Angel Reese mentioned it’s “nasty work” to unfold lies for clout after sports activities media persona Robert Griffin III claimed somebody from the Chicago Sky star’s inside circle instructed him she “hates” Fever guard Caitlin Clark.
Reese, who didn’t identify Griffin in a message posted to X on Thursday, made it fairly clear she was responding to the previous NFL quarterback.
“Lying on this app when everybody know the first and last name of everybody in my circle for clout is nastyyyy work,” Reese wrote on the social media platform.
The drama started after Griffin posted a strongly worded response denouncing the unfold of a racist tweet about Reese, who was revealed because the NBA 2K26 WNBA Version cowl star on Wednesday.
Griffin made some critical claims about Reese, saying that somebody near her known as him and instructed him that the two-time WNBA All-Star hates on-court rival Clark — a story that has dominated headlines for the reason that pair competed in school.
“Alright. This has got to stop. There is no place for racism in this world,” Griffin wrote Thursday in a message on X, which included a picture of the vulgar tweet. “Whether or not you want a participant or not. Angel Reese ought to by no means be known as or depicted as a Monkey. I’ve been quiet on the Angel Reese entrance as a result of she shared a video that aided in my spouse, children, household and mates receiving loss of life threats, threats of bodily hurt to my household and mates and threats of sexual violence to my kids on social media and past. That may by no means be okay with me.
“I never attacked her or her family when I stated and backed up with clear basketball evidence that Angel Reese hates Caitlin Clark. It’s sports. Everybody won’t like each other. People in Angel’s inner circle called me and told me I was right and Angel Reese has grown to hate Caitlin Clark because of the media always asking her about Caitlin and being constantly compared to her. Some people made it about race, but I never did and never will. Instead of becoming the villain in anyone’s story, I decided to just not.”
Reese’s mom, Angel Webb Reese, denied Griffin’s declare in a response on X and mentioned the narrative that her daughter and Clark hate one another is a “media/fandom made up beef.”
“Man stop with the [lies],” Reese’s mother wrote Thursday in a reply tweet to Griffin. “My daughter’s ‘circle’ is so small & tight so I’d be interested 2 know who called U Whomever U say ‘called’ U is not in her circle 2 speak on her feelings towards a media/fandom made up beef. Just stay on that side bc the doors are closed over here.”
Clark, the No. 1 general decide by the Fever within the 2024 WNBA Draft, and Reese — drafted seventh to the Sky that very same 12 months — have maintained their relationship is a aggressive one on the court docket and that nothing is private.
Reese famously waved her hand in entrance of Clark’s face — the “you can’t see me” gesture — when her LSU Tigers took down Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes within the 2023 title sport, which sparked the start of the rivalry.
Griffin confronted backlash for reposting the racist tweet about Reese.
“All that being said, Angel Reese or any Black man or woman should never be called or depicted as a Monkey. Ever. Stop it. If you hate Angel Reese because she is Black, you are the problem. If you hate Angel Reese because you are a Caitlin Clark fan, don’t turn it racial. There should be no space for racism in this world,” he wrote.
The previous first-round decide concluded his message by stating, “There is no place for racism in this world. There is a wrong side and a right side. I will stay on the right side of history and support all people.”
In one other tweet, Griffin doubled down on his declare that somebody from Reese’s camp known as him and urged she “tighten up” her inside circle.
“I spoke up in support of Angel Reese against racism not to start drama,” Griffin wrote. “However I received’t let anybody twist the reality simply because it’s inconvenient to them. As an alternative of attempting to examine me, simply tighten up your circle.
“They calling me and saying you hate Caitlin Clark, not the other way around. I have zero interest in being the villain in anyone’s story. I just want to have fun, tell the truth and celebrate sports. But I won’t pretend or lie just to protect feelings.”
Thursday’s saga comes roughly two months after Griffin and his former ESPN colleague, Ryan Clark, publicly feuded over Reese and Clark after the 2 obtained chippy throughout a Fever-Sky sport. Clark was known as for a flagrant foul on Reese on the time.
Griffin mentioned that he believed Reese “hated” Clark, and Ryan Clark mentioned Griffin was fueling a adverse narrative about Reese and villainizing her, whereas additionally together with race, Griffin’s spouse and their house life in his rebuttal.
