Sauce Gardner is peeling back the curtain on his love life … telling TMZ Sports things are pretty “cool” with Ice Spice — and as it turns out, LeBron James had a role in their coupling!!

We caught up with the New York Jets star out in L.A. this week … and asked him all about his budding romance with the rapper.

While Sauce didn’t sing like a bird, he did say he liked how things were going … and raved about all they have in common — being based in the Big Apple, experiencing success at a young age and having their fair share of haters.

As for how they linked up … it turns out the two first crossed paths during a taping for King James’ show, “The Shop” — an episode that aired back in April 2024 and starred Sauce, Ice, Travis Scott, Chad Johnson and the Lakers superstar himself.

Fast forward a year, and the two went Instagram official … after months of teasing being a pair in the weeks leading up to the hard launch.