Angel Reese shuts down Robert Griffin III over…
Angel Reese mentioned it’s “nasty work” to unfold lies for clout after sports activities media persona Robert Griffin III claimed somebody from the Chicago Sky star’s inside circle instructed him she “hates” Fever guard Caitlin Clark.
Reese, who didn’t title Griffin in a message posted to X on Thursday, made it fairly clear she was responding to the previous NFL quarterback.
“Lying on this app when everybody know the first and last name of everybody in my circle for clout is nastyyyy work,” Reese wrote on the social media platform.
Sky ahead Angel Reese (5) stands on the court during the first half of a WNBA recreation against the Dallas Wings at Wintrust Arena on July 9, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
Sports media persona and former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III. Getty Images
The drama started after Griffin posted a strongly worded response denouncing the unfold of a racist tweet about Reese, who was revealed as the NBA 2K26 WNBA Edition cowl star on Wednesday.
Griffin made some severe claims about Reese, saying that somebody close to her known as him and instructed him that the two-time WNBA All-Star hates on-court rival Clark — a narrative that has dominated headlines since the pair competed in school.
“Alright. This has got to stop. There is no place for racism in this world,” Griffin wrote Thursday in a message on X, which included an image of the vulgar tweet. “Whether you want a participant or not. Angel Reese ought to never be known as or depicted as a Monkey. I’ve been quiet on the Angel Reese entrance because she shared a video that aided in my spouse, youngsters, household and associates receiving death threats, threats of bodily hurt to my household and associates and threats of inappropriate violence to my kids on social media and past. That will never be okay with me.
“I never attacked her or her family when I stated and backed up with clear basketball evidence that Angel Reese hates Caitlin Clark. It’s sports. Everybody won’t like each other. People in Angel’s inner circle called me and told me I was right and Angel Reese has grown to hate Caitlin Clark because of the media always asking her about Caitlin and being constantly compared to her. Some people made it about race, but I never did and never will. Instead of becoming the villain in anyone’s story, I decided to just not.”
Angel Reese and her mother Angel Webb Reese at a Chicago Sky recreation in 2025. X/Angel Reese
Reese’s mom, Angel Webb Reese, denied Griffin’s declare in a response on X and mentioned the narrative that her daughter and Clark hate each different is a “media/fandom made up beef.”
“Man stop with the [lies],” Reese’s mother wrote Thursday in a reply tweet to Griffin. “My daughter’s ‘circle’ is so small & tight so I’d be interested 2 know who called U Whomever U say ‘called’ U is not in her circle 2 speak on her feelings towards a media/fandom made up beef. Just stay on that side bc the doors are closed over here.”
Clark, the No. 1 total choose by the Fever in the 2024 WNBA Draft, and Reese — drafted seventh to the Sky that identical yr — have maintained their relationship is a aggressive one on the court and that nothing is personal.
Reese famously waved her hand in entrance of Clark’s face — the “you can’t see me” gesture — when her LSU Tigers took down Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2023 title recreation, which sparked the start of the rivalry.
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese in motion in May 2025. Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Griffin confronted backlash for reposting the racist tweet about Reese.
“All that being said, Angel Reese or any Black man or woman should never be called or depicted as a Monkey. Ever. Stop it. If you hate Angel Reese because she is Black, you are the problem. If you hate Angel Reese because you are a Caitlin Clark fan, don’t turn it racial. There should be no space for racism in this world,” he wrote.
The former first-round choose concluded his message by stating, “There is no place for racism in this world. There is a wrong side and a right side. I will stay on the right side of history and support all people.”
In one other tweet, Griffin doubled down on his declare that somebody from Reese’s camp known as him and steered she “tighten up” her inside circle.
Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese arrives to the world before the sport against the Dallas Wings and debuts her first signature shoe with Reebok on July 9, 2025 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. NBAE via Getty Images
“I spoke up in support of Angel Reese against racism not to start drama,” Griffin wrote. “But I gained’t let anybody twist the reality just because it’s inconvenient to them. Instead of making an attempt to test me, just tighten up your circle.
“They calling me and saying you hate Caitlin Clark, not the other way around. I have zero interest in being the villain in anyone’s story. I just want to have fun, tell the truth and celebrate sports. But I won’t pretend or lie just to protect feelings.”
Thursday’s saga comes roughly two months after Griffin and his former ESPN colleague, Ryan Clark, publicly feuded over Reese and Clark after the 2 acquired chippy during a Fever-Sky recreation. Clark was known as for a flagrant foul on Reese at the time.
Griffin mentioned that he believed Reese “hated” Clark, and Ryan Clark mentioned Griffin was fueling a adverse narrative about Reese and villainizing her, while also including race, Griffin’s spouse and their home life in his rebuttal.
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