Angel Reese Faces Backlash For Promoting Podcast With Dababy

Angel Reese has once more evoked robust reactions from individuals, this time for selling an upcoming interview with DaBaby, a rapper who was canceled in 2021 after making controversial feedback about ladies and members of the LGBTQ+ group throughout Rolling Loud.

Over the weekend, Angel Reese and her podcast group, @AngelReeseShow on X, previously Twitter, confronted a wave of backlash after sharing that they’d be filming an upcoming episode of her present, “Unapologetically Angel,” with the “SHAKE SUMN” performer.

Since launching her podcast in September 2024, Reese has interviewed a number of high-profile company, together with Shaquille O’Neal, Lisa Leslie, Lonzo Ball, GloRilla, Latto, and extra.

Based mostly on a publish that has since been deleted, Reese and her group had been getting ready for an episode with the controversial rapper DaBaby. Within the image, the WNBA star and her social media group requested her followers to ship in questions for the performer, whose actual identify is Jonathan Kirk.

Instantly after sharing the publish on her social media feeds, the Chicago Sky rookie was met with extra resistance than she probably anticipated.

Many customers questioned why the 22-year-old, who has a various fanbase, would align herself with somebody who was canceled for making deeply offensive remarks about a number of communities.

“Who’s advising Angel Reese on this podcast visitor?” somebody requested on X. “Trigger truthfully, why in the complete world would anybody, particularly ladies, whom I assumed was her viewers, wish to hear from DaBaby?”

A second consumer clearly agreed and slammed Reese for inviting “identified rampant homophone and misogynist DaBaby” on her podcast. “He has made disgusting remarks about gays and HIV,” they continued.

For individuals who could also be unfamiliar with the state of affairs, DaBaby was a rising star in 2020, showing on well-liked songs with Jack Harlow and Dua Lipa. Nonetheless, his mild started to dim after he was captured making problematic feedback in regards to the LGBTQ+ group and ladies throughout his efficiency on the Rolling Loud competition in 2021.

“When you didn’t present up at present with HIV, AIDS, or any of them lethal sexually transmitted ailments that’ll make you die in two to 3 weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up,” DaBaby told the viewers.

“Girls, in case your p—y odor like water, put your cellphone lighter up. Fellas, for those who ain’t sucking d-ck within the car parking zone, put your cellphone lighter up,” he continued.

Though his feedback had been made practically 5 years in the past, individuals have not forgotten, and Reese’s partnership with him clearly threw lots of her followers for a loop.

“The truth that she thought it was cool to start with is a aspect eye for me,” somebody wrote. “Due to all individuals—him—and she or he’s presupposed to be pals with [Megan Thee Stallion].”

“Angel Reese’s character has been hanging out with DDG and transphobes … what makes you assume she cares about DaBaby being a homophobic zionist?” one other particular person requested.

After DaBaby’s comments had been shared on-line, the Cleveland-born rapper discovered himself on the heart of a firestorm he probably did not anticipate. Nonetheless, some well-known faces, together with rapper T.I., had been completely happy to defend him.

“When you gonna have the Lil Nas X video and him residing his reality, you gonna d-mn positive have individuals like DaBaby who gonna communicate their reality,” he stated. “Ain’t nothing improper with none of it; it ain’t acquired to be no hate—it’s all honesty. All people residing of their reality.”

DaBaby additionally doubled down on his stance and informed his detractors to “shut the f-ck up” after the unfavorable consideration.

“My homosexual followers, they care for themselves. They ain’t no nasty homosexual n—as. See what I’m saying? They ain’t no junkies on the street,” he continued. “Then I stated for those who ain’t sucking d-ck within the car parking zone, put your cellphone lighter up. You realize what my homosexual followers did? Put that motherf-cking mild up, n—a, ’trigger my homosexual followers ain’t going for that. They acquired class. They ain’t sucking no d-ck in no car parking zone.”

Dua Lipa, who initially launched a model of her well-liked track “Levitating” with DaBaby, additionally spoke out about his feedback and condemned him earlier than saying she did not “acknowledge this because the particular person I labored with.”

She continued and reminded her followers that she was in full assist of the LGBTQ+ group and that she was dedicated to serving to change the “stigma and ignorance” surrounding HIV/AIDS.

It is unclear if Reese will nonetheless sit down with DaBaby for an episode of her podcast.

On the time of this publication, the posts that promoted his look have since been deleted, and nobody from Reese’s group has commented on the unfavorable suggestions.

A social media consumer identified the backlash and chastised Reese for not standing her floor.

“Angel Reese permitting herself to be bullied into pulling her episode with DaBaby is lame [as f-ck],” they commented.

Other than her working relationship with DaBaby, individuals have been speaking about Reese currently due to her feedback about WNBA gamers probably sitting out of a future season if they are not paid more cash.

Throughout a dialog she had with Dijonai Carrington of the Dallas Wings, the LSU alum revealed she and others could possibly be “sitting out” if the league “do not give us what we wish.”

Particular faux information social media accounts, which, by the best way, thrive on spreading misinformation, created a lie that Reese stated she ought to be paid as a lot as her NBA counterparts, which brought about her to slam them for creating faux quotes for consideration.

“For someone they ‘hate’ a lot, actually be having them so riled up,” Reese wrote. “Having to inform lies for engagement is crazyyyy work.”