RG3, wife respond with cozy photo after Ryan Clark feud escalates with interracial marriage comment
Robert Griffin III's wife shared a loved-up photo of the couple Tuesday on Instagram — after she was thrown into the middle of the ex-NFL quarterback's feud with Ryan Clark, his former teammate and one-time ESPN colleague, earlier this week.
In a photo posted on her Instagram Stories, Grete can be seen puckering up to the camera with heart animations around her face as she sat next to Griffin, her husband of seven years.
She captioned the post with a heart hands emoji and Griffin's Instagram handle.
7 Grete Griffin cozied up to husband Robert Griffin III in a new Instagram post.
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7 Robert Griffin III and Ryan Clark, his former NFL teammate and ESPN colleague, engaged in a heated back-and-forth on social media this past week.
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Griffin, 35, and his marriage to Grete, with whom he shares three daughters, was referenced Monday by Clark, who had been responding to the Fox Sports personality's take on the Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark rivalry, with the discussion taking a severe turn off the court.
In the Fever's season-opening win Saturday against the Sky, Clark was called for a fragrant foul on Reese, with the Chicago star trying to confront her Indiana rival in the aftermath.
Griffin assessed the situation in a post shared on X that same day and said Reese cannot 'continue the lie that she doesn't dislike Caitlin Clark.'
7 The exchange stemmed from Caitlin Clark's foul on Angel Reese in a Fever-Sky game on May 17, 2025.
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7 Robert Griffin III offered his take on the Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry following the game.
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'I know what hatred looks like. Angel Reese HATES Caitlin Clark. Not some basketball rivalry hate either. Hate,' he wrote.
Griffin then expanded on the matter on his 'Outta Pocket' podcast, with video of the episode featuring Grete in the background.
In a post shared Monday on X, Clark, 45, said Griffin 'plays into the narrative that Reese is the villain of Clark's hero origin story,' including race and the former quarterback's personal life in his counterpoint.
7 Robert Griffin III with his wife, Grete.
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'The one thing we know about RG3 is he's not having conversations at his home about what black women have to endure in this country, about what young, black women and athletes like Angel Reese have had to deal with being on the opposite side of Caitlin Clark's rise and ascension into stardom,' Clark said on 'The Pivot' podcast.
'… If you're RG3, when's the last time within your household you've had a conversation about what she's dealing with? You haven't been able to do that because in both of your marriages, you've been married to white women. You haven't had opportunities to have those conversations to educate you on what they're feeling, what black women deal with, what they're seeing when they think of a young Angel Reese.'
Grete and Griffin's first wife, Rebecca, are both white.
As Clark's video gained traction online, Griffin fired back at his former Washington teammate for crossing a line.
'Ryan Clark didn't like my take on Angel Reese hating Caitlin Clark. That's fine. Disagreement is part of the game. But instead of debating my point, he personally attacked me and my family,' Griffin said Monday evening on X.
7 Ryan Clark spoke about Robert Griffin III and his personal life on 'The Pivot' podcast.
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'… Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is cowardly, spineless, and weak. Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is a bad look for ESPN and for him as a man.'
Clark hit back at Griffin, whom he played alongside in Washington for one season in 2014, stating Monday, 'I didn't attack your wife. I spoke on what you do on social media and Tv. Like I said. I met your wife and she seemed like a lovely lady that was worth more than the color of her skin! You be good bruh.'
'In no way tripping on any of it. Know exactly who I am, what I said, why I said it, & who I said it for! I can live with everything else,' he wrote in a separate X post.
7 Robert Griffin III hit back at Ryan Clark on X earlier this week.
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Social media posts from Clark and Griffin continue to receive heightened attention following the public spat, including a since-deleted TikTok that featured Griffin and Grete with the caption, 'When someone has something to say to my non-confrontational husband,' per the Daily Mail.
The Clark-Reese rivalry dates back to their college days, with the WNBA stars clashing in the 2023 national championship game, when Reese and the LSU Tigers topped Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes, 102-85.
The Sky hosts the Fever on June 7.
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