Hip-hop artist and media mogul Joe Budden despatched a stern message to WNBA rookie Angel Reese about her picture.
After a rookie season the place Reese at one level even held the WNBA single-season rebound document however failed to carry it after season-ending surgical procedure, Reese has leaned into brand-building off the court docket.
The 22-year-old ladies’s basketball star launched her personal podcast “Unapolagetically Angel” earlier than she was even achieved along with her rookie season, and has saved releasing episodes each week even after her WNBA season ended early resulting from a wrist harm in early September.
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Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark look on through the second half in opposition to the Chicago Sky on June 23, 2024 at Wintrust Enviornment in Chicago, Illinois. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
The podcast has stirred controversy a number of occasions, together with the very first episode when she spoke out in opposition to followers of rival participant Caitlin Clark, alleging they’d despatched her demise threats and made specific AI photographs of her and despatched them to her household. In her most up-to-date episode, Reese interviewed the ex-girlfriend of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce about their previous relationship. This interview caused a flurry of criticism, notably from followers of Kelce’s new girlfriend, Taylor Swift.
Now Budden has suggested Reese to drag again on a few of the non-basketball publicity she has been chasing in latest months, throughout an episode of his podcast, “The Joe Budden Podcast,” by way of Sports activities Illustrated.
“I’ve seen Angel Reese wildin’ out, I do not know if I’ve seen her on ‘Wild N’ Out,'” Budden stated. “Angel Reese will not sit her f—-in’ a– down… She will not go sit down someplace for a second. There’s worth in it.
“That is going to sound like I am telling ladies what to do. However I ain’t.”
INSIDE CAITLIN CLARK AND ANGEL REESE’S IMPACT ON MEN’S BASKETBALL
Sep 22, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; WNBA basketball participant Angel Reese attends the sport between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Pictures)
Budden additionally made it a degree to match Reese’s off-the-court habits to Clark’s. Nonetheless, he additionally clarified that the comparability was not rooted in race.
“Whoever [Reese] obtained is telling her to go pop up in every single place. That is not what Caitlin Clark’s individuals are saying, to not make it racial… We simply on some star rookie s— now,” he stated.
Clark ended up profitable WNBA Rookie of the Yr over Reese, incomes all however one vote for the award. The lone vote that went in opposition to Clark was for Reese. Nonetheless, it’s a vote that has garnered heavy backlash from the ladies’s basketball group, as Clark outperformed the Sky rookie in each statistical class besides rebounds.
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Aug 25, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese (5) seems to cross the ball in opposition to the Las Vegas Aces through the first half at Wintrust Enviornment. (Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Not like Reese, Clark doesn’t have a podcast and has avoided making controversial feedback in any respect throughout and after her rookie season.
The extent of Clark’s off-the-court publicity to date has been attending different sporting occasions, oftentimes along with her boyfriend Connor McCaffery. Clark and McCaffery had been seen sitting courtside on the Indiana Pacers’ preseason recreation vs. the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night time. Again in August, the 2 attended a New York Yankees recreation, and she or he took footage with stars Aaron Choose and Juan Soto.
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