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The daughter of the Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. has intervened in the current drama between the WNBA Angel Reese star and the former NFL field marshal and former ESPN presenter Robert Griffin III.
King’s daughter, Bernice King, responded to a graffin post that said: “We need more people ready to build bridges between us and not walls to divide.
“The only way to find unity is to talk about our differences in the opinion and experiences of life to find the best way to continue.”
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Angel Reese, from Chicago’s sky, reacts during the second half of a game against Washington’s mystics in Eaglebank Arena on July 8, 2025, in Fairfax, Va. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
King wrote: “I agree. That’s why I suggest you call Angel Reese and stop posting about her.”
King’s publication caused a wave of viral reactions and debate by online users.
Reese even shared a publication of another user who referred to the situation.
“When MLK’s daughter has to tell him to close TF speaking of Angel,” said Post Reese shared.
Griffin said Thursday that someone from the “Inner Circle of Chicago Sky told him that the WNBA striker” Hate ” Caitlin Clark.
Griffin wrote several paragraphs on social networks, for the first time in defense of Reese after a racist image of his 2K26 NBA appeared. He said that “there was no place for racism in the world” and that he reese “should never be called or represented as a monkey.”
He added that he was silent about Reese due to the hatred he received and his family in the most recent speech in May after a controversial moment between the two WNBA stars.
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Chicago Sky striker, Angel Reese, reacts after a basket in the second half against Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn images)
“That will never be fine for me. I never attacked his family when I said and supported with clear basketball evidence that Angel reese hates Caitlin Clark. They are sports. Everyone will not like it,” he added. “The people of Angel’s intimate circle called me and told me that he was right, and Angel Reese has grown up to hate Caitlin Clark because the media always ask about Caitlin and that he constantly compared to her.
“Some people reached the race, but I never did and never did. Instead of becoming the villain in anyone’s history, I decided not.
Reese seemed to respond to Griffin’s comments in a separate publication.
“Having in this application when everyone knows everyone’s first and surname in my circle for influence is an unpleasant job,” he wrote.
Reese’s mother also said that Griffin was lying about talking to the “internal circle” of the basketball player.
“Anyone who says ‘called’ U is not in its circle 2 speaks about their feelings towards a medium beef/fandom invented,” he wrote. “Just stay on that side because the doors are closed here.”
Griffin shot back.
“I talked in support of Angel Reese against racism not to start drama,” he wrote in X. “But I will not let anyone twist just because it is inconvenient for them. Instead of trying to check me, just squeeze your circle.
Robert Griffin III in the “Monday Night Football Countdown” of ESPN located at the Sofi stadium in Inglewood, California, on October 16, 2023. (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)
“They call me and tell you that you hate Caitlin Clark, not vice versa. I have zero interest in being the villain in the history of anyone. I just want to have fun, tell the truth and celebrate sports. But I will not pretend or lie just to protect the feelings.”
Tap made the initial claim That Reese “hates” Clark after the stars of heaven and fever got into a heated skirmish in May.
