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Caitlin Clark is too experienced to make this rookie mistake

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Caitlin Clark fans who point out that other celebrities have walked out with Morgan Wallen without controversy are missing an important point.

The internet unleashed its fury on Indiana Fever shooting guard Caitlin Clark over the weekend after she walked on stage Saturday night with country music star Morgan Wallen as he greeted a packed arena in Clark’s backyard: Indiana. At issue for Clark are Wallen’s personal history and his choices. In 2020, Wallen ran afoul of Covid lockdown restrictions .

The same year, he got kicked out of Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse in Nashville and was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. In 2024, he was arrested again — this time for throwing a chair off the balcony of another Nashville honky-tonk, a six-story bar. The piece of furniture crashed to the street below, narrowly missing two police officers.

He entered a “conditional plea” and was sentenced to seven days at a DUI education center . The biggest reason why Clark should have stayed home Saturday night is a 2021 video in which Wallen can be heard shouting the N-word. This behavior alone probably should have been enough to make Clark — the WNBA’s most marketable star — think twice about appearing with Wallen.

But the biggest reason Clark should have stayed home Saturday night is a 2021 video posted by TMZ in which Wallen can be heard shouting the N-word and other obscenities. As journalist Sarah Spain wrote on social media over the weekend about Clark, “If Morgan Wallen using the N word wasn’t enough for you to stop supporting him — (forget all the other terrible s*** he’s done! ) — I don’t know what to tell ya .

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