Sophie Cunningham isn\u2019t taking her fine quietly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Fever star hit out at the WNBA after she was fined $500 for a TikTok she posted last week, where she seemingly took a shot at referees, with a post on X on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI got fined $500 for this TikTok,\u201d Cunningham wrote on X, along with two crying laugh emojis while sharing the video. \u201cidk why this is funny to me\u2026 like ok you got it bud! Cause there\u2019s not more important things to be worried about with our league right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
I got fined $500 for this TikTok \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 idk why this is funny to me\u2026 like ok \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffc you got it bud! Cause there\u2019s not more important things to be worried about with our league right now pic.twitter.com\/ELAlguHhMQ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sophie Cunningham (@sophaller) July 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n In the video, Cunningham lip-synched the words to Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s song \u201cManchild\u201d and had the words written the words \u201c@ some refs.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStupid. Or is it slow? Maybe, it\u2019s useless,\u201d Carpenter sings in the portion of the song that Cunningham used in her post.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sophie Cunningham celebrates during the first half of the Fever\u2019s home win over the Wings on July 13, 2025. AP<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t totally clear what Cunningham was referring to when she said the league had \u201cmore important\u201d things to deal with, but there are high-profile CBA negotiations between the WNBA<\/a> and the players union.\u00a0<\/p>\n Over the weekend, Cunningham had a fiery response to a reporter\u2019s question about the number of games in the WNBA season.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou can just tell [commissioner] Cathy [Engelbert] to pay us, and then we can have a discussion,\u201d Cunningham said at Sunday\u2019s Fever practice.<\/p>\n Sophie Cunningham said she got fined for he TikTok. Sophie Cunningham\/X<\/p>\n