for photographers ahead of the show. Rodriguez is in good company as a significant other tasked with all-important content capture: Jay Z, Barack Obama, and John Legend have all also been entrusted [with this all-important responsibility.](http://time.com/4429013/finally-theres-proof-that-jay-z-is-the-perfect-instagram-husband-behind-beyonces-flawless-pictures/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5372653/a-rod-jennifer-lopez-photos-2018-vmas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5372653/a-rod-jennifer-lopez-photos-2018-vmas/"},"headline":"A-Rod Confirms He's a Top-Notch Instagram Boyfriend to Jennifer Lopez at the 2018 MTV VMAs","datePublished":"2018-08-21T02:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:25.757Z","description":"Relationship goals","url":"https://time.com/5372653/a-rod-jennifer-lopez-photos-2018-vmas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c972b3fde4632d/698938304ee26218393129cd/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-photos-red-carpet-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c972b3fde4632d/698938304ee26218393129cd/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-photos-red-carpet-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 MTV Video Music Awards","caption":"Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Aug. 20, 2018.","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5372653/a-rod-jennifer-lopez-photos-2018-vmas/","name":"A-Rod Confirms He's a Top-Notch Instagram Boyfriend to Jennifer Lopez at the 2018 MTV VMAs"}}]}] ```