WNBA star Angel Reese is getting in on the podcast game.
That shouldn’t come as much of a shock, considering there’s been a mass movement of professional athletes starting their own podcasts and growing their brand outside of the sport they play. It’s really been lucrative for the Kelce brothers, and virtually every other athlete that has started one up has had some sort of success.
It’ll be interesting to see how sports media evolves with every notable pro athlete starting their own personal podcast. The sports journalism industry has already taken somewhat of a hit recently, when Deion Sanders banned a reporter from attending Colorado Buffalo press conferences. I’d imagine with all the podcasts, athletes will just want to speak through their own outlet, and not through other media entities.
That seems to be a real driving force behind Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese’s decision to start her own podcast. To kick off the announcement of her new show, which she is calling Unapologetically Angel, the basketball star posted a video onto the podcast’s new social media page, and explained in a video what to expect from it:
“We are going to be spilling the tea from our voice, our narrative, our perspective.”
A message from the host .@Reese10Angel herself ☕️👀👑 pic.twitter.com/hG3Gm2y2No
— Unapologetically Angel (@angelreeseshow) August 27, 2024
For those uninitiated, “spilling the tea” just means to talk gossip or reveal personal information. Just thought I’d put that out there in case anyone was confused (or in case my dad was reading this).
Reese went on to quote the podcast announcement to provide some more descriptors while simultaneously shouting out the haters, saying:
“Little miss keeps a bag, makes y’all mad, stays in y’all bag, never cared about what y’all say about her, basketball player, model, business women, broadcaster, influencer, and actress, etc. is starting her own podcast! I’m taking my voice back and clearing all the false narratives. I hope y’all ready.”
Unapologetically Angel is set to debut on September 5th, and new episodes will be released every Thursday.
Little miss keeps a bag, makes yall mad, stays in yall bag, never cared about what yall say about her, basketball player, model, business women, broadcaster, influencer, and actress ETC. is starting her own podcast! I’m taking my voice back & clearing all the false narratives. I… https://t.co/2RIIqjQkQR
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) August 27, 2024
Naturally, people were quick to jump into the comments section, and let’s just say that “maybe work on hitting layups instead of doing a podcast in your rookie season” was the overaching theme of the commentary.
You literally can’t score a basketball and it’s statistically proven. There is nothing false about that narrative https://t.co/VBFI5N1GpP
— Liam (@liamahern330) August 27, 2024
Little miss misses a shot, gets her own rebound, misses again, rebounds again, doesn't kick the ball out to open teammates and misses another shot under the rim, rebounds again, misses again and it's a new possession for the other team https://t.co/dQjFVpvMIN
— MattDeltaco (@SuicideUN1CORN) August 27, 2024
Bro you suck at basketball… how you supposed to get better when you focused on running ya mouth. Thats not practical ma https://t.co/tDxUdrdmUN
— mr. massageyaknee (@bonchillersOg) August 27, 2024
You don’t need a podcast stay focused on basketball bruh. You see lebron making a podcast to clear shit up? No! That nigga gets on the court dominates and put numbers go do the same. https://t.co/0k6xRm79b9
— STEW PIDBICH 🤭 (@HAHAMALIBACK) August 27, 2024
“Never cared what y’all say about her” but you making a podcast to “control the narrative” https://t.co/ioukbLkWd8
— Mother Fucker Jones (Charlie Heat Version) (@mfjones69_) August 27, 2024
Basketball aint for everyone https://t.co/HrJbSObHDe
— 🇬🇪 (@NNOLLEESS) August 27, 2024
Get off social media and go find a youth basketball team that will let you join their layup line man https://t.co/rzZeNfI6VV
— Norm (@402Deeze) August 27, 2024
This woman is worried about everything EXCEPT hoop. She needs to lock herself in the gym in the offseason and put in serious work on her game instead of listening to what everyone is saying good or bad. Because that gas she’s getting WILL run out. https://t.co/bhBTIMNtFf
— Derek Clark (@TheRealD_C) August 27, 2024
little miss can’t make a layup if her life depended on it
— KARIM (@karimo714) August 27, 2024
definitely got other things to work on other then this podcast mid season 💀 pic.twitter.com/avlnsKsnIG
— 🐎 Lord Of Indiana (Caitlin Clark From The Logo) (@LordOfIndiana) August 27, 2024
Unapologetically Stuffed At The Rim pic.twitter.com/5FqzR1am2O
— ‘Maine Enthusiast (@BDFITL) August 27, 2024
If you didn’t care what people say about you, why would you start a podcast to clear false narratives
— keegan murray glazer (@horkage1) August 27, 2024
