Sophie Cunningham isn’t taking her positive quietly.
The Fever star hit out on the WNBA after she was fined $500 for a TikTok she posted final week, the place she seemingly took a shot at referees, with a submit on X on Wednesday.
“I got fined $500 for this TikTok,” Cunningham wrote on X, together with two crying giggle emojis whereas sharing the video. “idk why this is funny to me… like ok you got it bud! Cause there’s not more important things to be worried about with our league right now.”
Within the video, Cunningham lip-synched the phrases to Sabrina Carpenter’s music “Manchild” and had the phrases written the phrases “@ some refs.”
“Stupid. Or is it slow? Maybe, it’s useless,” Carpenter sings within the portion of the music that Cunningham utilized in her submit.
It wasn’t completely clear what Cunningham was referring to when she mentioned the league had “more important” issues to cope with, however there are high-profile CBA negotiations between the WNBA and the gamers union.
Over the weekend, Cunningham had a fiery response to a reporter’s query in regards to the variety of video games within the WNBA season.
“You can just tell [commissioner] Cathy [Engelbert] to pay us, and then we can have a discussion,” Cunningham mentioned at Sunday’s Fever follow.
Cunningham was fined final month for her position in a fiery incident in the course of the Solar-Fever sport, the place she defended Clark after she was hit within the eye by Solar guard Jacy Sheldon.
She hit out on the refs afterward as effectively with postgame feedback.
to the Liberty on July 22, 2025. NBAE through Getty Photos
“During that, it was just part of the game. I think the refs had a lot to do with that,” she mentioned. “It was a build-up for a pair [of] years now of them simply not defending the star participant of the WNBA. On the finish of the day, I’m going to guard my teammates.
“That’s what I do.”
