{"id":893139,"date":"2026-09-12T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893139\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:20:10","slug":"colin-cowherd-tells-sophie-cuningham-shes-wnbas-sex-symbol-in-wild-interview-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893139\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Cowherd tells Sophie Cuningham she&#8217;s WNBA&#8217;s &#8216;sex symbol&#8217; in wild interview moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Cowherd took his interview with Sophie Cunningham in a whole new direction, one the WNBA star didn\u2019t expect.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham has been at the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/11\/sports\/sophie-cunningham-responds-enes-kanter-trans-wnba-draft-declaration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">center of the debate over trans athletes<\/a> in women\u2019s sports after she told ESPN that she favored keeping biological men out of women\u2019s sports but did not hate trans people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Fever forward was on \u201cThe Colin Cowherd Podcast\u201d on Friday to discuss the rebranding of her podcast from \u201cShow Me Something\u201d to \u201cNo Hesitation,\u201d on Cowherd\u2019s network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fever guard Sophie Cunningham enters prior to a game against the Sky at Wintrust Arena on Aug. 23, 2026, in Chicago. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The move <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/10\/sports\/sophie-cunningham-launches-new-podcast-after-abrupt-ending\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">included a switch in co-hosts<\/a> from \u201cSummer House\u201d star and childhood friend Will West to prominent basketball trainer Drew Hanlen, as the new venture aims to be more basketball-heavy.<\/p>\n<p>West at one point openly disagreed with Cunningham\u2019s stance on transgender athletes in women\u2019s sport, and she called the speculation over that being the reason for the change \u201cdumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With so much going on around the 30-year-old Cunningham, Cowherd awkwardly shifted the interview off the court in a way that happily caught her off guard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sophie Cunningham\u2019s reaction to Colin Cowherd calling her the WNBA\u2019s sex symbol was pure comedy. \ud83d\ude02<br \/>The confidence, the quick wit, and that effortless \u201cI\u2019ll take it\u201d response\u2014she knows exactly how to own the moment. Tough on the court, stylish off it, and never afraid to be\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RA (@Itsam4d) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Itsam4d\/status\/2098514819720876342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are kind of viewed a little bit as the league\u2019s \u2026 ummm,\u201d Cowherd, 62, said, as he searched for the best way to phrase his question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust say it,\u201d Cunningham replied. \u201cI don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSex symbol,\u201d he responded, before asking if that was a fair assessment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham reacts to a call during the first half against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday, August 22, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is way better,\u201d said Cunningham. \u201cI thought you were gonna go somewhere completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cowherd later praised Cunningham\u2019s physical play and reluctance to back down from anyone \u2013 as she has often served as an on-court protector <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/10\/sports\/why-caitlin-clark-isnt-starting-for-team-usa-despite-world-cup-success\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for Indiana star Caitlin Clark<\/a> \u2013 along with her style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re tough. You\u2019ll fight anybody. You\u2019ll taunt anybody,\u201d Cowherd said. \u201cBut you\u2019ll make sure, coming into the arena, \u2018I look good, and I want you to know\u2026&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever dribbles the ball during a game against the Connecticut Sun on Friday, August 28, 2026, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>While that could be said about many of the WNBA\u2019s stars in a league that has certainly put a focus on its athletes\u2019 style while arriving for games,\u00a0Cunningham, who has sparked both support rallies and in-arena booing for her stance on transgender athletes, has been front and center in that area of late.<\/p>\n<p>She posed for this year\u2019s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue and served as an impromptu ring girl at UFC 329 for Conor McGregor\u2019s ill-fated return.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham has no problem taking the compliment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some reason, our society, if you play basketball, you can\u2019t dress that way, or you can\u2019t be girly,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cNo one\u2019s ever said it, but it\u2019s like, they kind of feel that you can\u2019t be both. Screw all that. Yes, you can. You can be girly, and you can go out and kick someone\u2019s ass.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Cowherd took his interview with Sophie Cunningham in a whole new direction, one the WNBA star didn\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,67110,2803,329,10879,82,1276,6998,146825,630],"class_list":["post-893139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-colin-cowherd","tag-indiana-fever","tag-podcasts","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-sports-media","tag-transgender-rights","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893139","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=893139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}