The ESPN host is apologizing after receiving backlash for calling WNBA star Caitlin Clark a 'white b**ch' during Monday's segment.McAfee took to X on Monday to issue his apology. "I shouldn't have used 'white b**ch' as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. No matter the context.. even if we're talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe," he wrote.
Noting that he sent an apology directly to Clark, McAfee added, "My intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn't at all. That's 100% on me and for that I apologize."a few hours before the host shared his post to X.
"What we're trying to say is, what the WNBA currently has is what we like to describe as a cash cow. There is a superstar," McAfee said."But I would like the media people that continue to say, 'This rookie class, this rookie class.' Nah, just call it for what it is. There is one white b**ch for the Indiana team who is a superstar."Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
"Is there a chance people just enjoy watching her play basketball because of how electrifying she is, what she did, what she stood for, how she went about going what she went for?" he argued."Maybe. But instead we have to hear people say we only like her because she's white, and she's only popular because the rest of the rookie class is doing what they're doing.
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