The only place in the Disney media kingdom where you could possibly get away with calling a 22-year-old woman a “White b—-” is on ESPN on weekday afternoons.
That is where “The Pat McAfee Show” lives and is blasted all around North America. It is the spot on Monday where he decided to open his show by using that phrase in defense of Caitlin Clark and the uproar over perceived cheap shots she is receiving as a WNBA rookie that has led to a discussion about the roles race and stardom play in Clark’s treatment in the league and in the media.
McAfee, the talented, foul-mouthed talk show host/”College GameDay” analyst/WWE commentator, decided that the best way to put an exclamation mark on an opening monologue was by turning to the b-word:
“I would like the media people that continue to say, ‘This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class,’” McAfee said. “Nah, just call it for what it is: There’s one White b—- for the Indiana team who is a superstar.”
The network declined comment. McAfee later apologized in a post on X, saying he shouldn’t have used the term.
“My intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment,” he wrote, “but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn’t at all. That’s 100% on me and…
