‘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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  • @marckenleyfertil378
    @marckenleyfertil378Ай бұрын

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

  • @DcK-os4rj

    @DcK-os4rj

    25 күн бұрын

    Not me,

  • @marckenleyfertil378

    @marckenleyfertil378

    23 күн бұрын

    @@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

    @maximusolivia9982

    22 күн бұрын

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

  • @oppressedspeakeroftruth6558
    @oppressedspeakeroftruth6558Ай бұрын

    Wow. Very deep voice

  • @JTScott1988

    @JTScott1988

    Ай бұрын

    Whats that matter

  • @ElectraRay21

    @ElectraRay21

    5 күн бұрын

    Cause it's a dude.

  • @michaelblosser2455
    @michaelblosser2455Ай бұрын

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

  • @calvinduke4810
    @calvinduke4810Ай бұрын

    That's a huge b.....

  • @elisabyler3421
    @elisabyler3421Ай бұрын

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

  • @DisaffectedLiberal

    @DisaffectedLiberal

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @jamberry8026

    @jamberry8026

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @greeneyedlady5580

    @greeneyedlady5580

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@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

    @SM-eq6uk

    Ай бұрын

    @@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.🙏🏼

  • @blaiseutube
    @blaiseutubeАй бұрын

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

  • @Klako-ls6yt

    @Klako-ls6yt

    Ай бұрын

    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

    @DisaffectedLiberal

    Ай бұрын

    They get paid more than they’re worth.

  • @pattykelly6621

    @pattykelly6621

    Ай бұрын

    @@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

    @ykcirnhoj2225

    Ай бұрын

    Buy tickets

  • @L0L0227

    @L0L0227

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mrit409proofnotfeelings7
    @mrit409proofnotfeelings7Ай бұрын

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

  • @marmac7619
    @marmac7619Ай бұрын

    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!

  • @MrManny-ed6hs
    @MrManny-ed6hsАй бұрын

    Putins pawn. 😂😂😂.

  • @oedivci
    @oedivciАй бұрын

    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

    @DcK-os4rj

    25 күн бұрын

    Your gross bro haha

  • @colinmcdonald2499
    @colinmcdonald2499Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @NC-qc7wd
    @NC-qc7wdАй бұрын

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

  • @babadook-qr6pv

    @babadook-qr6pv

    Ай бұрын

    Disgusting

  • @oppressedspeakeroftruth6558

    @oppressedspeakeroftruth6558

    Ай бұрын

    🤢🤮

  • @angelinam533

    @angelinam533

    Ай бұрын

    I agree! She's very gorgeous!

  • @babadook-qr6pv

    @babadook-qr6pv

    Ай бұрын

    @@angelinam533 🤢🤮

  • @ElectraRay21

    @ElectraRay21

    5 күн бұрын

    He's not even a pretty boy

  • @wdotgreatest
    @wdotgreatestАй бұрын

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

  • @meeeka

    @meeeka

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @gucci1969

    @gucci1969

    Ай бұрын

    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

    @babadook-qr6pv

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mamaj7104

    @mamaj7104

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@gucci1969Only humans make mistakes like that.

  • @wdotgreatest

    @wdotgreatest

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @michaeldmusiccanada
    @michaeldmusiccanadaАй бұрын

    Free gold sneakers?

  • @LGrey-fd5gb

    @LGrey-fd5gb

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @oppressedspeakeroftruth6558
    @oppressedspeakeroftruth6558Ай бұрын

    Griner looks like side show Bob

  • @JTScott1988

    @JTScott1988

    Ай бұрын

    No she doesnt she looks beautiful

  • @mariamdjama2698
    @mariamdjama2698Ай бұрын

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

  • @marshallkirkpatrickjr2039
    @marshallkirkpatrickjr2039Ай бұрын

    Glad she home 🙏

  • @Bluecollarjoe6B9
    @Bluecollarjoe6B9Ай бұрын

    I commend the progressive Russian jailers for affirming her gender.

  • @robertbirch5676
    @robertbirch5676Ай бұрын

    Play on the team you belong on

  • @donnaanderson2846
    @donnaanderson2846Ай бұрын

    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!

  • @richyp64
    @richyp64Ай бұрын

    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

    @davidsonofyisrael

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mamaj7104

    @mamaj7104

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mbords01

    @mbords01

    Ай бұрын

    Utter love and respect , Britney & Joy.

  • @kittiesshortie5011

    @kittiesshortie5011

    5 күн бұрын

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

  • @thrismartinez394
    @thrismartinez39416 күн бұрын

    Its like watching dumb dumber the movies

  • @lizcampbell3400
    @lizcampbell3400Ай бұрын

    That was great 👍 👌 😊 joy🎉🎉

  • @beewa8840
    @beewa8840Ай бұрын

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

  • @CreaticityIsLife
    @CreaticityIsLifeАй бұрын

    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

  • @user-xy1gb2ju8v
    @user-xy1gb2ju8vАй бұрын

    GOD BLESS, SO GLAD YOU'RE HOME!!!❤

  • @jacquelineperry8515
    @jacquelineperry8515Ай бұрын

    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

  • @shellymilligan2953
    @shellymilligan2953Ай бұрын

    She should still be there

  • @sonyadubois6823

    @sonyadubois6823

    Ай бұрын

    BUT.....she's not!

