Angel Reese claps back at haters while unveiling Unrivaled fit with glam facecard

The WNBA and Unrivaled star caused a stir when she deleted her Instagram account after posting a skimpy NYE look. She returned with a vengeance on Snapchat.
Dec 23, 2024: Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese looks on during an NBA game between the Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics.
Dec 23, 2024: Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese looks on during an NBA game between the Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics. / Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
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Angel Reese has mastered staying in the headlines, even in the WNBA offseason as Unrivaled looks to make a name for itself.

Never one to shy away from revealing fits, the Chicago Sky sensation turned heads with a skimpy New Year's Eve outfit that went viral. Reese, still only 22, received an alarming amount of negative comments, to the point that the social media influencer deleted her Instagram account, which is still dormant as of this posting.

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The WNBA fashion maven, who hilariously wore high-end fashion on a camel in Dubai on vacation recently, came after her haters on Snapchat, posting throughout the day words of encouragement using Lil Baby's album WHAM as inspiration, glamorous close-up facecards of her Rose Basketball Club Unrivaled uniform drop, and take downs of the negative chatter she constantly faces on social media especially.

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Angel Reese/Snapchat
Angel Reese
Angel Reese/Snapchat

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She also reposted on X the full video that she did with Lil Baby, where she gives more thoughts about her background and learning to be true to herself in the national championship game for the LSU Tigers, where of course she had a famous lightning-rod moment against Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Midway through the video, she says to all the naysayers, "Hating pays too."

Reese is always towing the line of hero vs. villain, and that's a marketing tactic that has made her millions. And she's only 22.

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