Justin Verlander has been accused of using his wife Kate Upton’s name on Zoom

Justin Verlander found himself in the hot seat after using his wife Kate UptonZoom account for a recent press conference.

During virtual press event on Monday, January 13, the NBC Sports journalist called Taylor Wirth had a heated mic moment involving Verlander, 41, but the MLB player didn’t mind.

How San Francisco Giants president of operations Buster Posey while talking to reporters, Wirth accidentally interrupted him by saying, “Look at Justin’s name!”

Wirth didn’t seem to know the sound was on when he pointed out that Verlander’s Zoom nickname is his wife’s name.

Afterward, the Giants’ vice president of media relations Matt Chisholm Verlander reminded reporters to keep quiet unless they asked questions and laughed off his failure.

“I’ll change it, okay? I’ll change that,” Verlander quipped, referring to his Zoom name.

The pitcher made good on his promise, changing his nickname to “JUSTIN VERLANDER (not Kate)” by the end of the press conference.

Meanwhile, Wirth poked fun at his heated mic blunder by reposting a clip from Zoom through X. He then shared a meme of a college guy pointing at himself holding a beer, confirming that he was the one who called out Verlander.

Verlander met Upton, 32, in 2012 while filming a commercial for Major League Baseball 2K12 video game. They went public with their romance in January 2013 After a brief breakup later that year, they reunited in January 2014.

After the former Houston Astros pitcher won the 2017 World Series with his team, he and Upton went to Italy to get married.

In November 2018, a few days earlier, the couple celebrated their one-year anniversary greeting his daughterGenevieve. The following year, Verlander reflected on the past decade and all the changes in his life.

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“It’s been such an incredible decade! Meeting my best friend, getting married and starting a family was the most amazing gift ever!!! Nothing beats that,” he said wrote via Instagram in December 2019 “On the field … winning the championship, throwing a couple of no-hitters and winning multiple awards along the way has been an incredible journey. Friendships that grew or began in the last decade will continue for decades to come. Truly blessed 🙏🏻🙏🏻. Now bring on the next decade!!”

With the beginning of the 2020s. Verlander’s baseball trajectory changed more than once. In December 2022, he said goodbye to the Astros after six years with the club. In the same month, he confirmed that he was joining New York Mets for the 2023 season, but he returned to the Astros in August of that year.

Earlier this month, Verlander entered another new phase of his MLB career as a pitcher for the Giants. He signed a $15 million contract with the team on January 11.