{"id":483007,"date":"2026-02-18T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483007\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:44:16","slug":"tyler-reddicks-rep-shuts-down-question-on-viral-moment-with-michael-jordan-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483007\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Reddick&#8217;s Rep Shuts Down Question On Viral Moment With Michael Jordan, Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/d616655aaf64465aac6c28aa8ee3eb4a_md.png\" alt=\"021726 tyler reddick kal 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tyler-reddick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Reddick<\/a> had no interest in revisiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/16\/michael-jordan-under-fire-victory-lane-moment-beau-reddick-son\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viral Victory Lane moment<\/a> involving his son and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-jordan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jordan<\/a> &#8212; with a member of his team shutting down the question before it ever got off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>With the controversy still swirling on social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/tmz.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ Sports<\/a> asked the NASCAR star directly on Tuesday about the interaction involving his 6-year-old son, Beau, and MJ following the Daytona 500 victory \u2026 but his camp immediately deflected.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260217_6daa19ab7de1453b9b2274c5eff20b05\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ce70cdfc-4759-4bbe-bd10-c51eca398731\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6daa19ab7de1453b9b2274c5eff20b05_md.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Reddick celebrating Daytona 500 getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to talk about that,\u201d Reddick\u2019s rep interjected when pressed on the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Full stop.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The now-viral clip from the chaotic post-race celebration shows Jordan &#8212; who co-owns Reddick&#8217;s team, 23XI Racing &#8212; appearing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/16\/michael-jordan-under-fire-victory-lane-moment-beau-reddick-son\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">playfully grab<\/a> or tap the child during the chaotic celebration.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Interesting celebration choice by Michael Jordan after winning the Daytona 500. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lK42WZkPQT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lK42WZkPQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/2023222259859525810?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@Breaking911<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social media lit up with debate over the interaction \u2026 with some users calling it awkward, with others defending it as harmless amid the confetti-filled frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan hasn\u2019t publicly commented on the matter, either.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260216_188a85ae58504f39b690e70f93ef75f1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ce70cdfc-4759-4bbe-bd10-c51eca398731\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/188a85ae58504f39b690e70f93ef75f1_md.jpg\" alt=\"Michael-Jordan-daytona-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reddick &#8212; who won the regular-season Cup title in 2024 and then went winless in 2025 &#8212; burst through a last-lap wreck Sunday to shake a 38-race winless streak and celebrate his first Daytona 500 victory.<\/p>\n<p>For now, he appears focused on racing &#8212; not rehashing a viral clip.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Play video content TMZSports.com Tyler Reddick had no interest in revisiting the viral Victory Lane moment involving his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,44,82,865,866],"class_list":["post-483007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}