Hours after Pat McAfee issued an apology for referring to Caitlin Clark as a “white bitch,” he used similar phrasing during the WWE “Monday Night Raw” broadcast.
As Braun Strowman, whom McAfee has reportedly called “one big son of a bitch” in the past, walked toward the ring wearing a cut-off shift containing that nickname, McAfee said, “That’s one big white son of a bitch.”
WWE didn’t immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Everything started earlier Monday, when McAfee opened his show with a presentation about the WNBA’s rookie class and how Clark — as the Indiana Fever’s star — was the one who stood out from the rest of a group that also includes Cameron Brink (No. 2 overall), Kamilla Cardoso (No. 3) and Angel Reese (No. 6).
There have been plenty of debates and discussions and opinions floated about how Clark and other WNBA rookies have contributed to the growth of the sport, especially in the aftermath of an incident Saturday when Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter hip-checked Clark to the ground and Reese appeared to celebrate her teammate’s hard foul from the bench.
“I’m not going to say anything about the athletes on the court. Athletes are going to be athletes, if they think they can get in your head by bodying you or talking s–t, they’re going to do what they’re going to do,” McAfee said on his show.
“But I do have a message for the sports media or the ex-WNBA players, there seems to be this notion, and maybe we’re wrong on it, that this whole evolution of success and popularity in the WNBA is because of this entire rookie class. I think there’s a chance Chennedy Carter of Chicago, whenever she’s going to Caitlin, you see [Sky rookie] Angel Reese get all jacked up about it and celebrating, I think that’s because she thinks Angel Reese deserves more credit than what she’s getting. Caitlin’s getting all this credit and you hear a lot of sports media, ‘This is an entire class, this rookie class is the reason why this is happening it’s the next generation,’ well that’s fun.”
Reese told reporters Monday she deserves credit for the growth of the sport, too, and that it’s “not just because of one person.”
McAfee issued an apology about his description of Clark later in the day Monday, adding that he apologized to the former Iowa star and revealing on “The Pat McAfee Show” Tuesday that she was “all good” with it.
“Obviously that’s a massive f–k-up on my end. I apologize for that,” McAfee said Tuesday. “I did reach out to Caitlin Clark through the Fever (public relations), sent an apology and then got a message back that she said it was all good. No blood. We move forward. And she appreciates us reaching out and apologizing. So that obviously makes me feel a little bit better. But to the people that got pissed off yesterday and offended, I understand. I learned a lot.”
It marked the second consecutive week where McAfee’s appearance on “Monday Night Raw” turned controversial.
He mentioned during the May 27 show that 69-year-old Raiders owner Mark Davis and 26-year-old Hayden Hopkins were expecting a child — which was a false rumor spread across social media that Hopkins addressed in a post, while later clarifying that the Nationals’ Joey Gallo was the father of the child.
McAfee apologized on his show the next day.
