Cringeworthy moment NFL star dodges handsy fan as she makes inappropriate move in public

Cincinnati Bengals star Ja'Marr Chase was the subject of a cringeworthy moment over the weekend in New York City as he slid away from a woman's hug while leaving a nightclub. 

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Chase walked out of Manhattan hotspot Zero Bond to much fanfare. The wide receiver tried to find his car, a black SUV, with plenty parked along the street. 

The unidentified woman was standing in between Chase and his ride away from the club in a skin-tight outfit, feet from where the wide receiver had just dapped up another person. 

The woman goes to hug Chase and gets her right arm around him, while he does not make contact with her and keeps walking without stopping, per TMZ. 

Chase then finds his car and gets in on the side of the street where people are not recording with their phones, as two other females get in before the drive away. 

Back on the street in Manhattan's NoHo neighborhood outside Zero Bond, the woman stares back at Chase upset that he did not show her affection in return with a mean look on her face. 

The woman responded on TikTok to her attempted hug of Chase, saying the pair do have a history together. 

'Dang, I can't hug a old friend in NYC,' the woman captioned the video. 

By the comments on the video, at least one person is not buying that they are just friends. 

'Sista the face you made now you know he's not just a friend,' one TikTok commenter said.  

'Bro the way she made that face and walked off was like a scene out of a rom-com,' another person stated. 

Chase has plenty of attention on him these days as one of the elite wideouts in football, who recently got paid to cement his top-tier status. 

This offseason, Chase signed a 4-year, $161million contract with $112million guaranteed, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL by annual salary. 

The Bengals have now locked in their offensive core for years to come alongside fellow wide receiver Tee Higgins and quarterback Joe Burrow. 

Chase himself has not commented on the interaction, flying to Paris soon after his time in Manhattan was over.