LSU’s Angel Reese Tearfully Reveals She Gets Death Threats: ‘I’m Still A Human’

Louisiana State College star ahead Angel Reese opened up Monday about a few of the on-line abuse and assaults she’s confronted together with her ascension to stardom over the previous yr.

The faculty basketball star tearfully mentioned her experiences throughout a press convention on Monday evening after the LSU Tigers misplaced 94-87 to Iowa’s Hawkeyes within the Elite Eight stage of the NCAA match.

“I don’t actually get to face up for myself. I imply, I’ve nice teammates, I’ve an important assist system, I acquired my hometown, I acquired my household that stands up for me,” she stated. “I don’t actually get to talk out on issues simply because I simply attempt to ignore. I simply attempt to stand sturdy.”

“I’ve been by a lot, I’ve seen a lot. I’ve been attacked so many instances,” she added. “Dying threats, I’ve been sexualized, I’ve been threatened — so many issues, and I’ve stood sturdy each single time.”

The LSU star stated she has targeted on remaining sturdy for her teammates.

“I’m nonetheless a human,” she stated. “All this has occurred since I gained a nationwide championship, and I stated the opposite day, I haven’t had peace since then.”

However Reese added that she “wouldn’t change something” regardless and that she’s “unapologetically me.”

The ahead’s remarks adopted touching speeches by teammates Flau’jae Johnson and Hailey Van Lith, who each praised her management and power amid the web criticism she faces.

“Everyone can have their opinion on Angel Reese, however y’all don’t know her. Y’all don’t know Angel Reese,” Johnson stated, later including, “The crown she wears is heavy, bro.”

Johnson then known as out the media for vilifying Reese, saying that her teammate makes her a “higher participant.”

Van Lith chimed in: “Folks converse hate into her life.”

Final yr, the Tigers defeated the Hawkeyes within the championship sport of the NCAA Division 1 girls’s basketball match, marking LSU’s first nationwide basketball title.

Reese, who was named most excellent participant final yr, was criticized for her trash-talking conduct within the aggressive sport.

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Within the closing moments of the sport, Reese waved her hand in entrance of her face in a gesture towards Iowa’s famous person level guard, Caitlin Clark. The hand gesture, often called the “You’ll be able to’t see me” transfer, was popularized by professional wrestler/actor John Cena.

Reese had additionally pointed to her ring finger whereas taking a look at Clark, indicating that her group was set to obtain championship rings.

Some criticized the LSU participant as “classless” over the gestures.

Sports activities commentator Keith Olbermann tweeted on the time that Reese was a “fucking fool,” though he later walked back his remarks.

Barstool Sports activities founder Dave Portnoy known as her a “classless piece of shit.”

Many have since known as out the truth that the outrage directed towards Reese, who’s Black, was rooted in racism and sexism, since male gamers and white feminine gamers sometimes are handled otherwise for comparable conduct.

Clark, who’s white, had completed the identical “You’ll be able to’t see me” gesture, and he or she memorably waved off South Carolina participant Raven Johnson when she didn’t hassle to protect Johnson throughout a sport final yr. She didn’t face the identical form of backlash that Reese did.

The College of Iowa basketball star even acknowledged the tough response Reese had acquired after the championship sport, telling ESPN final yr that she didn’t assume Reese ought to have confronted “any criticism for what she did.”

On Friday, Los Angeles Instances columnist Ben Bolch was broadly criticized for referring to the LSU Tigers as “soiled debutantes” and “villains.” He later issued an apology after a firestorm of criticism, together with from LSU coach Kim Mulkey.

“Our society has needed to cope with so many layers of misogyny, racism and negativity that I can now see why the phrases I used had been fallacious,” Bolch wrote in his apology.

Van Lith, who’s white, known as out the column over the weekend.

“I’ll discuss trash and I’ll get a unique response than if Angel [Reese] talks trash,” she instructed ESPN. “I’ve an obligation to my teammates to have their again. A number of the phrases that had been utilized in that article had been very unhappy and upsetting.”

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