Snowboarder Scotty James has poked fun at Sam Mac after it was revealed the Sunrise star is dating his sister.
David Koch and Natalie Barr were interviewing the Australian athlete about his preparations for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics when they asked him what he thought of his possible future brother-in-law.
Watch Kochie and Nat talk to Scotty James in the video above
“Our very own Sam Mac is dating your sister Rebecca. We understand you haven’t had a chance to meet in person. But from what you’ve read, do you think she could have done better?” asked Nat.
Scotty responded by saying, “Nobody will ever be good enough” for his older sibling before setting out a challenge for Sam.
Sam Mac is dating Rebecca James, snowboard star Scotty’s stylist sister. Photo credit: Instagram
“Sam’s approval is at stake here, he needs to tell me what the weather is like in China and if that weatherman can’t make it, we might have a problem when we meet up,” he joked.
Sam was then drawn into the conversation, revealing that he’s had “a series of Facetime chats” with Scotty since he started dating the snowboarder’s sibling in late 2020.
“He was very relaxed about the whole thing, almost disinterested,” he laughed.
“The great thing for Scotty, and I hope this is an advantage for him going to the Olympics, is that I’ve obviously represented Australia at international level in school football.
“So there’s an elite athlete synergy that we seem to have, it’s almost an unspoken thing that a lot of people just wouldn’t understand, but I think that could be the difference.”
Kochie and Nat asked Scotty what he thought of Sam Mac. Credit: Sunrise
Sam Mac started dating Victorian stylist Rebecca James after they were introduced by a mutual friend in 2020.
She moved to Sydney from Melbourne last year to be with her new boyfriend.
The couple recently took their relationship to the next level, announcing in October that they bought their first home together.
“‘We bought a damn house! In Sydney! We’re already drinking through the pain while we calculate stamp duty #Pray4Us,” Sam captioned a photo on Instagram.
Scotty is also celebrating a relationship milestone, having recently announced his engagement to Canadian singer and F1 heiress Chloe Stroll.
The professional snowboarder fell to one knee in the snow in Switzerland in November.
Stroll is the sister of Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll and daughter of Lawrence Stroll, the billionaire CEO of the Aston Martin F1 team.
Scotty told Kochie and Nat that Chloe was the “woman of my dreams” and joked that the “pressure” of asking her father to marry his daughter was great mental training for the Olympics.
“There’s no greater pressure than asking Chloe’s father for her hand in marriage, that was a lot of pressure,” he said.
Scotty was Australia’s flag bearer at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, where he won a bronze medal in the halfpipe.
The 27-year-old is aiming for gold at the Beijing 2022 games next month.