  • @Nadezhda1932
    @Nadezhda1932Ай бұрын

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

  • @JTScott1988

    @JTScott1988

    Ай бұрын

    I hope it never becomes you

  • @Nitrousedstang
    @NitrousedstangАй бұрын

    She still can't dunk!

  • @Rontonito
    @RontonitoАй бұрын

    Sheeee...? Its a dude!

  • @Silencedfixer
    @SilencedfixerАй бұрын

    What an absolute fool

  • @gwendolynhinson4496
    @gwendolynhinson4496Ай бұрын

    The letters broke me down 😢

  • @imaloserdude7227
    @imaloserdude7227Ай бұрын

    So glad GB came home!

  • @lala64032
    @lala6403220 күн бұрын

    OMG Her Voice is A Dude Fa Real

  • @SpecialAgent666
    @SpecialAgent666Ай бұрын

    You may have more been an American Pawn than Putin ♟️

  • @IvoryTower777

    @IvoryTower777

    Ай бұрын

    Not her fault either way

  • @DisaffectedLiberal

    @DisaffectedLiberal

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mr.m4853
    @mr.m4853Ай бұрын

    This dude looks like Sideshow Bob lol

  • @jimbecarroll5780

    @jimbecarroll5780

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @JTScott1988

    @JTScott1988

    Ай бұрын

    She. Shes a woman.

  • @extraterrestrialfascisti7625
    @extraterrestrialfascisti7625Ай бұрын

    She looks like lippy the lion

  • @SLAYERSWINE1
    @SLAYERSWINE1Ай бұрын

    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

    @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    Ай бұрын

    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

    @SLAYERSWINE1

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @Nothingbutlovehere369

    @Nothingbutlovehere369

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @jimbecarroll5780

    @jimbecarroll5780

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @SLAYERSWINE1

    @SLAYERSWINE1

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @reason6835
    @reason6835Ай бұрын

    😭”Leave Brittney alone!” 😭

  • @wandalopez814
    @wandalopez814Ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @Reyne-fb7mj
    @Reyne-fb7mjАй бұрын

    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

    @jennifermackinnon6982

    Ай бұрын

    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

    @7Little701

    Ай бұрын

    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

    @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    Ай бұрын

    Midnight express still haunts me! Amazing movie and true story

  • @pattykelly6621

    @pattykelly6621

    Ай бұрын

    @@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

    @jennifermackinnon6982

    Ай бұрын

    ​@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.

  • @hag7097
    @hag7097Ай бұрын

    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

    @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    Ай бұрын

    Biden is going to win again 🎉🎉🎉

  • @nadiastar6264

    @nadiastar6264

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @hag7097

    @hag7097

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @beewa8840

    @beewa8840

    Ай бұрын

    Her voice is not loud.

  • @sandradee1049
    @sandradee1049Ай бұрын

    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

    @mamaj7104

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah, for Lawrence, boo for you.

  • @JTScott1988

    @JTScott1988

    Ай бұрын

    Blackness is a major threat huh?

  • @sandradee1049

    @sandradee1049

    Ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @letsgorandall9848
    @letsgorandall9848Ай бұрын

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

  • @mamaj7104

    @mamaj7104

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @bartjargengarblbargeler1980
    @bartjargengarblbargeler1980Ай бұрын

    Who is this guy?

  • @andrewstevenson118

    @andrewstevenson118

    Ай бұрын

    Putin. You MUST have heard of him.

  • @DisaffectedLiberal

    @DisaffectedLiberal

    Ай бұрын

    @@andrewstevenson118I always heard Putin was short.

  • @Sandman-001

    @Sandman-001

    Ай бұрын

    You're mother.

  • @mile_high_topher

    @mile_high_topher

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mamaj7104

    @mamaj7104

    Ай бұрын

    ​@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?

  • @randysavage4900
    @randysavage4900Ай бұрын

    Nobody cares Joy

  • @technicschic

    @technicschic

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @technicschic

    @technicschic

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @MrDucenukEM

    @MrDucenukEM

    Ай бұрын

    @@technicschic You sound dumb

  • @greeneyedlady5580

    @greeneyedlady5580

    Ай бұрын

    I care.

  • @mile_high_topher

    @mile_high_topher

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @winstonsmith6607
    @winstonsmith6607Ай бұрын

    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

    @technicschic

    Ай бұрын

    ? 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

    @DisaffectedLiberal

    Ай бұрын

    @@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

    @Sandman-001

    Ай бұрын

    Wow, you're embarrassingly uninformed.

  • @technicschic

    @technicschic

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @sayulitalyfe5299
    @sayulitalyfe5299Ай бұрын

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

  • @MrDucenukEM
    @MrDucenukEMАй бұрын

    They should have kept her

  • @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    @user-xr8dq6ly7g

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mamaj7104

    @mamaj7104

    Ай бұрын

    ​@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

    @JTScott1988

    Ай бұрын

    Because shes black???

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