ESPN’s sports analyst Pat McAfee has apologized both publicly and privately to WNBA star Caitlin Clark after calling her a “white bitch” on-air.
McAfee says he meant it as a compliment. “I shouldn’t have used ‘white bitch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark,” McAfee says in a stating-the-obvious post on X. “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. “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… I have sent an apology to Caitlin as well.” McAfee’s lousy “descriptor” came during a segment on his show discussing the moment in Saturday’s game when Chicago Sky player Chennedy Carter hip-checked the Indiana Pacers’ Clark.
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