Angel Reese recalls Caitlin Clark’s brutal criticism from a fan after she didn’t give him an autograph: “That white girl is better than you.”
Reese and Clark both enjoyed phenomenal rookie seasons in the WNBA, with the two former college rivals competing for the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever, respectively.
But after helping Indiana seal its first playoff birth since 2016, it was Caitlin who came out on top in their hotly contested Rookie of the Year race when she took home the coveted award last month.
In the latest episode of her Podcast ‘Unapologetic Angel’Reese — who admitted this week that she wants to be teammates with Clark 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 recalls Caitlin Clark’s brutal humiliation 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. infamous directing wrestler Johannes Cena“You Can’t See Me” hand gesture to her opponent during the 2023 national championship final — a move the Iowa star had flashed to another player earlier in the tournament.
That 2023 NCAA Finals game, when Reese’s Tigers upset Clark’s Hawkeyes, remains one of the highest-rated games in the history of the sport. And their April 4 rematch in the Elite 8 ultimately surpassed that mark.
“My life literally changed because of that match,” the Chicago forward said The Wall Street Journal magazine this week in a piece about himself and WNBA MVP A’Ja Wilson.
While they are still fierce competitors, Reese and Clark were on the court in this year’s WNBA All-Star Game.
Reese infamously taunted Clark with this gesture in the 2023 national championship finals
But the Chicago Sky forward hopes they can one day be teammates in the WNBA
Clark even assisted her old foe when they teamed up on the WNBA All-Star roster to help defeat Team USA, sparking a frenzy on social media.
And following their Rookie of the Year battle, Reese has admitted that she would like to be teammates with the Fever sensation at some point in the future.
“Me and Caitlin have been playing against each other since we were kids,” she added in the WSJ article. “It’s just a full-circle moment of how women are perceived when it comes to bullshit, and that’s okay, in men’s sports. So we are going to normalize that in women’s sports as well. It’s just super competitive
‘I think we are two big competitors. “We brought a lot of fans to this league and I thought, ‘We’re going to keep doing that and hopefully one day we can be teammates.’