‘Putin’s Pawn’: WNBA's Brittney Griner on recognizing Putin's plans to use her | CABLE EXCLUSIVE

WNBA star Brittney Griner describes feeling like “Putin’s Pawn” while in a Russian prison, as described in her new book “Coming Home.” Griner shares her story in Part 1 of Joy Reid’s cable exclusive interview on The ReidOut on MSNBC.
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#BrittneyGriner #Putin #Russia

[@marckenleyfertil378]

Her parent’s support during this time was important. I am glad that she had that support.

[@DcK-os4rj]

Not me,

[@marckenleyfertil378]

@@DcK-os4rj Thank God she was not looking for yours and hopefully your children come see you at the nursing home in your old age

[@maximusolivia9982]

What is she a child or something? Come on now, that is a grown man.

[@oppressedspeakeroftruth6558]

Wow. Very deep voice

[@JTScott1988]

Whats that matter

[@ElectraRay21]

Cause it's a dude.

[@calvinduke4810]

That's a huge b.....

[@elisabyler3421]

I feel sad for all the mean, rude, negative comments. What has happened to the state of humanity?

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

The internet is not meant for you if you’re sensitive.

[@user-xr8dq6ly7g]

Don't let the negative rotten people steal your joy. They're miserable and pitiful. I'm happy BG made it home ❤

[@jamberry8026]

@@DisaffectedLiberal Good for you cowards who can hide behind a keyboard though, huh? 🙄🤔

[@greeneyedlady5580]

​@@user-xr8dq6ly7g Amen! I'd just about given up hope for her safe return. I'm still so sad about what Putin did to Alexei Nevalney. .

[@SM-eq6uk]

@@DisaffectedLiberalI thank GOD I have respect for all mankind. I couldn’t imagine being a bitter and mean spirited person who lives to judge everyone else. What a miserable way to live. BG is a phenomenal person who seems to have a big heart. I’m so happy she’s back home safe with her family where she belongs. I wish her all the best in life.🙏🏼

[@mrit409proofnotfeelings7]

OMG I was traumatized by the world famous dope smoking CELEBRITY Brittney Grimmer's time in Russia

[@MrManny-ed6hs]

Putins pawn. 😂😂😂.

[@michaelblosser2455]

What a wonderful loving letter from BG's dad!!!

[@oedivci]

Wow that a beautiful dimple Brittany has on her left cheek. It's so cute. Never noticed it before when she had the locs.

[@DcK-os4rj]

Your gross bro haha

[@blaiseutube]

It's a shame that our players don't get paid enough to stay in their country.

[@Klako-ls6yt]

If the people who go online and say "it's a shame that WNBA players don't get paid more" actually watched the WNBA, they'd get paid enough to stay here.

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

They get paid more than they’re worth.

[@pattykelly6621]

@@DisaffectedLiberal Did you get your privates slammed in a door or something? Or are just mad because you're home alone because no one will talk to you anymore.

[@ykcirnhoj2225]

Buy tickets

[@L0L0227]

IGNORAMUS!!!!! How about you and the ones like you buy tickets or at the very least watch the games 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@mariamdjama2698]

6’9 super deep voice. I say BG is a dude…😂😂😂

[@marmac7619]

I sniffed this out the picosecond i saw the news that BG had been detained! I knew putin had targeted her as a political Pawn! I honestly feared he was going to threaten & possibly actually have her killed, if he didn't get some major concessions from us regarding his war on Ukraine?! I am just so thrilled that she is back home with ALL of us & even had a chance to play for Phoenix again last Season!! Welcome Home BG!

[@oppressedspeakeroftruth6558]

Griner looks like side show Bob

[@JTScott1988]

No she doesnt she looks beautiful

[@NC-qc7wd]

She is gorgeous, I am so happy she is safe.

[@babadook-qr6pv]

Disgusting

[@oppressedspeakeroftruth6558]

🤢🤮

[@angelinam533]

I agree! She's very gorgeous!

[@babadook-qr6pv]

@@angelinam533 🤢🤮

[@ElectraRay21]

He's not even a pretty boy

[@michaeldmusiccanada]

Free gold sneakers?

[@LGrey-fd5gb]

Those sneakers are reserved for Trump’s poorly educated supporters.

[@lala64032]

OMG Her Voice is A Dude Fa Real

[@wdotgreatest]

She’s sounded like that in hs, in case you were wondering

[@meeeka]

Her voice is so deep!!! If you say it was like that in HS, she must have been tormented as a kid.

[@gucci1969]

Wow I commend her I swear I just don't understand how she know that she had that in her luggage. JFK AND LGA AIRPORTS ARE NO JOKE. I DON'T EVEN PACK HAIR GEL OR DEODORANT AND LOTION. IN MY LUGGAGE.

[@babadook-qr6pv]

No she's been taking testosterone. Don't be gullible 😂

[@mamaj7104]

​@@gucci1969Only humans make mistakes like that.

