Published: 14:56 BST, 4 September 2026 | Updated: 21:05 BST, 4 September 2026

The US Open's influencer controversy has reached boiling point. Amid the scrutiny surrounding the content creators invading Flushing Meadows, two have revealed that they were given the boot.

The Grand Slam has attracted new fans to the sport in recent years but this year's tournament has seemingly become increasingly overrun with influencers.

But the tournament found itself down a pair of the glamorous online socialites on Thursday when two were shown the door. 

Meg Radice and Audrey Jongens, two NYC-based influencers who run the social media account The VIP List, claimed their credentials were revoked just hours after they committed a US Open cardinal sin. 

The pair posted photos of their credentials on social media when they went to have dinner at a restaurant they had partnered with for the tournament. 

'We post our credentials on our story. We go to our favorite restaurant. Have a nice steak dinner. We're downing Honey Deuces. We're having a great time, haven't even made it to court yet,' Redice told TMZ.

Two influencers have claimed that their US Open credentials were revoked this week 

Meg Radice and Audrey Jongens said they were booted after posting their credentials online 

'Within two hours of us leaving, we were told we could no longer use our credentials. We were heartbroken and we still are,' Jongens added. 

Redice and Jongens received the passes through through a partnership with one of their favorite restaurants at the Open, then posted photos of the credentials to Instagram Stories this week.

They insisted that they were unaware they had broken any rules by sharing their credentials and have attended the tournament for the past three years. 

The duo described themselves as 'diehard' tennis fans and said that they had intended to film content at the Grand Slam over the course of the two weeks, branding it a 'dream' opportunity. 

'We 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,' Jongens added to TMZ.

'We 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?' Radice questioned.

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