Angel Reese and Dijonai Carrington lash out at new WNBA fans over appearance comments

WNBA players Angel Reese and DiJonai Carrington vented astir disapproval directed astatine them by the league's newer fans during an occurrence of Reese's podcast, "Unapologetically Angel," Friday. 

Both players person been the taxable of harsh comments by fans aft arguable interactions with phenom Caitlin Clark. 

Reese has faced disapproval for her interactions with Clark dating backmost to the 2023 NCAA women's hoops title game, erstwhile Reese pointed to her digit mockingly aft starring LSU to the rubric implicit Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes. 

In 2024, Reese and immoderate of her Chicago Sky teammates committed a bid of arguable fouls connected Clark successful 4 WNBA meetings. 

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Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese walks connected the tribunal during the archetypal fractional astatine Wintrust Arena successful Chicago Aug. 25, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski/USA Today Sports)

"It's hard, particularly arsenic 2 achromatic women are unapologetic, we're going to popular our s--- and accidental what we person to say. And I basal connected what we said. I consciousness similar it's truly hard," Reese said connected Friday's amusement astir the disapproval she receives.

Carrington faced aggravated backlash aft giving Clark a achromatic oculus with her fingernail successful a playoff gathering betwixt Clark's Indiana Fever and Carrington's erstwhile team, the Connecticut Sun, successful September. Carrington besides antecedently spoke retired against Clark and her instrumentality base. 

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"They beryllium existent escaped astatine the mouth," Carrington said of her critics. "I cognize they deliberation it's trolls, but it's not conscionable trolls. It beryllium radical that we spot successful existent life."

But for Reese and Carrington, immoderate of the comments that fuss them astir are those regarding their appearance. 

"I hatred erstwhile radical accidental that, 'Oh she’s excessively disquieted astir her constitution and her hairsbreadth and her lashes and her nails and her outfits,'" Reese said. 

Carrington said she isn't arsenic bothered erstwhile radical accidental she pays excessively overmuch attraction to her appearance, but she did accidental she "hates" erstwhile radical question wherefore she has blonde hair. 

Connecticut Sun defender DiJonai Carrington warms up earlier the commencement of Game 4 of the 2024 WNBA semifinals against the Minnesota Lynx astatine Mohegan Sun Arena.  (David Butler II/Imagn Images)

"I hatred erstwhile radical speech astir that, like, 'Why bash you person blonde hair?’" Carrington said. "I got achromatic eyebrows. I got achromatic limb hair, achromatic limb hairsbreadth … and I don't care. I'm inactive a earthy blonde." 

Reese past claimed that portion players similar her and Carrington are criticized for putting excessively overmuch effort into looking feminine, immoderate WNBA players are besides criticized for looking excessively masculine. 

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"They kick and accidental that WNBA players are excessively manly, not feminine enough. We don't formal cute enough. They don't privation to ticker a clump of small boys moving astir the court. Now, we're excessively much," Reese said. 

"'I'm not watching that WNBA. Masculine, agelong shorts, they're wearing braids. They each similar each other. They each day each other.' That's not true," Reese said, laughing astatine the information Carrington is dating chap WNBA subordinate NaLyssa Smith. 

"I don't beryllium getting it, similar d--- I can't enactment a small articulator gloss on?" Reese added. 

Dijonai Carrington and Angel Reese (Imagn)

Despite these complaints, Reese whitethorn person indirectly implied her feelings astir Clark's appearance. At 1 constituent during the interview, Reese listed the WNBA's "baddies," which is municipality slang for a idiosyncratic who is confident, stylish and attractive. 

"They knew who the baddies were, you [Carrington], me, Cameron [Brink], Kia [Nurse]," Reese said. 

Reese near Clark disconnected that list. 

However, astatine nary constituent successful the occurrence did either Carrington oregon Reese code Clark successful immoderate way. 

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