Angel Reese has recalled the brutal disdain Caitlin Clark received from a fan after not signing her autograph: “That white girl is better than you.”
Reese and Clark enjoyed phenomenal rookie seasons in the WNBA, and the two former college rivals began running for the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever, respectively.
However, after helping Indiana seal its first playoff berth since 2016, it was Caitlin who prevailed in her tight race for Rookie of the Year by earning the coveted award last month.
In her last episode Podcast ‘No Apologies Angel’Reese, who admitted this week that she wants to be Clark’s teammate one day, and special guest GloRilla were discussing their craziest encounters with fans when the WNBA star revealed an insult she received after forgetting to sign an autograph.
Angel Reese has recalled the brutal humiliation Caitlin Clark received from a WNBA fan
“Sometimes I’m busy, like I can’t sign everything,” she told the American rapper. “One guy said, ‘That’s why you’re not Rookie of the Year. And that white girl is better than you.”
‘I’m like, okay, you wanted me to sign your thing and now you don’t like me anymore?’
Reese enjoyed an iconic rivalry with Clark in the college ranks. infamously fighter director John CenaThe ‘You can’t see me’ hand gesture toward his opponent during the 2023 national championship game, a move the Iowa star had pulled on another player earlier in the tournament.
That 2023 NCAA Finals matchup, when Reese’s Tigers defeated Clark’s Hawkeyes, remains one of the highest-rated games in sports history. And their April 4 rematch at Elite 8 finally surpassed that mark.
“My life literally changed since that game,” the Chicago forward said. The Wall Street Journal this week in an article about her and WNBA MVP A’Ja Wilson.
While still fierce competitors, Reese and Clark bonded on the court at this year’s WNBA All-Star Game.
Reese infamously mocked Clark with this gesture in the 2023 national championship final.
But the Chicago Sky forward hopes they can one day be teammates in the WNBA.
Clark even helped her former nemesis when they teamed up on the WNBA All-Star roster to help defeat Team USA, sending social media into a frenzy.
And following her battle for Rookie of the Year, Reese has admitted that she would love to be a teammate with the Fever sensation at some point in the future.
“Caitlin and I have played against each other since we were kids,” he added in the WSJ article. “It’s just a moment of coming full circle on how women are viewed when it comes to trash talking and that’s okay in men’s sports.” So let’s normalize that in women’s sports as well. It’s just super competitive.
“I think we’re two great competitors. We brought a lot of fans to this league and I thought, let’s continue to do that and one day, hopefully, we can be teammates.”
