Angel Reese’s press conference interrupted by discussion of “intimate relationship”

An embarrassing moment occurred during the game of the Chicago Sky rookie striker Angel ReesePost-match press conference with the head coach Teresa Weatherspoon and guard Marina Mabrey on Sunday (July 7).

Reese was asked to record her 13th consecutive double-double, which Candace Parker‘s previous WNBA record, during the Sky’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm, when a hot mic appeared to record a woman and a man arguing about the seriousness of their relationship.

“Are we ever going to have an intimate relationship?” the female voice was heard saying as a reporter finished asking Reese.

“I’m sorry the last part is cut off,” Reese replied.

“Oh dear, this is an uncomfortable subject,” said a man’s voice, to which Reese replied confusedly, “Excuse me?”

A Sky employee asked the reporter to repeat the question before the male voice said, “I’ve never had any interest in being intimate with anyone,” to which Reese, Weatherspoon and Mabrey all responded with shocked expressions.

The call was muted before Reese appeared to say, “Ooooo, they’re fired.”

However, it was confirmed that the incident was “a live audio feed of a slightly risqué scene from the (television show) ‘Big Bang Theory’ on WGN on the Zoom feed,” according to Juliet Poe from the Chicago Tribune.

Reese finished Sunday’s game with 17 points and 14 rebounds, surpassing Parker’s previous record set in games during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

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