Caitlin Clark draws mixed reactions after surprise Morgan Wallen concert walkout following Fever loss

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Caitlin Clark’s astonishment walkout with Morgan Wallen to commencement his performance astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Saturday nighttime drew mixed reviews from WNBA fans considering the Indiana Fever dropped their location play opener.

Clark and the Fever were incapable to decision the Dallas Wings successful a 107-104 nonaccomplishment to commencement the 2026 WNBA season.

But Clark, who had 20 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds contempt the loss, wasn’t going to fto an accidental to locomotion retired with the celebrated state euphony prima during his signature commencement to his shows spell by the wayside.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark waits to cheque into a crippled against the Dallas Wings connected May 9, 2026, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Ind. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire)

The Lucas Oil Stadium assemblage roared for Clark, who came into framework with Wallen arsenic they walked done the bowels of the arena.

As Barstool Sports posted the clip connected X, societal media users jumped into the comments to stock their feelings astir seeing Clark, who had to spell backmost to the locker country during the play debut to get present "back adjusted," though she played 31 minutes, with Wallen.

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"I’m sorry.. you didn’t get backmost connected defence and [Wings star] Paige [Bueckers] drops 20 connected you. Plus you miss a 3 astatine the extremity and instrumentality an L. Do better," an X idiosyncratic wrote.

Clark had a imaginable game-tying three-point accidental with 7 seconds near successful the game, but she missed it.

Others had issues with Clark being with Wallen astatine all, arsenic helium created contention aft being recorded saying a radical slur portion connected camera successful 2021.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark reacts during the archetypal fractional of the Fever’s play opener astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected May 9, 2026. (Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"She walks retired with a racist? Not a bully look," different X idiosyncratic wrote.

But it wasn’t each captious responses successful the comments, arsenic 1 idiosyncratic called Clark and Wallen "Two GOATS."

Even Fever teammate Sophie Cunningham loved seeing Clark retired astatine the concert, calling her a "bada—b----" connected her Instagram Story.

While Clark and the Fever are surely hoping to get connected the winning broadside of things much successful 2026, fans person to beryllium blessed that Clark was playing a team-high successful minutes aft dealing with galore injuries that constricted her to conscionable 13 games successful 2025.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark drives to the handbasket against the Dallas Wings connected May 9, 2026, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Ind. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire)

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"It gets retired of enactment beauteous quickly," Clark said astir her backmost aft the loss, per the New York Post. "So conscionable that, conscionable getting my backmost enactment backmost successful spot a small bit. But different than that, consciousness great."

The Fever are backmost successful enactment connected Wednesday connected the West Coast, arsenic they instrumentality connected the Los Angeles Sparks.

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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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