WNBA superstar Sophie Cunningham has lifted the lid on the shocking moment she was hit by a sex toy thrown from the stands.
The league spent a week embroiled in controversy after fans repeatedly threw multi-colored sex toys onto various courts, with Indiana Fever star Cunningham perhaps the most affected by it when one struck her in the foot.
She laughed it off in the moment, but has now spoken in depth about the incident, which forced security to be stepped up across the entire WNBA.
On her new podcast alongside influencer West Wilson, Cunningham said: ‘I feel like I brought that onto myself because I tweeted,’ referencing the post in which she told her followers: ‘stop throwing dildos on the court… you’re going to hurt one of us.’
‘Dude, that tweet got over 40 million views,’ she continued. ‘I tweeted it like, joking, but also a little bit serious.
‘We were playing against LA, I was at the free throw line, the girl shot and then I felt something hit my foot and I thought someone had kicked me or whatever. I looked down and it was a dildo and it scared me, I jumped up and everyone was like, “why are you freaking out?” My mind just wasn’t expecting that.
WNBA superstar Sophie Cunningham has opened up on the moment she was hit by a dildo
Cunningham was seen visibly flinching after the erotic item was thrown onto the court
Previously, another spectator threw a sex toy onto the court at the Dream-Valkyries game
‘The game stopped, my train of thought just went… I just got hit by a dildo! It was like a bounce-hit, it scared the s**t out of me. At least it didn’t hit me in the face or anything.’
To conclude, she insisted: ‘We don’t [support it]. We have to [move on].’
The controversy now appears to have dried up, with over a week now having passed since one was thrown.
Multiple fans were arrested for their parts in the prank, and security had to be increased throughout the league, with bags even banned from being allowed into arenas.
