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WNBA star Angel Reese spoke about her fear of the media and said she would rather just pay the fine than talk to reporters.
Chicago Sky player and arch-rival Caitlin Clarke opened up about her thoughts on dealing with the media in the latest episode of her podcast.Unforgivably Angel,” This week.
“Even before the game I’m terrified of what the media is going to ask. Because it may be the most pleasant question, but it will be turned around, presented in a different light or from a different perspective. It's like, “Are you here on purpose to make a mess, or are you here on purpose to ask a question?” And I really have a hard time in the media. Like, I don’t want to do interviews with anyone,” Reese said.
“Seriously, I would rather get a fine sometimes than talk to the media because it always turns around. And I think that's what the media has come to these days. You could literally write “The sky is blue” and the Angel said “Too dark.” Things like that, you know. So I think it’s just that for me, the media is really scary.”
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Chicago Sky's Angel Reese heads to the locker room after being ejected from a game against the New York Liberty on June 4, 2024 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Reese has been the subject of intense media attention since the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship game, when her LSU Tigers beat Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese taunted Clark by pointing to her ring finger at the end of the game.
Since then, Reese has become perhaps the most controversial figure in women's basketball. Many of Reese's quotes and statements have often been at the center of controversy in the sport.
Near the end of the 2025 WNBA season in September, Reese received backlash for comments made to a Chicago Tribune reporter in which the star called for her team to finish in last place and record a 10-34 record.
“I don’t settle for the same crap that we did this year,” Reese told The Chicago Tribune. “We need good players. We need great players. For me, that's non-negotiable. I'm ready and willing to play with the best. And while I can help get better results here, that's what I'm going to do this offseason. So it's going to be very, very important this offseason to make sure that we're bringing in the best of the best because we can't be satisfied with what we have this year.”
“I'm very open about what we need and what I want. I'd like to stay here throughout my career, but if things don't work out, obviously I might have to move in a different direction and do what's best for me. But while I’m here, I’ll try to stay open-minded about what I have here and maximize it as much as I can.”
Reese later apologized for the comments but said the quotes were taken out of context.
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“I guess I'm upset [with] I am right now,” Reese said at the Sept. 4 postgame press conference. “I think these words are taken out of context. I really didn't want to intentionally put my teammates down because they've been going through this with me all year. They kicked their ass just like I kicked my ass. They came to me no matter what, in the locker room when no one saw anything.
“So, I want to apologize to my teammates that I already have regarding the article and how it was misconstrued in relation to what was said. And I just need to be better at using my language. Because I know that this is not a message, but a messenger. And the understanding of what I say can be approached in any way. So I just need to really get better and grow from it.”
Later that week, Reese was suspended for the first half of the game for “statements detrimental to the team.”
In May, Reese found herself at the center of a WNBA investigation into “hateful” comments made toward her during Sky's season opener against Clark's Connecticut Fever.
Reese was asked if she could provide the WNBA with details of the incident. She did not specify whether she had done so, saying: “That's not a question for me.” She also did not disclose what specific comments were made or any other details that prompted the investigation.
However, minutes earlier, at the same press conference with reporters, Reese said she had received widespread support from across the league for the alleged incident.
“Obviously there’s no place for that in this league,” Reese said at the time. “I think the WNBA, our team and our organization have done a great job of supporting me… Going through this whole process if this could happen to me. This can happen to anyone.”
Then, after the investigation is completed next week, league did not find sufficient evidence to support the charges.
Reese has previously accused Clarke's fans of racism and even claimed they created explicit AI-generated images of the Sky star and sent them to members of her family.
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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese dribbles against the Minnesota Lynx during the first quarter at Target Center. (Brad Rempel/Imagn Images)
“I think it's really only the fans, her fans, the Iowa fans and now the Indiana fans that are really fair, they skate for her and I respect that, I respect that. But sometimes it's very disrespectful. I think there's a lot of racism when it comes down to it.” Reese said in the first episode of his podcast in early September.
“On several occasions, people have taken naked photos of me using AI. They sent them to my family members. My family members, like uncles, were sending this to me saying, “Are you naked on Instagram?”
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