[@wdotgreatest]

@@meeeka she’s a 6’8 female, so clearly she has some type of hormonal imbalance

[@colinmcdonald2499]

BG is right to say " It is her fault" I am not piling on here. I am speaking as someone who lives as an expat. My life where I live, as I live it would be over, if i packed some cannabis products, legal in my home state, and came back to where I reside. I wouldn't become a political pawn ( that part is not BG's fault) but my family here would be greatly affected by my careless, hypotetical, mistake. Be careful packing bags for international travel, especially if you live and work where you are traveling to. BG is right to tell people to be mindful of that stuff.

[@beewa8840]

So, her parents are tall. I'd like to see her siblings.

[@Bluecollarjoe6B9]

I commend the progressive Russian jailers for affirming her gender.

[@Rontonito]

Sheeee...? Its a dude!

[@donnaanderson2846]

I lost sleep, multiple nights thinking about her. I’m so relieved to hear of her state of mind, during the whole ordeal. She was thinking realistically, and knew to preserve her energy, for the long haul! The “taking personal responsibility”, practice, can also serve bring a level of peace, and calm, because it centers self, as the one empowered. There’s NO “shame” that she brought on her family. That ALL belongs to Putin!

[@marshallkirkpatrickjr2039]

Glad she home 🙏

[@Nitrousedstang]

She still can't dunk!

[@user-xy1gb2ju8v]

GOD BLESS, SO GLAD YOU'RE HOME!!!❤

[@lizcampbell3400]

That was great 👍 👌 😊 joy🎉🎉

[@thrismartinez394]

Its like watching dumb dumber the movies

[@richyp64]

Thank you Joy for interviewing this brave American. President Biden should really benefit from Brittney's campaign endorsement. Vote blue to save our democracy. 💙💙

[@davidsonofyisrael]

Have you been living under a rock since 2021? TRUMP 2024.

[@mamaj7104]

​@davidsonofyisrael You obviously have because you're talking like your brain has been deprived of air for just that long.

[@mbords01]

Utter love and respect , Britney & Joy.

[@kittiesshortie5011]

Please explain exactly HOW voting blue will “ save democracy “? It’s just a hollow, silly phrase.

[@jacquelineperry8515]

She was good enough to help Russian women learn the game then you jail her that’s crazy not like they didn’t know her played there for years

[@robertbirch5676]

Play on the team you belong on

[@Nadezhda1932]

Give me a break , she loves playing the poor victim !

[@JTScott1988]

I hope it never becomes you

[@shellymilligan2953]

She should still be there

[@sonyadubois6823]

BUT.....she's not!

[@extraterrestrialfascisti7625]

She looks like lippy the lion

[@mr.m4853]

This dude looks like Sideshow Bob lol

[@jimbecarroll5780]

sounds like something that you been looking at in the mirror for too long, dikweed

[@JTScott1988]

She. Shes a woman.

[@CreaticityIsLife]

Mad respect for you, BG. You are a strong and kind human being, and your family is for real, they clearly love and support you. I hope you can one day let go of the shame and pain of this situation because it is so much larger and more complicated than just you. I imagine writing this book and talking openly about your experiences are important aspects of healing and reclaiming your story. Sending a lot of love your way

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

She brought this on herself. I am a big time pothead & would NEVER go to Russia as long as Putin is alive let alone bring THC cartridges there.

[@user-xr8dq6ly7g]

True comment. But, she was earning income in her off season playing basketball and made a horrible mistake. I'm grateful she made it out of there, you should be too. Ps, most pot smokers aren't so f-g harsh dude 😂

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

@@user-xr8dq6ly7g Most users don't have a CannotUnderstandNormalThinking attitude like you either.

[@Nothingbutlovehere369]

She takes responsibility for it. Did you listen? Accountability. It was Joy who suggested it was not her fault. BG takes accountability. Props.

[@jimbecarroll5780]

go somewhere and sit down, unless tyou feel so helpless that yo have tot lash out at the victim

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

@@Nothingbutlovehere369 If she didn't she would have really looked stupider than she already does for doing what she did, which was idiotic

[@Silencedfixer]

What an absolute fool

[@SpecialAgent666]

You may have more been an American Pawn than Putin ♟️

[@IvoryTower777]

Not her fault either way

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

@@IvoryTower777 it’s not her fault she brought illegal substances into that country?

[@imaloserdude7227]

So glad GB came home!

[@wandalopez814]

❤❤❤❤

[@Reyne-fb7mj]

Sorry but it is her fault. When you travel to a country like Russia, you have to use your brain. She is very lucky to be released and I wish her all the best. Sorry she was imprisoned. The movie "Midnight Express" scared my generation of travelers. Brittney's experience will serve as a warning for her generation of travelers.

