ESPN’s Pat McAfee faces backlash after calling WNBA star Caitlin Clark a ‘White bitch’ | CNN Business

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ESPN host Pat McAfee has apologized for calling Caitlin Clark a “White b*tch” during a Monday show segment over whether race has played a factor in the WNBA rookie’s meteoric rise.

“I shouldn’t have used ‘white b*itch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. No matter the context.. even if we’re talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe,” McAfee wrote Monday afternoon on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“My intentions when saying it were

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