Jemele Hill Reignites Caitlin Clark Debate After Morgan Wallen’s Ray Lewis Walkout [VIDEO]
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
Caitlin Clark’s Morgan Wallen moment from earlier this year is back in the conversation, and Jemele Hill wants everyone to remember exactly why it never should have been controversial.
The resurfacing came after a viral clip showed Wallen walking out with Ray Lewis during a concert stop in Baltimore. Hill quote-tweeted the video with a pointed message:
“This is why Caitlin Clark should have never gotten s–t for doing the same thing.”
This is why Caitlin Clark should have never gotten shit for doing the same thing. https://t.co/dG4CViEnFs
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) July 19, 2026
Jemele Hill Defends Caitlin Clark Once Again
Hill’s comment referenced the backlash Clark faced back in May after she walked out onstage with Wallen during one of his Indianapolis concerts, just hours after a season-opening loss to the Dallas Wings. Critics pointed to a 2021 video showing Wallen using a racial slur, arguing that Clark should have stayed away from him, given the WNBA’s largely Black player base. Some fans even piled on with unrelated criticism of her play around the same time, using the moment to pile on further.
Hill didn’t stay quiet then, either. Speaking on her podcast at the time, she pushed back on the idea that Clark deserved special scrutiny, pointing out that male athletes, including Peyton Manning, Travis Kelce, Myles Garrett and Marshawn Lynch, had all walked out with Wallen without facing anywhere near the same criticism.
Ray Lewis Walkout Gives Jemele Hill New Ammunition
The Ray Lewis appearance in Baltimore gave Hill a fresh example to make her point. Since Lewis, a Black Hall of Fame linebacker, walked out with Wallen, nobody came with comparable criticism t what Clark endured. This only reinforced Hill’s argument that people held Clark to an unfair standard months earlier.
Hill previously faced criticism herself for a now-deleted post claiming Clark didn’t face the same online abuse as Black WNBA players, a claim that aged poorly after a man was arrested for allegedly stalking Clark. Still, Hill’s defense of Clark during the original Wallen controversy surprised plenty of people who expected her to side with the critics.
Clark herself never addressed the backlash directly back in May, choosing instead to let her play do the talking. She’s continued building on that approach all season. Earlier this week, she delivered a historic 45-point performance against the Seattle Storm that reminded everyone why she remains the WNBA’s biggest draw.
Hill’s tweet has already racked up hundreds of thousands of views, proof that the Clark-Wallen storyline still resonates with fans months after it first broke out.
