Alex Rodriguez has dated several public figures over the years — yet none are apparently mentioned throughout his new docuseries.

The first episode of Alex vs ARod premiered this week on HBO, and the celebrity subject along with the show’s directors recently opened up about the creative process behind their insightful — and sometimes not-so-insightful — new project

The three-part miniseries explores Rodriguez’s baseball career, including his past use of performance-enhancing drugs — but fans of his life in the public eye might be hoping Alex vs ARod digs deep into his past romances — including a certain engagement to Jennifer Lopez that ended in 2021

Part of the few rare benefits of getting a bit older is that hopefully you get a little smarter. You get more pattern recognition, and one of the things that has served me well is having a little bit more low profile of a life,” Rodriguez, 50, told

The Hollywood Reporter in an interview article published on Friday, Nov. 7. “I enjoy my life today more than I ever have. I’m incredibly grateful, I have two beautiful daughters. I’m surrounded by people I love and respect.

Being a part of team ownership with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Lynx is the dream of my life that I’m living out with one of my best friends in Mark Lore. I’ve never been big about sharing my private life — and less now.”

Co-director Gotham Chopra also weighed in on their collective decision to steer clear of featuring any mentions of Lopez, 56, in the finished product.

“In terms of his past relationships, we did refer to them visually in some of the sections about his crazy off-field life, indiscretions, ubiquity on Page Six etc. when he first joined the Yankees,” Chopra, 50, told THR.

“And again, he talked candidly about those mistakes and regrets. In terms of his most recent high-profile relationship with Jennifer Lopez, we had made a conscious effort to really focus on his baseball career — and specifically his PED use — and not necessarily to do the total biopic.”