Ex-NBA champ Stephen Jackson slams CBS host Gayle King for claiming ‘we were all cheering for Caitlin Clark’ in interview with March Madness rival Dawn Staley: ‘That s*** was trash… I don’t consider her black media’

Former NBA star Stephen Jackson slammed CBS host Gayle King for comments she made about Caitlin Clark during a recent interview with Dawn Staley.

Legendary basketball coach Staley was interviewed after leading South Carolina to victory over Clark and Iowa in the national championship game in March Madness.

The victory capped an undefeated season and secured Staley a third title at the helm. But King told the coach, “We were all rooting for Iowa, of course, and for Caitlin Clark.”

That sparked a furious reaction from Jackson, who released an X-rated video criticizing King for “degrading” Staley.

“Gayle King is supposed to be someone important in the journalism space, right?” he said. ‘I don’t consider her half black. She gets all these passes because she’s Oprah’s friend.

‘I don’t give a damn who she’s friends with. You don’t do anything for anyone. But you can’t degrade Dawn Staley like that.

Jackson, who won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 2003, added: You’re talking to her about winning the championship, about going undefeated.

And you have the nerve to go there and say, “We were rooting for Caitlin Clark and you broke everyone’s hearts.”

‘Who we are? Who we are? Every black person I know supported Dawn Staley. We’re all Caitlin Clark fans, but like you put it, that shit was trash.

‘I’m glad it’s a new day in the media space. You don’t even say things like that to someone in an interview. You humiliated her and you did it on Caitlin Clark. That’s rubbish, super rubbish.’

Clark was looking to end a standout collegiate career with a first national championship with Iowa. Despite the loss, she was selected by the Indiana Fever with the first overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft.