Key Takeaways:

• Klay Thompson addressed misogynistic feedback made about Megan Thee Stallion on a current NBA podcast.
• The podcast featured crude remarks, together with a metaphor from Jason Williams that drew backlash.
• His response reignited conversations about how Black ladies are scapegoated in sports activities media.

Klay Thompson doesn’t play in relation to Megan Thee Stallion. On Wednesday (Nov. 12), the Dallas Mavericks star spoke up after the “Hoopin’ N Hollerin’” podcast’s co-hosts cracked jokes at her expense whereas debating his on-court efficiency.

“I ain’t never seen Klay not shoot it like this. And for him to say, ‘I’m out of my prime.’ Like, come on, Klay,” Patrick Beverley stated in a clip shared on Instagram earlier that day. Moments later, one other host urged that Thompson is “in love,” whereas another person stated, “He’s got a beautiful… Speaking of BBL.”

Former NBA participant Jason Williams then chimed in. “I’m from West Virginia, man, I’ve been taught a lot from old folks, old white folks,” he defined. “It only takes one p**sy to drag a battleship across the desert. That’s how powerful it is.”

“Klay Thompson, I ain’t sayin’ that’s what it is, but that might be what it is,” Williams added. While many basketball followers identified that Thompson is taking part in after two main accidents earlier in his profession, the capturing guard didn’t hesitate to verify Beverley and Williams himself.

“Referring to my [girlfriend] as a ‘p**sy’ is so disgusting and disturbing, especially from someone who played in the NBA. How would y’all really feel if I referred to your wives in such a means?” Thompson wrote. “Do better, fellas. Very disappointing.”

It’s clearly not the primary time somebody has had one thing to say about Megan and Klay’s relationship, or blamed her for his basketball efficiency. In July, Shaquille O’Neal predicted that their romance would solely final “six weeks” on “The Big Podcast With Shaq.”

In October, Megan and Klay hinted they had been taking one other main step ahead by apparently buying a home together. The Houston rapper even shared a photograph of the 2 forming a coronary heart form with their arms whereas holding up a brand new key.