Though Clark has yet to respond, plenty of X.com users came to her defense, with one writing, “Maybe focus on your lawsuit and stop bothering these two women.” Another asked, “You still allowed to talk about women in public?”
Of course, this is not the first time Caitlin Clark has faced backlash for her proximity to Taylor Swift. Back in September, the basketball star came under fire for just liking the pop star’s Instagram endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. At the time, Clark seemed unconcerned by the discourse, telling reporters she felt compelled to “encourage people to register to vote,” adding, “That’s the biggest thing I can do with the platform that I have, and that’s the same thing Taylor did.”
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This is not even the first time Clark enraged a former Fox talking head. Recently, Clark drew Megyn Kelly’s ire for acknowledging her white privilege in her interview with Time. “I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege,” she said at the time. “A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been Black players. This league has kind of been built on them. The more we can appreciate that, highlight that, talk about that, and then continue to have brands and companies invest in those players that have made this league incredible, I think it’s very important. I have to continue to try to change that.”
That was enough for Kelly to call her “condescending” and “fake” in an X.com post. “She’s on the knee all but apologizing for being white and getting attention,” Kelly wrote on December 10. “The self-flagellation. The ‘oh pls pay attention to the black players who are REALY the ones you want to celebrate.’ Condescending. Fake. Transparent. Sad.”
