Caitlin Clark Has the Perfect Response to Megyn Kelly Calling Her ‘Fake’

Megyn Kelly didn’t like what Caitlin Clark had to say about her own experience of white privilege in the WNBA, and Clark has already responded to Kelly’s disapproval.

Clark was named Time magazine’s athlete of the year, and in her profile interview, said that the WNBA was built on Black players. “I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege,” she said. In response, Kelly wrote on Twitter, “Look at this. She’s on the knee all but apologizing for being white and getting attention. The self-flagellation.” She called Clark’s comments “condescending,” “fake,” and “sad.”

But this ain’t Clark’s first rodeo, and she had the perfect response when asked about Kelly’s criticisms at the Time event, called A Year In Time, on December 11. “I feel like I’ve always had a really good perspective on everything that’s happened in my life,” she said, reiterating the importance of lifting up Black players in the WNBA who have been overlooked. “One of my best skills is just blocking things out,” she continued, saying that the only opinions that matter to her come from “people that I love, my teammates, my coaches,” and, “the people that I see every single day.”

Plus, Caitlin Clark seems to be an adherent of the old adage “Any press is good press”: “With the way things are going, with the way the WNBA is going, you want that attention and you embrace it,” she said.

Originally Appeared on Glamour