Serena Williams Called Out Pat McAfee and Harrison Butker at the 2024 ESPYs: 'We Don’t Need You'

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and Abbott Elementary star to celebrate the rise in popularity of female sports, especially the WNBA, this year thanks in part to .During the segment, the trio shared a list of terms that are acceptable when talking about female athletes—"champion" being one of them. “Just don’t use the b-word,” they said in unison.

Added Serena: “You know who you are.”That last jab is obviously a reference to ESPN commentator Pat McAfee, who in June during a discussion of the WNBA's success. “I would like the media people that continue to say, ‘This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class.’ Nah, just call it for what it is—there’s one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar,” McAfee said.He later apologized, though added that he meant it as a compliment. (???) “I shouldn’t have used ‘white bitch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark,” he wrote on X. “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.

My intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn’t at all.