{"id":1830118,"date":"2023-01-31T11:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1830118"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:09:51","slug":"john-mcenroe-and-chris-fowler-get-awkward-during-broadcast-over-novak-djokovics-vaccine-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-mcenroe-and-chris-fowler-get-awkward-during-broadcast-over-novak-djokovics-vaccine-status\/","title":{"rendered":"John McEnroe and Chris Fowler Get Awkward During Broadcast Over Novak Djokovic\u2019s Vaccine Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-mcenroe-and-chris-fowler-get-awkward-during-broadcast-over-novak-djokovics-vaccine-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1830118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div id=\"jw\">\n<h2 class=\"g1-delta\"><span>OutKick Videos<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Novak Djokovic was awarded the 10th Australian Open title. During his celebrations, things got a bit wild. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/espns-chris-fowler-john-mcenroe-awkward-exchange-novak-djokovics-choices-aussie-open-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uncomfortable in the broadcast booth<\/a> Between Chris Fowler and John McEnroe<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic was deported from Australia just one year prior to this, after he refused to receive a COVID vaccination. <\/p>\n<p>This was only one of the many adversities that the Serbian tennis star had to face in 2022. Former tennis star and current broadcaster John McEnroe was bringing those moments up after Djokovic\u2019s win, only for Fowler to come flying in with a conversational yield sign.<\/p>\n<p>It could be a long ride back to their Melbourne hotel that they&#8217;re staying at.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe got defaulted in the Open when he hit the linesperson by mistake, he gets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/after-being-deported-one-year-earlier-novak-djokovics-gets-last-laugh-with-australian-open-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deported out of Australia<\/a>, doesn\u2019t get any points at Wimbledon, can\u2019t play the Open\u2026\u201d McEnroe added.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when consummate broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/burt-reynolds-chris-fowler-fight-story-college-gameday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Fowler<\/a> McEnroe was being steamrolled at the time he was building. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe product of his choices, to be fair,\u201d Fowler replied. \u201cHe made choices that led to that; some of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McEnroe responded that Djokovic should\u2019ve been allowed to play last year in Australia and at the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>Y\u2019know, the way most people whose minds haven\u2019t been eaten away by COVID fears and obsession see it.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler \u2014 it appears \u2014 is not one of those people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, well that\u2019s a debate. He did make choices that led to that,\u201d Fowler said. \u201cBut that\u2019s forgotten for the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-fowler-made-it-weird-when-he-could-ve-just-been-quiet\">Fowler Made It Weird When He Could\u2019ve Just Been Quiet<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-498188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-300x266-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-768x681-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-561x497-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-265x235-1.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-531x471-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-364x323-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-728x646-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-608x539-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-758x672-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1246640867-54x48.jpg 54w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1246640867-108x96.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246640867-600x532-1.jpg 600w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption>Novak Djokovic and his team celebrate, while Chris Fowler (up in the broadcast booth) had an awkward moment. (Photo by Will Murray\/Getty Images).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, Djokovic made a choice. However, even after mountains of evidence have emerged supporting the idea that Djokovic should\u2019ve been allowed to play \u2014 especially since every vaccinated player in attendance was just as at risk as an unvaccinated player would\u2019ve been \u2014 isn\u2019t unreasonable. <\/p>\n<p>He made a decision, but others made a different choice.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, Djokovic is expected to miss two more tournaments \u2014 Indian Wells and the Miami Open \u2014 thanks to the federal government\u2019s ban on unvaccinated non-nationals. <\/p>\n<p>Hey, at least Indian Wells isn\u2019t too far from the southern border. You don\u2019t need to be vaccinated to enter the country that way. Djokovic offers several options.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler may have not wanted to rock the boat in that moment, but he also could have said nothing. Whatever the reason, Fowler felt the need for \u201ccorrect\u201d McEnroe. However, McEnroe did not do anything. \u201ccorrect\u201d The broadcast was similar to Jack Torrance&#8217;s. \u201ccorrect\u201d His family.<\/p>\n<p>Nope. Instead, he piped up, made things very uncomfortable, and tried to hush McEnroe and his correct point that Djokovic\u2019s win came after a year\u2019s worth of being villainized by the media.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Djokovic was far from the villain, and the real villains in that scenario are running low on excuses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Follow on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Reigle\">@Matt_Reigle<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OutKick Videos Novak Djokovic was awarded the 10th Australian Open title. During his celebrations, things got a bit wild. Uncomfortable in the broadcast booth Between Chris Fowler and John McEnroe Djokovic was deported from Australia just one year prior to this, after he refused to receive a COVID vaccination. 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