[@jennifermackinnon6982]

LOL. you're right Midnight Express did do a job on us. I will never forget seeing that movie in the late 70s. I traveled a lot as a backpacker and I wouldn't even breathe the word "marijuana". It stayed with me to this day and even in countries where weed is kinda acceptable I never even speak of it. I never thought of it in this way till your post. Lol. The power of a movie. We need some more movies like that today.

[@7Little701]

When you travel to a country like Russia? What if she tried to bring that into Israel, Japan, Mexico you know almost anywhere besides here Germany and Amsterdam?

[@user-xr8dq6ly7g]

Midnight express still haunts me! Amazing movie and true story

[@pattykelly6621]

@@jennifermackinnon6982 Oh yeah, cause no one of our generation was ever arrested in a foreign country after that. As for it being her fault, she certainly thinks so. So are you just here to kick dirt at her?

[@jennifermackinnon6982]

​@pattykelly6621 What??? Show me where I said anything negative about Brittney Griner. I don't blame her in any way. She didn't do anything wrong, she didn't even know the cartridges were in her bag. Be careful in making assumptions!! Cuz you were dead wrong about that one.

[@gwendolynhinson4496]

The letters broke me down 😢

[@reason6835]

😭”Leave Brittney alone!” 😭

[@hag7097]

Was Brittney Griner born a male child? I didn't expect her voice to be as loud as mine was at 18. Wow this is really spooky

[@user-xr8dq6ly7g]

No. She's just different. Can you handle that?

[@user-xr8dq6ly7g]

Biden is going to win again 🎉🎉🎉

[@nadiastar6264]

No. She likely has a genetic disorder or is intersex.

[@hag7097]

@@user-xr8dq6ly7g No I can't. I asked a question and that's not an answer deary.

[@beewa8840]

Her voice is not loud.

[@letsgorandall9848]

Joy, I love your hair. You look like Trump with a tan.

[@mamaj7104]

I love her hair also, but trump could NEVER compete with her tanned brain. underneath.

[@sandradee1049]

Sorry, don't have time to waste watching entitled people justify their stupidity. Thank heavens for Lawrence O'Donnell who calls out true heroines of this world. .

[@mamaj7104]

Yeah, for Lawrence, boo for you.

[@JTScott1988]

Blackness is a major threat huh?

[@sandradee1049]

@@JTScott1988 Certainly not. Definitely Black Lives Matter. Never worshipped nor emulated the Rich, Powerful or Famous. I live my values Gandhi style. Here are his Seven Sins for your contemplation. • Wealth without work. • Pleasure without conscience. • Knowledge without character. • Commerce without morality. • Science without humanity. • Religion without sacrifice. • Politics without principle.

[@randysavage4900]

Nobody cares Joy

[@technicschic]

You obviously do, since you're commenting, but please, cry harder.

[@technicschic]

You obviously do, commenting on here. Go tell your Boss Putin his troll bot farms don't work here.

[@MrDucenukEM]

@@technicschic You sound dumb

[@greeneyedlady5580]

I care.

[@mile_high_topher]

You cared enough to click on the video, Champ. If you really didn't care, you would've scrolled past.

[@bartjargengarblbargeler1980]

Who is this guy?

[@andrewstevenson118]

Putin. You MUST have heard of him.

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

@@andrewstevenson118I always heard Putin was short.

[@Sandman-001]

You're mother.

[@mile_high_topher]

It says female on her birth certificate, Champ. Oh, we don't care about that now, do we?

[@mamaj7104]

​@DissaffectedLiberal We heard you had good sense & a heart too, but I guess you're not the only one that can make a mistake, eh?

[@winstonsmith6607]

She knew an invasion was imminent but went anyway. And she's now admitting the weed wasn't planted by the Russians. In homage to Norm Macdonald.. this Brittney fella sounds like a real jerk

[@technicschic]

? She plays in the off-season in Russia all the time, because they don't pay women equally in basketball. She never claimed it was planted, she didn't realize she had it, and ultimately owned up to it. Go tell your boss Putin that his Russian troll-bot farms don't work.

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

@@technicschicPutin was her boss in the off season. And they pay the wnba players more than they’re worth. They are subsidized by the nba.

[@Sandman-001]

Wow, you're embarrassingly uninformed.

[@technicschic]

@@Sandman-001 In what way am I uninformed, Putin troll? Please, enlighten everyone.

[@user-xr8dq6ly7g]

​@@technicschicgaslighting isn't working here. Homophobic mentality is obvious. Study to know the roots. Thank you

[@sayulitalyfe5299]

That eunuch should go play basketball for taza 😂😂😂😂

[@MrDucenukEM]

They should have kept her

[@user-xr8dq6ly7g]

Please follow trump when he flees the country to avoid incarceration. He'll probably live in exile in Moscow. Get your passport 😂

[@mamaj7104]

​@user-xr8dq6ly7g I don't even care where trump flees to when he's getting ready to be incarcerated. I just don't want him living in my head anymore, rent-free. I need the space for something else.

[@JTScott1988]

Because shes black???