{"id":74272,"date":"2025-08-16T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/74272\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:32:09","slug":"kelsey-plum-admits-to-bad-joke-with-caitlin-clark-zinger-at-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/74272\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Plum admits to ‘bad joke’ with Caitlin Clark zinger at All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelsey Plum won\u2019t be quitting her day job to become a comedian.<\/p>\n

The WNBA star admitted recently that she messed up when she attempted to jokingly zing Caitlin Clark and her \u201cTeam Clark\u201d<\/a> members for missing a meeting to discuss wearing the viral \u201cPay us what you owe us\u201d shirts at the All-Star Game in July.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I made a bad joke. I made a really bad joke,\u201d Plum said with a laugh on \u201cBird\u2019s Eye View\u201d podcast. \u201cTough one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plum made headlines during this year\u2019s All-Star festivities when she made a seemingly random dig at Clark and others.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s game featured Team Clark, headlined by Clark, versus Team Collier, led by Napheesa Collier and featuring Plum.<\/p>\n

WNBA All-Stars wore those inscribed shirts while they aim to improve their pay in the next collective bargaining agreement<\/a>, and fans chanted \u201cpay them\u201d after the game.<\/p>\n

Kelsey Plum (l) and Sue Bird (r) on the \u201cBird\u2019s Eye View\u201d podcast. @SueBird\/YouTube<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very powerful moment. As players, we didn\u2019t know that that was going to happen. I think it was kind of like a genuine surprise,\u201d Plum, who plays for the Sparks, said after the game. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe T-shirt, just united front, was determined this morning that we had a meeting for. Not to tattletale, but zero members of Team Clark were very present for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plum laughed while she said the \u201cvery present\u201d line, and Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu shook her head next to her and jokingly chided her.<\/p>\n

Plum (l) and Clark )r) before the All-Star Game. Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cNot needed to be mentioned,\u201d Ionescu said.<\/p>\n

Plum responded: \u201cI\u2019m trying to make the situation light, OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

KP: “It was a very powerful moment. As players, we didn’t know that that was going to happen. It was a genuine surprise. The t shirt was determined this morning. Not to tattletale: 0 members of Team Clark were very present for that” https:\/\/t.co\/2fXgaAuqMR<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/awIfnqLjxv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Oh No He Didn’t (@ohnohedidnt24) July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

A little more than a month later, Plum recognized she had misjudged the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI should have, hindsight 20\/20, because of the shirts, because of the fans, like I should have known it was a way more serious moment than a typical All-Star Game,\u201d Plum said.<\/p>\n

Kelsey Plum at an All-Star Game press conference. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I went into that press conference very happy-go-lucky, we won. Had a great weekend, like my family\u2019s here, it was just a great time.<\/p>\n

Plum revealed that her joke attempted to make fun of Team Clark for allegedly being hungover that morning.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark has been sidelined with an injury. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe questions came in, and it was like, \u2018CBA, this, this, this, this.\u2019 I honestly Birdie, was like, \u2018Hey, Team Clark, they didn\u2019t make it to the meeting either,\u2019 making a joke, trying to make the room lighter,\u201d Plum said. \u201cI was making a joke that they were hungover, even though our team nickname was \u2018Hungover.\u2019 So it was like, \u2018At least we made it (to the meeting).\u2019 Obviously, we\u2019re all on the same page, we all wore the shirts, we\u2019re all unified. And I think, if anything, I was just more discouraged because I felt like it took away from the moment of what we were trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discourse about her comments did not paint Plum in a favorable light, but she acknowledged it would have been tough for her to respond.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t even get to respond, and if you do you seem defensive. That\u2019s why I didn\u2019t even say anything,\u201d Plum said. \u201cSo, you just have to let it go. Thick skin\u201d<\/p>\n

Plum, 30, is averaging 20.3 points and 6.1 assists per game for the Sparks, who are in ninth place in the league with a 16-17 record.<\/p>\n

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