Kelsey Plum has fessed up to making a bad joke when she took a swipe at Caitlin Clark and the rest of her All-Star team last month.

WNBA players made a huge statement before the contest, wearing T-shirts bearing the words “Pay us what you owe us.”

Plum spoke to reporters after the game and would suggest that the members of Clark’s team were not involved in the decision, although they wore the shirts too, claiming that “zero members of Team Clark were very present” at the meeting in which it was decided.

Speaking on the ‘Bird’s Eye View’ podcast with Sue Bird, she explained that she was trying to rib Team Clark for getting wasted the night before, but it spiralled into something else.

“Oh, I made a bad joke. I made a really bad joke,” she said. “Tough one.”

“I should have… because of the shirts, because of the fans, I should have known it was a way more serious moment than a typical All-Star Game,” she added.

“Because I went into that press conference very happy-go-lucky, we won. Had a great weekend, my family’s here, it was just a great time.”

Kelsey Plum Says Everyone Was On The Same Page

Kelsey Plum and Caitlin Clark fan (Photo via Twitter)
Kelsey Plum did make it clear that everyone was on the same page in terms of the protest, though that hardly stopped Caitlin Clark from clapping back at her with a witty zinger shortly after.

“We all wore the shirts, we’re all unified. And I think if anything, I was just more discouraged because I felt like it took away from the moment of what we were trying to do,” she said.

Plum, Clark, and the rest of the WNBA could soon receive better terms as the players’ union opted out of their collective bargaining agreement and is negotiating a new one, with the current one set to end on October 31.