Justin Verlander was called out for using wife Kate Upton's name on Zoom

Justin Verlander after using his wife was in the hot seat Kate Upton's Zoom account for a recent press conference.

In time virtual press event on Monday, January 13, the NBC sports reporter named Taylor Wirth had a heated mic moment involving the 41-year-old Verlander, but the MLB player didn't mind.

How San Francisco Giants president of operations Buster Posey speaking to reporters, Wirth casually interrupted to say, “Look at Justin's name!”

Wirth didn't seem to know he was on when he pointed out that Verlander's zoom moniker was his wife's name.

According to Giants Vice President of Media Relations Matt Chisholm reminded reporters to stay quiet unless they asked a question, Verlander laughed at his misfortune.

“I'm going to change it, okay? I'm going to change it,” Verlander quipped, referring to his Zoom name.

The pitcher followed through on his promise by changing his name to “JUSTIN VERLANDER (not Kate)” for the remainder of the press conference.

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

Verlander met Upton, 32, in 2012 while filming a commercial Major League Baseball 2K12 video game. They went in public with their romance in January 2013. After a brief split 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 refused to Italy to get married.

The couple celebrated their one-year anniversary in November 2018 days before greeting his daughterGenevieve. Over the next 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 has been the most amazing gift ever!!! Nothing tops that,” he wrote via Instagram in December 2019. “On the field…winning a championship, winning a couple of strokes and winning some awards along the way has been an incredible journey. Friendships that have grown or started in the past decade will continue for decades to come. Truly blessed 🙏🏻🙏🏻. Start the next decade now! “

Since entering the 2020s, Verlander's Baseball Trajectory has changed more than once. In December 2022, he said goodbye to the Astros after six years with the ball club. That same month, he confirmed he was joining New York Mets for the 2023 season, but he returned to the Astros by August of that year.

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