A Caitlin Clark foul on Angel Reese somehow resulted in a feud between Ryan Clark and Robert Griffin III. And that, somehow, resulted in a bunch of booty bands being sold.
Because of course it did.
Taking to X on Tuesday, Griffin used a thinly veiled reference to his high-profile feud with Clark to promote his wife, Grete Griffin’s brand of booty bands.
“My wife is lifting up women of all backgrounds. LITERALLY,” the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner wrote in a post that also included a video of his wife promoting the bands and a link to buy them at. “If you stand against discrimination and tearing down love go support my wife’s business and get your booty right with booty bands.”
Griffin’s promotional tactic proved successful. Nine hours later, returning to X, the 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year revealed that the booty bands had sold out.
The wording of Griffin’s initial post promoting the product hardly seemed coincidental, as it came one day after his back-and-forth with Clark attracted no shortage of attention. The entire ordeal stemmed from Griffin’s take on Caitlin Clark’s flagrant foul on Angel Reese during the Indiana Fever’s season-opening victory over the Chicago Sky on Sunday. The Fox college football analyst stated his belief that Reese hates Clark on a personal level.
On his podcast, The Pivot, Ryan Clark reacted to Griffin’s comments, accusing the 35-year-old of trafficking in racial stereotypes regarding Black women. The ESPN NFL analyst, however, didn’t stop there, citing Griffin’s marriage to a white woman as evidence that he doesn’t understand what Black women endure in America.
“If you’re RG3, when is the last time within your household you’ve had a conversation about what [Angel Reese is] dealing with?” Clark asked. “You haven’t been able to do that because in both of your marriages, you’ve been married to white women.”
Griffin responded with a lengthy post on X and accompanying video, repeatedly stating that Clark crossed the line by making a sports debate so personal and involving his family. He also said that Clark’s comments weren’t only a bad look for him, but also ESPN, which laid Griffin off last year.
Clark responded with another post that clearly indicated that the two former Washington Redskins teammates have had issues dating back to their time working together at ESPN. Ultimately, this was a feud in which no one came out looking particularly good, but at least the Griffins were able to sell some booty bands in the process.