{"id":30336,"date":"2026-07-01T16:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/30336\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:23:09","slug":"golf-wag-has-uncomfortable-interaction-with-sportscenter-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/30336\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf WAG has &#8216;uncomfortable&#8217; interaction with &#8216;SportsCenter&#8217; host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SportsCenter anchor Gary Striewski is taking flak for an awkward interaction with the PGA golfer Sahith Theegala\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, Juju Chan. <\/p>\n<p>Striewski said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thekimchipapi\/video\/7655759355249216781?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C122349556%2C122221973%2C122122240%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C122122244%2C122122243%2C122122242%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C122258714%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_masking&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=awfulannouncing.com%2Fgolf%2Fsportscenter-anchor-gary-striewski-video-sahith-theegalas-fiancee-juju-chan.html&amp;referer_video_id=7655759355249216781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a> video that he ran into Theegala and Chan at a coffee shop in Connecticut during the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/29\/sports\/scottie-scheffler-misses-easy-putt-to-hand-viktor-hovland-travelers-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travelers Championship<\/a>, which took place just a half hour from ESPN\u2019s campus in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old explained he recognized Chan from her social media videos and just so happened to be sitting next to her, so while Theegala was waiting for their coffee, he leaned over and said, \u201cHas anyone spotted you yet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary Stiewski anchors the 7 a.m. edition of \u201cSportsCenter:AM\u201d and co-hosts \u201cSC+.\u201d @thekimchipapi\/TikTok<\/p>\n<p>Striewski said Chan looked at him contemptuously and said, \u201cI guess now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSportsCenter\u201d anchor felt the interaction was odd since, if you are posting on social media there\u2019s an expectation that you might be recognized in public and you should respond positvely to it.<\/p>\n<p>He added that a few minutes later, someone in the same shop recognized him and he had a conversation with that person happily. <\/p>\n<p>Chan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jujurchan\/video\/7656435263098424590?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C122349556%2C122221973%2C122122240%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C122122244%2C122122243%2C122122242%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C122258714%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_masking&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=awfulannouncing.com%2Fgolf%2Fsportscenter-anchor-gary-striewski-video-sahith-theegalas-fiancee-juju-chan.html&amp;referer_video_id=7656435263098424590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">responded to the story<\/a>, saying \u201cthe interaction that he\u2019s explaining did not happen the way he\u2019s saying it did. He\u2019s continuing to let people believe a false narrative.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The social media influencer said she didn\u2019t feel opening a conversation with a question about being spotted was normal, and that she had no idea who Striewski was at the time. <\/p>\n<p>Juju Chan has over 65,000 followers on TikTok.  @jujurchan\/TikTok<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was uncomfortable with the comment, but I was also trying to laugh it off,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Chan continued by saying she felt Striewski acted \u201cextremely unprofessional\u201d and that he was encouraging people to hate on her. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat guy should have never put you in a position like this\u2026 I love you so much, and I\u2019m incredibly proud of how you\u2019ve handled it, my queen,\u201d Theegala commented on his fiance\u2019s post. \u201cI see how kind and caring you are to all that interact with you, and the people close to us know your real, incredible self.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Sahith Theegala of the United States walks off the first tee during the first round of the Travelers Championship 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Striewski posted another video responding to people questining going up Chan while Theegala wasn\u2019t there, but did not win anyone over, commenting about how good he looks for his age twice while trying to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SportsCenter anchor Gary Striewski is taking flak for an awkward interaction with the PGA golfer Sahith Theegala\u2019s fianc\u00e9e,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[5803,44,144,56,181,7287,12177,1425,3770],"class_list":["post-30336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travelers-championship","tag-espn","tag-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-sports-media","tag-sportscenter","tag-travelers-championship","tag-wags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}