{"id":91341,"date":"2023-04-04T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/shannon-sharpe-defends-angel-reese-amid-hand-gesture-talks\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T12:20:00","slug":"shannon-sharpe-defends-angel-reese-amid-hand-gesture-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/shannon-sharpe-defends-angel-reese-amid-hand-gesture-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Sharpe Defends Angel Reese Amid Hand Gesture Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shannon Sharpe <\/strong>has responded to the\u00a0viral conversations about <strong>Angel Reese<\/strong>\u2018s sportsmanship, including Keith Olbermann\u2019s \u2018f**king idiot\u2019 remark. Following her NCAA championship win, Reese <a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/lsus-angel-reese-defends-taunting-back-iowas-caitlin-clark-in-ncaa-title-win-garners-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gestured at<\/a> opposing Iowa Hawkeyes participant Caitlin Clark utilizing the identical movement Caitlin has used twice just lately.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture, John Cena\u2019s famed \u201cYou Can\u2019t See Me,\u201d put Reese within the heart of controversial backlash amid her 103-85 win. While the main target has been on a returned taunt, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/36048786\/content-not-fit-narrative-lsu-reese-last-laugh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">athlete additionally received<\/a> Most Outstanding Player within the ladies\u2019s basketball Final Four.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a fucking fool <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C8dW0tukfP\">https:\/\/t.co\/C8dW0tukfP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithOlbermann\/status\/1642649593140637706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sharpe, Shaq,\u00a0and <strong>Stephen A. Smith<\/strong>\u2013have stepped to Angel\u2019s protection. Before addressing the trending speak, Shannon warned<strong> Skip Bayless<\/strong> on <em>Undisputed<\/em> that his remark was not private. Instead, Sharpe stated it was concerning the variations in portrayal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cForty-eight hours ago, when Caitlin Clark did the John Cena, it was considered swag. Forty-eight hours later, Angel Reese does the exact same gesture, it\u2019s classless. Keith Olbermann went as far to say she was an idiot, not just an idiot but an f\u2013ing idiot. For you to stoop so low, to call a college kid, a female\u2026because she did a gesture when you didn\u2019t say anything when Caitlin Clark did it\u2026 Skip, it\u2019s funny how America, society sees Black\u00a0 and White.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cqlaqu2vrl5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Shaq responded on to Keith\u2019s tweet, telling him,<em> \u201cshut your dumb a** up leave Angel Reese alone.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stephen additionally spoke up through Twitter. He stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen Caitlin Clark did it\u2026people were celebrating it and talking about nothing but her greatness. BUT the SECOND a sister stepped up and threw it back in her face, everyone is mad. Come on!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Angel Reese Reacted To The Backlash Following Her Championship Win<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.68.1 --><\/p>\n<p>As The Shade Room final reported, Caitlin additionally gestured the identical transfer at different gamers through the Elite Eight and Final Four. Several movies of her making the movement began circulating on-line as gamers got here to Reese\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CqjddhKso76\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reese additionally addressed the controversy following her win, saying she\u2019s been critiqued all yr for who she is. Adding, \u201cI don\u2019t fit the narrative\u201d in a post-game interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t fit the box that y\u2019all want me to be in. I\u2019m too hood, I\u2019m too ghetto, y\u2019all told me that all year. When other people do it, and y\u2019all don\u2019t say nothing. So this was for the girls that look like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She added that \u201cTwitter is going to go into a rage every time,\u201d seemingly unbothered by the backlash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I don\u2019t match within the field that y\u2019all need me to be in. I&#8217;m too hood, I&#8217;m too ghetto, y&#8217;all advised me that each one yr. When different individuals do it, y&#8217;all do not say nothing. This was for the people who appear like me.&#8221; \u2013 Angel Reese \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc51<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fOKfDJGm9f\">pic.twitter.com\/fOKfDJGm9f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WSLAM (@wslam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wslam\/status\/1642702975817891841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There gave the impression to be no points among the many ladies themselves that they vocalized. Reese known as Caitlin a \u201chell of a player for sure,\u201d blaming the gesture on being \u201cin [her] bag\u2026in [her] moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00a0<em>ESPN,\u00a0<\/em>Caitlin stated she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/36048786\/content-not-fit-narrative-lsu-reese-last-laugh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn\u2019t discover<\/a> any negativity from the LSU Tigers or Angel Reese.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was just trying to get to the handshake line and be grateful that my team was in that position,\u201d Caitlin Clark stated. \u201cAll the credit in the world to LSU. They were tremendous. They deserve it, they had a tremendous season.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Caitlin additionally shared props for LSU\u2019s coach Kim Mulkey, calling her \u201cone of the best basketball coaches of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n                                <!--  -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Shannon Sharpe has responded to the\u00a0viral conversations about Angel Reese\u2018s sportsmanship, including Keith Olbermann\u2019s \u2018f**king idiot\u2019 remark. Following her NCAA championship win, Reese gestured at opposing Iowa Hawkeyes participant Caitlin Clark utilizing the identical movement Caitlin has used twice just lately. 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