Shaq: Jill Biden Inviting Iowa Women’s Team to the White House Was About Race

(Via Mediaite)

Shaquille O’Neal criticized First Lady Jill Biden‘s for inviting the Iowa women’s basketball team to the White House after they lost the NCAA national championship to LSU.

O’Neal broke down the controversy on the Wednesday edition of The Big Podcast with co-hosts Nischelle Turner and Spice Adams.

The first lady received stark backlash from many including LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese for inviting the losing team to join them at the White House. (An invitation which was never officially extended by the White House, and later walked back.) Traditionally, only winning teams are invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Reese made more headlines after she rejected Biden’s apology.