{"id":224201,"date":"2025-10-14T14:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/224201\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:45:09","slug":"this-my-twinnn-wnba-player-angel-reese-responds-to-love-islands-stars-supportive-message-after-facing-major-backlash-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/224201\/","title":{"rendered":"“This my TWINNN”- WNBA player Angel Reese responds to Love Island’s star’s supportive message after facing major backlash | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""ThisAngel Reese of the Chicago Sky looks on during the first half against the Phoenix Mercury (Image Source – Getty Images) Angel Reese has been making significant strides outside the WNBA world. From pursuing acting roles to having her own signature shoe in collaboration with Reebok to gearing up to walk runways, Reese is making full use of all outside opportunities. However, she received unwanted heat for this but also got support for it, including a highly praising message from the cast member of Love Island, Olandria Lashae Ash. Hearing that, Reese sent a heartwarming response to her.<\/p>\n

WNBA star Angel Reese appreciated Love Island cast member Olandria Lashae Ash’s message<\/p>\n

Olandria Lashae Ash, who is a known model and television personality, took to her social media to voice support for Angel Reese. She slammed people who gave her unnecessary hate for pursuing opportunities outside the court. Moreover, she also drew a comparison with Reese, as Olandria herself faces the usual hate from users online.Hearing her supportive message, Angel Reese took to her X to respond to Olandria Lashae Ash. She felt happy that the Love Island season 7 contestant had her back, and although Reese said that she did not go out, she was down to come to Houston, Texas, to meet her. She tweeted, “This my TWINNN. love you downnn\ud83e\udd7a\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc97 I don\u2019t everrr go outside, but ima come to Houston for the one time, lmfaooo@LashaeAsh.”<\/p>\n

Angel Reese is set to make history outside WNBA<\/p>\n

Apart from his spectacular run as part of the Chicago Sky, Angel Reese is set to make history outside the court. She will become the first professional athlete to walk the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday, October 15 in New York City. She announced the ground-breaking news via her Instagram, saying, \u201cStepping into a dream: From Angel to a Victoria Secret ANGEL,\u201d Reese, 23, wrote at the time, alongside behind-the-scenes photos from a Victoria\u2019s Secret photoshoot. \u201cI\u2019m finally getting my wings. I\u2019ll be walking the Victoria\u2019s Secret 2025 runway show for the first time, and it feels like destiny. Wings on, heels ready \u2026 Catch me on the runway.\u201dWhile embarking on various ventures, Angel Reese found herself missing the last three season games after getting injured and suspended from The Sky for half a game for \u201cstatements detrimental to the team.\u201d However, she later apologized to the squad, so it remains to be seen if she will remain on the sidelines or play in the upcoming season, with two years still left on her rookie contract.Also read: Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce is in trouble, blood test may expose the truth behind his DUI Arrest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky looks on during the first half against the Phoenix Mercury (Image Source…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[3691,438,5656,125983,99,434,125982],"class_list":{"0":"post-224201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-angel-reese","9":"tag-chicago-sky","10":"tag-love-island","11":"tag-olandria-lashae-ash","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wnba","14":"tag-wnba-player-angel-reese"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}