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Shannon Sharpe Defends Angel Reese Amid Hand Gesture Reactions: ‘It’s Funny How America Sees Black & White’

<p><strong>Shannon Sharpe <&sol;strong>has responded to the viral conversations about <strong>Angel Reese<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s sportsmanship&comma; including Keith Olbermann&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;f&ast;&ast;king idiot&&num;8217&semi; comment&period; Following her NCAA championship win&comma; Reese <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lsus-angel-reese-defends-taunting-back-iowas-caitlin-clark-in-ncaa-title-win-garners-support&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">gestured at<&sol;a> opposing Iowa Hawkeyes player Caitlin Clark using the same motion Caitlin has used twice recently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The gesture&comma; John Cena&&num;8217&semi;s famed &&num;8220&semi;You Can&&num;8217&semi;t See Me&comma;&&num;8221&semi; put Reese in the center of controversial backlash amid her 103-85 win&period; While the focus has been on a returned taunt&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;espn&period;com&sol;womens-college-basketball&sol;story&sol;&lowbar;&sol;id&sol;36048786&sol;content-not-fit-narrative-lsu-reese-last-laugh" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">athlete also won<&sol;a> Most Outstanding Player in the women&&num;8217&semi;s basketball Final Four&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1642649593140637706" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Sharpe&comma; Shaq&comma; and <strong>Stephen A&period; Smith<&sol;strong>&&num;8211&semi;have stepped to Angel&&num;8217&semi;s defense&period; Before addressing the trending talk&comma; Shannon warned<strong> Skip Bayless<&sol;strong> on <em>Undisputed<&sol;em> that his comment was not personal&period; Instead&comma; Sharpe said it was about the differences in portrayal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Forty-eight hours ago&comma; when Caitlin Clark did the John Cena&comma; it was considered swag&period; Forty-eight hours later&comma; Angel Reese does the exact same gesture&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s classless&period; Keith Olbermann went as far to say she was an idiot&comma; not just an idiot but an f&&num;8211&semi;ing idiot&period; For you to stoop so low&comma; to call a college kid&comma; a female&&num;8230&semi;because she did a gesture when you didn&&num;8217&semi;t say anything when Caitlin Clark did it&&num;8230&semi; Skip&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s funny how America&comma; society sees Black  and White&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cqlaqu2vrl5" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Shaq responded directly to Keith&&num;8217&semi;s tweet&comma; telling him&comma;<em> &&num;8220&semi;shut your dumb a&ast;&ast; up leave Angel Reese alone&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stephen also spoke up via Twitter&period; He said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;When Caitlin Clark did it&&num;8230&semi;people were celebrating it and talking about nothing but her greatness&period; BUT the SECOND a sister stepped up and threw it back in her face&comma; everyone is mad&period; Come on&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Angel Reese Reacted To The Backlash Following Her Championship Win<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As The Shade Room last reported&comma; Caitlin also gestured the same move at other players during the Elite Eight and Final Four&period; Several videos of her making the motion started circulating online as players came to Reese&&num;8217&semi;s defense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CqjddhKso76" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reese also addressed the controversy following her win&comma; saying she&&num;8217&semi;s been critiqued all year for who she is&period; Adding&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t fit the narrative&&num;8221&semi; in a post-game interview&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t fit the box that y&&num;8217&semi;all want me to be in&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m too hood&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m too ghetto&comma; y&&num;8217&semi;all told me that all year&period; When other people do it&comma; and y&&num;8217&semi;all don&&num;8217&semi;t say nothing&period; So this was for the girls that look like me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She added that &&num;8220&semi;Twitter is going to go into a rage every time&comma;&&num;8221&semi; seemingly unbothered by the backlash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1642702975817891841" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There seemed to be no issues among the women themselves that they vocalized&period; Reese called Caitlin a &&num;8220&semi;hell of a player for sure&comma;&&num;8221&semi; blaming the gesture on being &&num;8220&semi;in &lbrack;her&rsqb; bag&&num;8230&semi;in &lbrack;her&rsqb; moment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Per <em>ESPN&comma; <&sol;em>Caitlin said she <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;espn&period;com&sol;womens-college-basketball&sol;story&sol;&lowbar;&sol;id&sol;36048786&sol;content-not-fit-narrative-lsu-reese-last-laugh" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">didn&&num;8217&semi;t notice<&sol;a> any negativity from the LSU Tigers or Angel Reese&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I was just trying to get to the handshake line and be grateful that my team was in that position&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Caitlin Clark said&period; &&num;8220&semi;All the credit in the world to LSU&period; They were tremendous&period; They deserve it&comma; they had a tremendous season&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Caitlin also shared props for LSU&&num;8217&semi;s coach Kim Mulkey&comma; calling her &&num;8220&semi;one of the best basketball coaches of all time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"118173" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;shannon-sharpe-defends-angel-reese&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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