{"id":8061,"date":"2026-09-04T10:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:08:25","slug":"us-open-influencers-kicked-out-after-posting-credentials-to-show-how-hot-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8061","title":{"rendered":"US Open influencers kicked out after posting credentials to &#8216;show how hot&#8217; they are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Game, set, booted.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of NYC-based influencers claimed they were kicked out of the US Open just two hours after they posted photos of their credentials online. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8059\">ICE just made NY safer \u2014 despite Hochul and Mamdani\u2019s best efforts to stop it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meg Radice and Audrey Jongens, who run the social media account The VIP List, said Thursday that they learned that their access to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was revoked when they went to have dinner at a restaurant they had partnered with for the tournament. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe post our credentials on our story. We go to our favorite restaurant. Have a nice steak dinner. We\u2019re downing Honey Deuces. We\u2019re having a great time, haven\u2019t even made it to court yet,\u201d Redice told TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin two hours of us leaving, we were told we could no longer use our credentials. We were heartbroken and we still are,\u201d Jongens added.<\/p>\n<p>The duo, who described themselves as \u201cdiehard\u201d tennis fans, planned to film content at tennis\u2019 final Grand Slam over two weeks in a \u201cdream\u201d opportunity. <\/p>\n<p>They said they received the passes through a partnership with one of their favorite restaurants at the Open, then posted photos of the credentials to Instagram Stories this week.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Tennis Association has nearly doubled the number of content creators it credentials for the Open this year, giving access to about 100 creators compared with 54 in 2025, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Radice insisted the pair had no idea posting the credentials violated any rules and said they\u2019ve attended the tournament for the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were there to be respectful and follow the rules and just have a good time and show content to our followers about how amazing the US Open is,\u201d Jongens added to TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were like, what do you mean? We had our credentials just stripped away within two hours before we even get to see a match. How does this happen?\u201d Radice questioned.<\/p>\n<p>The two said that they have not heard from USTA officials since being booted from the tournament grounds. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8057\">NYC Council to grill Mamdani admin over use of influencers, encrypted messaging app to peddle positive coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt was taken away like that. Just because we wanted to show how hot we looked in our credentials,\u201d Radice said.<\/p>\n<p>The credential controversy comes as influencers have sparked a string of headaches at this year\u2019s US Open.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament issued a public notice Thursday on photography and etiquette after a first-round match between Naomi Osaka and Anastasia Zakharova was briefly paused Monday because of influencers at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>A viral video showed a group of influencers loudly recording a voiceover video in a luxury suite as a fan a few rows below appeared to cringe at the commotion.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another clip showed a woman in a polka-dot dress posing for photos with a bright light during play.<\/p>\n<p>Major brands including Mo\u00ebt &amp; Chandon, Grey Goose, Ralph Lauren, Adidas and Dobel Tequila are hosting influencers at the tournament this year.<\/p>\n<p>Radice and Jongens have built a following of nearly half a million on TikTok and Instagram with blunt reviews of New York restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Their past reviews have included calling a chicken dish at Mavericks Montauk a \u201chate crime\u201d and saying a Hamptons steakhouse visit gave them \u201cPTSD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be censored,\u201d Radice previously told The Post. \u201cWe\u2019re just really opinionated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8055\">Andrew Tate indicted in Romania for trafficking minors, money laundering<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Influencers Meg Radice and Audrey Jongens were kicked out of the US Open just two hours after posting photos of their credentials on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US Open influencers kicked out after posting credentials to &#039;show how hot&#039; 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