Emmanuel Acho’s clownery continued as he responded to backlash for his “Cowardly Dog” comparison of Angel Reese by doubling down with a weak sauce word salad. The WNBA-bound baller seemingly shaded Acho’s “disrespect” as the internet dragged Acho’s non-apology.
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Following a week on the Summer Jam screen for a failed “gender-neutral and racially indifferent” take on Angel Reese, Acho thanked fans and famous friends who coddled “respectfully reprimanded” him. He took to X, formerly Twitter, to repetitively ramble about handling him with respect while defending his disrespect of Angel.
Regarding the Angel Reese dialogue: thank you. pic.twitter.com/SUtjE87iaP
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) April 4, 2024
“I want to thank everyone who has respectfully reprimanded me and offered brilliant opinions on the Angel Reese conversation. I do not believe there is any one way to think about things,” he said, name dropping Ryan Clark and Essence Askins for giving him feedback.
“I want just to applaud those publicly and privately who have respectfully —the operative word there being ‘respectfully’— reprimanded me,” he continued.
Emmanuel Acho Missed The Mark About Missing The Mark With Angel Reese
The emphasis on respect is ironic considering Acho misrepresented Angel’s comments to insult her while she discussed relentless harassment. When she did “take it on the chin” in an interview earlier this week, as Acho insisted, Angel accepted the “villain role” in opposition to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark. She considered the false narratives a small sacrifice for “growing women’s basketball.”
I knew all I needed to know when I saw him tell Van and Rachel that his parents were born in Africa so he knows how to talk to White people???? Who is surprised he’s comparing young Black women to cowardly dogs. And yet…is SO concerned about perceived…respect. Chile…..
— ????️This Ain’t Texas…???? (@RevereRomance) April 5, 2024
Acho used this against Angel to justify racists and sexists dehumanizing and attacking her as a Black woman. As BOSSIP previously reported, that was the context of the All-American’s emotional post-game interview. Following teammates Flau’jae Johnson and Hailey Van Lith praising Angel’s unwavering strength and leadership through “hate,” a journalist asked her about the journey the public doesn’t see.
On FS1, Acho’s co-host immediately checked Acho for gleefully jumping on the “villain” bandwagon.
“She didn’t make herself the villain. She showed up unapologetically herself in the same way that men do all the time,” Taylor said. She added that the hate Reese “experiences is not the same thing as what everyone is experiencing.”
She cried because of what her teammates said about her. They all knew it was their last game together. Yall didn't they did. When she talked about the loss she made no excuses. Her teammates defending her touched her. So she shed a few tears. Big deal ????????♀️
— Adrienne Hannah (@AdrienneHa77838) April 5, 2024
Acho is even a hypocrite about Angel crying after a loss. In hindsight, she was probably more emotional about her teammates’ kind words and the not-yet-announced end of her college career. Either way, Acho didn’t keep that same energy about USC’s Caleb Williams crying. In November, Acho commended the “authentic emotional health over fake toughness.”
I have no issue with Caleb Williams crying with his mom post game.
I prefer authentic emotional health over fake toughness. Men are allowed to cry. pic.twitter.com/gw7qjImcXG
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 6, 2023
Acho’s response video invited willingness to “listen to one another” with zero self-awareness about how he ignored Angel’s statements in his so-called analysis. No amount of “bad sportsmanship” justifiably “paints a target” on one’s own back for AI-generated porn or death threats.
Social media had plenty to say about Acho’s response and Angel entered the chat, as well.
Check out the reactions to Emmanuel Acho’s response about Angel Reese after the flip.
