{"id":445749,"date":"2026-02-03T02:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445749\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T02:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:45:36","slug":"you-cannot-be-serious-john-mcenroe-lashes-out-at-stalking-fan-at-melbourne-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445749\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You cannot be serious\u2019: John McEnroe lashes out at stalking fan at Melbourne airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4PBBDUTCDVCLZMLXKL6H2243SA\">\u201cYou cannot be serious!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GV47D7OW7VHBBPUND3BVOLCHIM\">John McEnroe might as well have used his classic line on a fan who appeared to stalk him for a photo at the airport on his way out of Melbourne where he was broadcasting the Australian Open for ESPN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"C4REPUSYTFCX7MYH4EMNLV73SI\">Dressed in all black with a guitar on his back, the 66-year-old McEnroe is shown in a video arriving at the airport when a young fan asks, \u201cDo you need help with any of your bags?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CBDJT2WJZ5DXPAVBBKVJCXKLRA\">\u201cI need you to stay away from me, OK,\u201d McEnroe responded as he proceeded toward the airport flanked by security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DDXMZU64INGUXIVCTPJ4P4HHSI\">The fan then continued to follow the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion with a camera and asked if they could take a selfie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"L2E5E4Z3O5HDLBNJVMN7EKC4NI\">\u201cJust get away, OK?\u201d McEnroe asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7JK2MVEOGRBURL5DVWNKXOG6SI\">\u201cCan we stop him?\u201d McEnroe asked the security guards as the fan took a selfie from a slight distance with himself and the tennis legend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IEDQ2YEQ3FGXDJO3V6D6X47ZLQ\">After the fan said, \u201cCan I just get a photo?\u201d McEnroe shouted, \u201cWill you stop. Stop. Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HCQAKNE6LFCWHNEOOLQYRWOU2A\">As McEnroe walked away finally, the fan said, \u201cI still love you, John.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VY4PF7RUTVGFXBYE7ACPOCTK7Y\">And a clearly annoyed McEnroe responded as only he can: \u201cGo f&#8212; yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cYou cannot be serious!\u201d John McEnroe might as well have used his classic line on a fan who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[209577,99,428],"class_list":["post-445749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-powershares-series","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}