Hip-hop artist and media mogul Joe Budden sent a serious message to WNBA rookie Angel Reese about her image.
After a rookie season where Reese at one point even held the WNBA one-season rebound write down but flunked to hbetter it after season-finishing sdirectry, Reese has leaned into brand-produceing off the court.
The 22-year-better women’s basketball star begined her own podcast “Unapolageticassociate Angel” before she was even done with her rookie season, and has kept releasing episodes every week even after her WNBA season finished timely due to a wrist injury in timely September.
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Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark see on during the second half aacquirest the Chicago Sky on June 23, 2024 at Wincount on Arena in Chicago, Illinois. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The podcast has stirred talk about multiple times, including the very first episode when she spoke out aacquirest fans of rival perestablisher Caitlin Clark, alleging they had sent her death dangers and made clear AI images of her and sent them to her family. In her most recent episode, Reese interseeed the ex-girlfrifinish of Kansas City Chiefs shielded finish Travis Kelce about their past relationship. This intersee brawt about a flurry of criticism, particularly from fans of Kelce’s novel girlfrifinish, Taylor Swift.
Now Budden has directd Reese to pull back on some of the non-basketball uncoverity she has been chasing in recent months, during an episode of his podcast, “The Joe Budden Podcast,” via Sports Illustrated.
“I’ve seen Angel Reese untamedin’ out, I don’t understand if I’ve seen her on ‘Wild N’ Out,'” Budden shelp. “Angel Reese won’t sit her f—-in’ a– down… She won’t go sit down somewhere for a second. There’s cherish in it.
“This is going to sound enjoy I’m telling women what to do. But I ain’t.”
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Sep 22, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; WNBA basketball perestablisher Angel Reese take parts the game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)
Budden also made it a point to appraise Reese’s off-the-court habits to Clark’s. However, he also clarified that the comparison was not rooted in race.
“Whoever [Reese] got is telling her to go pop up everywhere. That’s not what Caitlin Clark’s people are saying, not to produce it racial… We fair on some star rookie s— now,” he shelp.
Clark finished up triumphning WNBA Rookie of the Year over Reese, acquireing all but one vote for the award. The lone vote that went aacquirest Clark was for Reese. However, it is a vote that has garnered burdensome response from the women’s basketball community, as Clark outperestablished the Sky rookie in every statistical categruesome except rebounds.
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Aug 25, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) sees to pass the ball aacquirest the Las Vegas Aces during the first half at Wincount on Arena. (Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports)
Unenjoy Reese, Clark does not have a podcast and has refrained from making disputed comments at all during and after her rookie season.
The extent of Clark’s off-the-court uncoverity so far has been take parting other sporting events, standardlytimes with her boyfrifinish Connor McCaffery. Clark and McCaffery were seen sitting courtside at the Indiana Pacers’ preseason game vs. the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. Back in August, the two take parted a New York Yankees game, and she took pictures with stars Aaron Judge and Juan Soto.
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