Angel Reese is not going to let this criticism journey.
After followers faulted the Chicago Sky participant for attending the May 6 Met Gala the day earlier than her preseason sport in opposition to the New York Liberty, the WNBA star referred to as a trip.
“Lots of people advised me I should not have went to the Met Gala, that I wasn’t going to be targeted enjoying in opposition to the runner-ups,” she stated during a recent press conference. “And I went to the Met Gala, slayed the Met Gala in New York, got here again, slayed in opposition to New York. It is what I do.” (ICYMI, the Might 7 sport noticed the Sky defeat the NY Liberty 101 to 53.)
One other factor she does? Act for instance for different ladies.
“I give numerous confidence to so many alternative individuals, understanding I am not one-dimensional,” the 22-year-old famous. “Ladies do not need to be one-dimensional. They do not need to do one factor. I believe that is what’s rising the sport. Individuals love me off the court docket, too, they love me as a result of I’m who I’m and I converse on issues that lots of people could also be scared to talk on or rise up on.”