Indiana Fever player Enes Kanter Freedom says he receives and responds to a private text exchange after his ejection from a WNBA game on August 23. He says guard Sophie Cunningham reached out by text asking, “What happened?” and he replied that he opened his arms, indicating he was there to protect his friends.
Both outlets describe the exchange as private and shared without screenshots or the full message history. Times of India adds that Freedom provides only limited detail about what was said beyond Cunningham’s initial question, leaving the rest of the conversation undisclosed. The New York Post frames the same account as part of Freedom’s broader support for Cunningham, reporting that he discussed the details on Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show.”
While the outlets differ in emphasis—one highlighting the specific question and response, the other focusing on the fact that Freedom discussed it publicly—both attribute the same core details: the timing of the ejection and Cunningham’s follow-up text message asking for clarification.
