The Internet Goes Bananas Over Michael Jordan’s Viral and Somewhat Odd Grandpa Behavior
How Men Think
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
After his Daytona 500 win on Sunday, team co-owner Michael Jordan is seen on video pinching driver Tyler Reddick’s son on the lower back and rubbing his leg. Some viewed it as playfully trying to get 6-year-old Beau’s attention, others saw it as inappropriate and even legacy ending behavior.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Monday, February 16th, and Michael Jordan won the Daytona 500 yesterday as a team owner and immediately went viral for his celebration with the six-year-old son of the driver who won. And with that, |
| 0:24.8 | welcome to this bizarre episode of Amy and T.J. Michael Jordan was trending this morning. Robs, |
| 0:31.7 | I knew he had won the Daytona 500. Big deal, right? This is the greatest ball player in history, |
| 0:37.3 | winning championships |
| 0:38.0 | in NASCAR. But that's not why he was going viral robes. This is a interesting story, I should |
| 0:43.6 | say. Yes. If you read some of the headlines, they're basically taking some of the comments that |
| 0:49.3 | people are making to this video that went viral that shows Michael Jordan celebrating and is standing right behind the son, |
| 0:59.0 | like you said, the six-year-old son of Tyler Reddick, Bo Reddick. |
| 1:02.0 | They, by the way, we should mention, seemingly have been to, like, hanging out for years now. |
| 1:08.0 | He's familiar with this family. So there's a closeness to them. But when you see |
| 1:14.1 | the video of Michael Jordan, he looks like he is pinching the butt or pulling the shirt of |
| 1:22.9 | Bo Reddick in several motions and then scratches his leg. |
| 1:29.1 | But it looks weird when you're watching it. |
| 1:32.2 | It looks maybe, dare I say, possibly inappropriate when he's doing it. |
| 1:37.6 | Folks are using the word inappropriate. |
| 1:39.1 | They are using all kinds of words about saying now. |
| 1:42.4 | Michael Jordan is on camera inappropriately interacting and touching a |
| 1:48.7 | six-year-old boy. That is a big deal to make a statement like that. But the video is there, |
| 1:54.5 | but the thing is, please, please, repast headlines. And I hope you repass the headline of this |
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