{"id":483771,"date":"2026-02-18T20:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483771\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:47:11","slug":"tyler-reddick-responds-to-viral-michael-jordan-video-with-son-after-daytona-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483771\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Reddick responds to viral Michael Jordan video with son after Daytona 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR star Tyler Reddick said he \u201cdoesn\u2019t see what other people see\u201d in regards to public criticism over Michael Jordan\u2019s now-viral interaction with his six-year-old son, Beau, while celebrating their Daytona 500 victory Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan faced some backlash over online footage that showed him appearing to grab at the shirt of Reddick\u2019s son and brush something off his leg during the post-race celebration on Victory Lane.  <\/p>\n<p>During a Tuesday appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1MJkWY1zugc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen A. Smith\u2019s Sirius XM radio show<\/a>, Reddick \u2014 who races the No. 45 Toyota stock car that is co-owned by Jordan and Denny Hamlin \u2014 was asked about the media attention the moment had received. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my perspective, I\u2019ve gotten to know Michael and his family very well over the years I\u2019ve been here with 23XI, and I don\u2019t see what other people see when it comes to this,\u201d Reddick said. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s a huge moment; this is the biggest moment of my career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge moment for my family and for his family, and I just put that off to the side and think about the look on [Michael Jordan\u2019s wife] Yvette\u2019s face and the whole family and his whole group when they got to victory lane too, and just how happy everybody was celebrating together. So, that\u2019s where I\u2019m at with it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38528816\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tyler-reddick-driver-45-chumba-121437072.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Chumba Casino Toyota, and son, Beau Reddick pose with the winner sticker on his car in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2026. \" class=\"wp-image-38528816\"  \/>Tyler Reddick and son, Beau Reddick pose with the winner sticker on his car in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2026.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, who has a close relationship with Reddick and his family, carried Beau to Victory Lane after the Daytona 500 win.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/17\/sports\/michael-jordan-video-splits-internet-after-viral-interaction-with-tyler-reddicks-son\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second video <\/a>of the interaction shows Beau getting showered in ice, which some believe Jordan was just trying to help brush off the ice. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38528809\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tyler-reddick-driver-45-chumba-121436324.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Chumba Casino Toyota, lifts the Harley J. Earl Trophy in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2026 in Daytona Beach, Florida.  \" class=\"wp-image-38528809\"  \/>Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Chumba Casino Toyota, lifts the Harley J. Earl Trophy in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2026.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s 23XI racing team settled an antitrust lawsuit with NASCAR last December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR star Tyler Reddick said he \u201cdoesn\u2019t see what other people see\u201d in regards to public criticism over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,19546,3004,634,82],"class_list":["post-483771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daytona-500","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483771","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=483771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}