Getty Angel Reese attends The 2024 Met Gala on May 6.
Angel Reese celebrated herself through an Instagram Story on Mother’s Day.
“HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ME CAUSE YES IM A MOTHERRRRRRR😭💗 @TIAGOKING5,” Reese wrote, linking to a September 2023 photo of her dog.
In other words, the “Chi Barbie” is a dog mother. She initially introduced her dog, Tiago, to the world on September 6, 2023. A post at the time included videos of Reese getting the dog from the Lovelace Kennel Club. The dog, a teacup Yorkie per the New York Post, was wearing a Reese jersey.
“so happy to be home with my new mommy & daddy! 😇 My name is Tiago. Follow me to keep up with my luxury lavish life! 💙” a post on Tiago’s Instagram account said. The account only has 11 posts, the most recent from February 2024.
Tiago’s “daddy” was Reese’s now-former boyfriend, Florida State basketball player Cam’Ron Fletcher.
“Cam’Ron is my boyfriend,” she said on the “1 Star Recruits” podcast in June 2023. “We both play the same sport so we understand each other’s schedule. I think that also helps with it too.”
Reese has since revealed that she and Fletcher have broken up.
“Yeah, I’m single,” she said during an Instagram Live Q&A video in March 2024, per TMZ. “I don’t got no man. Don’t attach me to no man. That’s all I’mma say. That’s it.”
The former LSU star then added, “I do what’s best for me, that’s it. I’m the catch! Let’s not get it twisted.”
Reese Rocked the 2024 Met Gala
The Chicago Sky‘s No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft left her May 6 practice early in order to attend the 2024 Met Gala.
Angel Reese at THE Met Gala.
Now that is IMPACT.
During the Sky’s May 8 media day, Reese revealed some of the celebrities she spent time with at the event.
“I was just talking, I was at the Met Gala,” she said. “Usher gonna try to come up to a game in Vegas. And Cardi B. I know some people that y’all might not think I know. But I know.”
The Sky forward needed permission from her head coach Teresa Weatherspoon to attend the event.
Weatherspoon explained why she let Reese and fellow rookie Kamilla Cardoso leave in an interview with the Chicago Tribune’s Julia Poe.
“There were things that were in place for them that we thought were very important for them to be part of,” Weatherspoon said. “That’s something they earned and that’s never something we’d ever take away.”
The Chicago Sky Are Certified Dog Lovers
The Athletic detailed in 2019 relationships that Chicago Sky players had with their dogs.
“It’s so underestimated,” former Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot said. “You walk in, they don’t care if you win or lose. They don’t care if you’ve made shots, or turned the ball over, they are just happy to see you. It’s the love. It’s the relationship.”
Recently retired WNBA legend Candace Parker said of her dog, “It’s so fulfilling. The whole reason I wanted a small dog was so I could take it overseas with me. Just to come home, when you’re feeling down and out, to have a companion, it’s great.”