US Open fan explains viral video of man 'handing his wife a drink' (2024)

The man in the viral US Open video has revealed what really happened (Image: @usopen)

The US Open fan whose wife appeared to be handed a drink by another man in a viral video has revealed what really happened. Footage in the stands at Flushing Meadows saw a woman taking a co*cktail from a man in the row behind – while the man sat next to her had two drinks in hand.

Footage of the incident was caught by cameras at the US Open on Wednesday as a man wearing a light blue polo shirt holding a drink in either hand attempted to step past spectators and return to his seat. As he returned, he appeared to be snubbed by his partner who accepted a ‘honey deuce’ co*cktail from another man instead.

The clip finishes as the man looks bemused at his partner as he opts not to take a drink from him, but a man in a dark blue buttoned-up shirt instead. However, the man at the center of the video has denied he was left hanging, explaining his relationship with the woman he was sitting next to.

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The unnamed 43-year-old sarcastically told the New York Post: “It was very nice of the US Open to zoom in on me and not pan out or let that video run for two seconds longer.”

He continued: “If you look in the bottom right hand corner of the video closely, you can briefly see a blonde with [a bob haircut], and that’s my wife. She’s leaning over and I’m actually looking at her.

“We were with another couple who’s friends of ours and we were in stacked seating. My wife was sitting in the seat below the blonde lady, who’s our friend, and her husband was sitting in the seat above her, so that’s why he gave her the drink.”

While the truth behind the video is a little different, the man did confirm that he was snubbed by his actual wife after the cameras had cut away. “There’s always a long line [at the bar], so I took one for the team and waited 25 minutes,” he continued.

“When I got back to our seats, I was expecting my wife to be like, ‘Thank you, honey,’ but she was already holding [a honey deuce], so she was like, ‘I don’t want it.’”

The real wife of the man in the video saw the funny side of it as she revealed she has received plenty of messages since the video surfaced and was reshared on social by the US Open’s official account, captioned: “This is cinema.”

She said the clip has provided them with “a lot of laughs,” adding: “We emailed the US Open because we’re kind of like, ‘Well, do we get some free tickets or something in exchange for this viral video?’”