{"id":615309,"date":"2026-04-30T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/615309\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:32:07","slug":"sophie-cunningham-had-the-most-candid-reaction-to-seeing-blake-shelton-at-fever-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/615309\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham had the most candid reaction to seeing Blake Shelton at Fever practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie Cunningham might need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RoeXmaSE7Lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">someone to pour her a drink<\/a> after getting quite a surprise during an Indiana Fever practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared by the team, Cunningham looked absolutely astonished to see country music star Blake Shelton popping up at Indiana\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just lost all focus,\u201d Cunningham said as she walked over to Shelton, who was holding a Fever jersey with his name on it. The two shared a hug as Cunningham continued to gush over Shelton\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the video of Cunningham\u2019s reaction and interaction with Shelton.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe\u2019s a Fever girl!\u201d \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Blake Shelton stopped by practice today after announcing that Ole Red is coming to downtown Indianapolis in late 2027. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7kC7ooxWyX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7kC7ooxWyX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianaFever\/status\/2049636271006364049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 29, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But Shelton <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Blake-shelton-came-here-to-forget-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">didn\u2019t come to the gym to make Cunningham <\/a>forget what practice is all about. He saw an opportunity to visit the Fever amid his promotion of his bar-restaurant Ole Red, <a href=\"https:\/\/fox59.com\/news\/entertainment\/blake-sheltons-ole-red-to-open-downtown-indianapolis-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">which is set to open in downtown Indianapolis in 2027<\/a>, to the delight of Cunningham and many of her teammates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even Fever head coach Stephanie White posed for a photo with Shelton before he left, as Cunningham and company continued on their business on the court.<\/p>\n<p>The Fever are in the middle of their preparation for the upcoming 2026 WNBA season, and seeing Shelton in person might have just made practice feel lighter for the 29-year-old Cunningham.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham might need someone to pour her a drink after getting quite a surprise during an Indiana&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[9542,2839,4805,99,434],"class_list":["post-615309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-blake-shelton","tag-indiana-fever","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615309","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=615309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}