Flau'jae Johnson Breaks Silence on Deteriorated Relationship With Ex-Teammate Angel Reese
Angel Reese and Flau'jae Johnson spent two years as teammates under Kim Mulkey at LSU. During that time, they won the 2023 National Championship and made it to the Elite Eight in 2024.
During those prosperous two seasons, Reese and Johnson became close friends and appeared to be inseparable. Yet, Reese admitted during the first episode of her "Unapologetically Angel" podcast that their relationship isn't the same as it once was.
"I still support Flau'jae. We aren't as close as we used to be," Reese said in the podcast. "And there's no hard feelings or anything, but we aren't as close as we used to be. That's why people always expect us to still be posting each other and stuff like that. But, like, we aren't as close.
"It happens," Reese continued. "You don't have the best relationships with everybody and don't always continue relationships with people. So I wish her the best always, and I'm always gonna support her... but yeah, there's no love lost. But we aren't as close as we used to be."
Johnson confirmed Reese's sentiment during an exclusive interview with New York Post Sports that was released on Tuesday.
“Yeah, me and Angel, we aren’t as close as we used to be,” Johnson said when asked about their relationship Tuesday, per New York Post Sports. “But I still support her 1000%. I was proud of her, just being in the W[NBA] and breaking records.
“A lot of people said that she wouldn’t go to the W[NBA] and do all those things and they kinda hated on her. But I kinda knew that because I’d see it everyday in practice and I see the mentality that she has. So, it’s been dope [to watch her]," Flau'jae added.
"Me and Angel, we aren’t as close as we used to be"@Flaujae told @jennalemoncelli about her current relationship with Angel Reese pic.twitter.com/NCbhftL35R
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) September 10, 2024
Reese's and Johnson's comments made it clear that there's no bad blood between them. Perhaps Johnson will get drafted by the Chicago Sky in 2025, and the two Tigers can rekindle their relationship by becoming teammates again.
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Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.