Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud unleashed an explicit rant following Friday night’s 73-70 victory over the Golden State Valkyries after play was disrupted by sex toys being thrown onto the court for the second consecutive night.
The incident occurred during the third quarter at Wintrust Arena when at least three sex toys were tossed onto the hardwood from the stands, forcing officials to halt play while arena staff removed them.
The disruption followed a similar scene just 24 hours earlier during Thursday night’s matchup between the Atlanta Dream and Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena.
During that game, a spectator threw an adult toy onto the floor before being apprehended by security and detained by Los Angeles police.
Speaking to reporters after Chicago’s victory, a furious Cloud did not hold back when asked about the recurring fan behavior.
‘It’s lame as f***; Sorry, mama,’ the 34-year-old veteran said.
Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud unleashed an explicit rant after play was disrupted by sex toys being thrown onto the court for the second consecutive night
Last season, WNBA games were scourged by people throwing sex toys onto the court
‘And I just, man, and like, in most of these occasions, it’s men. And I want you to know that is the gayest thing that you can do is to go to a store, a sex shop, buy a d****, come to a women’s game to throw the d**** on the court.
‘That is the gayest s*** that I’ve ever heard. So I’m a firm believer in anyone that has so much problem with a certain marginalized group, just come out and say that you’re a part of our marginalized group because that hate is unwarranted. It’s not factual.
‘And it says more about the internal struggles of that individual than it ever will say about the collective group.’
Cloud went on to call the perpetrators ‘extremely weak,’ stating that their actions fail to rattle the players on the court and instead reflect poorly on the fans responsible.
‘Y’all lame as s*** to us. Y’all gay to us and we see it,’ Cloud continued. ‘So keep throwing them if you just want to keep telling us you’re gay. You can come out. You’ll be happier. You’ll be nicer to people. You’ll be happier in your everyday life. You don’t need to go to therapy or none of that s***. Just be yourself.’
She concluded her postgame comments by questioning how the culprits explain the purchases on their financial records.
‘Y’all weird,’ she added. ‘Like it says d**** on their credit card. Like they have to go through their financial advisor and be like, ‘What’s this green d****? You good, Chad? You good, Richard? Are you good, Paul?’ Because it also is a certain demographic. Y’all cool? Are y’all cool? And don’t be running.’
The recent incidents brings back bad memories of last season when the league was rife with issues involving sex toys being used as projectiles at WNBA games.
On Thursday, a sex toy was thrown on the court during a game between the Dream and Sparks
The stunts appeared to have some involvement in the promotion of a meme crypto currency. It’s unclear if this incident has a similar connotation.
Some of these grotesque events even led to players, including Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, being directly hit.
These incidents from last season led to bans from stadiums and even arrests of individuals responsible.
One year ago, a 32-year-old Ohio man identified as Charles Burgess was arrested for throwing the sex toy during a New York Liberty game that struck a 12-year-old girl.
Earlier last August, 18-year-old Kaden Lopez was arrested for disorderly conduct, assault and public display of explicit sexual material for throwing a sex toy onto the court of a game between the Connecticut Sun and the Phoenix Mercury.
Another man, 23-year-old Delbert Carver, was arrested for throwing sex toys on the floor at two separate WNBA games.
