Michelle Obama agrees with Angel Reese’s decision to accept a fine to avoid reporters

WNBA prima Angel Reese appeared connected Michelle Obama's podcast earlier this week, and opened up astir feeling mistreated by fans and the media with the erstwhile archetypal lady.

At 1 constituent during the interview, Reese admitted she would alternatively instrumentality a good than talk to reporters aft games.

"The media has not ever been large for me. And I'll instrumentality a fine. I'll drawback a fine, particularly successful a WNBA. I'll person a good earlier I person to spell to media and consciousness similar my backmost is against the wall," Reese said, portion Obama repeatedly expressed statement by saying "mhm," and "yeah."

WNBA players are required by their corporate bargaining statement (CBA), which was conscionable signed weeks agone truthful players tin get higher salaries, to beryllium disposable to the media post-game.

Failure to adhere to these rules tin pb to fines, specified arsenic a $10,000 good for skipping required sessions.

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Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese reacts aft being fouled by Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark successful May arsenic Michelle Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center successful Chicago, Ill., connected Aug. 20, 2024. (Getty Images)

Obama's member and erstwhile assemblage hoops subordinate Craig Robinson, who co-hosts the podcast, told Reese during the interrogation that the sports media tries to "manufacture immoderate stuff."

"Sports is similar world TV. The media wants to manufacture immoderate stuff. And I conscionable privation you to cognize that I noticed however you’ve handled yourself and it has been perfectly with aplomb," Robinson said.

Reese aboriginal went connected to accidental that she nowadays likes to crook her telephone disconnected erstwhile she comes location aft Obama asked her however she stays sane.

"I emotion being capable conscionable to travel location and crook my telephone disconnected and conscionable relax," Reese said. "I deliberation the maturity of conscionable knowing similar societal media isn't real... years anterior I would remark backmost astatine things and fto things proceed to fuss me."

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Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese walks connected the tribunal during the 2nd fractional of a WNBA crippled against the Connecticut Sun astatine Wintrust Arena successful Chicago, Ill., connected Sept. 3, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Imagn Images)

Reese went connected to assertion that she can't adjacent "go to the market store" anymore.

Obama antecedently commented connected the attraction surrounding Reese and her longtime rival Caitlin Clark successful a podcast quality past year.

During an August quality connected the podcast "All the Smoke with Matt Barnes & Stephen Jackson," Obama spoke during a radical treatment astir the interaction of the Clark-Reese play connected the WNBA's popularity, the interaction connected the players' well-beings and "hate" involved.

"I deliberation the pugnacious happening is the societal media constituent to it. But that's existent crossed the board. I mean, we've talked astir this connected our show; it conscionable takes a mean occurrence. These young kids today, what they person to spell through, what they person to beryllium capable to withstand, due to the fact that societal media is specified a immense portion of the world," Obama said. 

"There's the hate. But present the hatred is successful your room, connected your phone, with you each the time. And you can't, for immoderate reason, archer these kids to crook it off, due to the fact that they're making their surviving that way. I mean, present they are expected to enactment engaged. So, I deliberation that makes it consciousness adjacent worse. But I think, arsenic you constituent out, that's happening successful sports crossed gender. It's conscionable harder not to withstand different people's horrible, horrible opinions." 

Obama, similar her brother, besides antecedently compared ESPN to world TV during an occurrence of her brother's podcast "IMO" successful July.

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Michelle Obama speaks onstage during a signaling of the "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson" podcast astatine the 2025 SXSW Conference and Festival successful Austin, Texas, connected March 13, 2025. (Julia Beverly/WireImage)

"It’s each a sociological study. They deliberation that sports is amended world TV, I’m like, ‘It’s the aforesaid thing.' If I perceive to ESPN for an hour, it’s similar watching the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ you know?" Obama said. "It’s the aforesaid drama, and they’re yelling astatine each other, and they don’t get along, you know?"

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