WNBA Star Brittney Griner is All Smiles With Her Spouse on the Met Gala

Final yr, WNBA participant Brittney Griner spent 10 months in a Russian penal colony after being convicted of possessing vape canisters with hashish oil. She was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February 2022 as Russia started its warfare with Ukraine.

In accordance with TMZ, the 32-year-old newly re-signed Phoenix Mercury participant appeared on the annual Met Gala on Monday night and walked the pink carpet along with her spouse, Cherelle Griner. After being launched from a Russian penal colony 5 months in the past, she talked about she is steering away from touring abroad to play basketball, until it was to play with the U.S. nationwide group.

“I’m by no means going abroad to play once more until it’s to characterize my nation,” Griner mentioned. “The entire cause a whole lot of us go over is the pay hole … to assist our households, to assist ourselves. So I don’t knock any participant that desires to go abroad.”

Whereas attending this yr’s Met Gala, she was seen carrying a customized Calvin Klein swimsuit. Vogue did a quick interview with the couple to see how they really feel now that Brittney is free. Her spouse, Cherelle, spoke of the ordeal of Griner preventing for her freedom only one yr in the past.

“It’s surreal nonetheless,” Cherelle mentioned. “This time final yr, I used to be lacking my spouse. So to have her proper right here, to be on this second — breathtaking.”The world will see extra of Griner on the courtroom in just a few weeks when the WNBA season begins on Sunday, Could 21, in Chicago. Earlier this yr, the Phoenix Mercury introduced that Griner, who missed final season, had signed a one-year cope with the group.Within the final full season she performed, she led the league in effectivity score (26.0), whereas coming in second place within the scoring class by averaging 20.5 factors per recreation. She was No. 1 in blocks with a mean of 1.9 per recreation, second in field-goal share (57.5), and averaged a franchise-record and career-high 9.5 rebounds, which landed her in sixth place in the course of the 2021 season. She additionally had a single-season franchise-record 16 double-doubles, which elevated her franchise report to 57 profession double-doubles.We’re excited to see the WNBA star again in motion on the courtroom, on the pink carpet, and advocating for pay fairness within the league.

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