{"id":663633,"date":"2026-05-12T03:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663633\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:40:15","slug":"wnba-fans-accused-of-hypocritical-criticism-of-caitlin-clark-morgan-wallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663633\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Fans Accused Of ‘Hypocritical’ Criticism Of Caitlin Clark, Morgan Wallen"},"content":{"rendered":"

WNBA<\/a> fans have been accused of “hypocritical” criticism of Caitlin Clark<\/a>, who attended a Morgan Wallen concert over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Clark, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, walked out with Wallen at his concert in Indianapolis on Saturday night. Wallen, one of the most famous music stars on the planet, was caught using the N-word in 2021. He ultimately apologized and expressed deep regret and has since returned to global superstardom.<\/p>\n

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But many have not forgotten.<\/p>\n

Clark received a lot of criticism online for her appearance alongside Wallen at his concert in Indianapolis on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

\"<aIndiana Fever<\/a> guard Caitlin Clark (22) reacts to the action Saturday, May 9, 2026, during the first half of the Fever\u2019s season opener game at Gainbridge FIeldhouse in Indianapolis.\u00a9 Grace Smith&sol;IndyStar &sol; USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images&period;<\/p>\n

“So many of her colleagues are Black women. But she\u2019s fine being cool with the bigot who freely uses the n word,” one critic wrote.<\/p>\n

“Team Angel Reese<\/a>,” one shared.<\/p>\n

“Well, that\u2019s disappointing,” another shared.<\/p>\n

ESPN guest writer Jayson Buford sounded off, too.<\/p>\n

“Caitlin Clark is beloved by most people despite her proximity to the type of whiteness that is inherently scary,” Buford\u00a0wrote<\/a>. “So why did she walk out with Morgan Wallen? It’s so blatantly corny. Just be cool.”<\/p>\n

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WNBA fans accused of ‘double standard’ with Clark<\/p>\n

Clark, of course, is far from the first athlete to associate with a musician with a troubled past.<\/p>\n

“Patrick Mahomes<\/a>, Myles Garrett, Marshawn Lynch and Mike Tyson have all done so during Wallen’s tour. Yet there was no such outrage when they did it,” Fox News wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Chris Brown is a serial abuser. And yet, Paige Bueckers<\/a> and Coach Dawn Staley didn’t face any backlash for attending his concerts and posing with him last summer.”<\/p>\n

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The difference, probably, is that Clark has become a media lightning rod. Nothing in regard to her fame or her analysis is done with much objectivity at this point. Everyone has chosen their lanes and stuck to them.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on May 11, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA fans have been accused of “hypocritical” criticism of Caitlin Clark, who attended a Morgan Wallen concert over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[724,49,735,48,2803,3844,12658,10353,2214,4658,2218,82,630],"class_list":["post-663633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-angel-reese","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-indianapolis","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-morgan-wallen","tag-myles-garrett","tag-paige-bueckers","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}