Flau’jae Johnson Reveals Why She and Angel Reese Aren’t Friends Anymore originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
For two seasons, Angel Reese and Flau’jae Johnson were close friends and teammates.
The Chicago Sky forward and current LSU star guard helped lead the Tigers to their first-ever national championship back in 2023, but in the two years since, they’ve seemingly drifted apart.
“I still support Flau’jae; we aren’t as close as we used to be,” Reese said on her “Unapologetically Angel” podcast last year. “There’s no hard feelings or anything. It happens.
“You don’t have the best relationships with everybody, and don’t always continue relationships with people. So I wish her the best always, I’m always going to support her. There’s no love lost but we aren’t as close as we used to be.”
Though they no longer speak, Reese made it known there’s no bad blood between the two. However, Johnson seemingly painted a different picture.
During a recent appearance on “The Breakfast Club” podcast, Johnson made it seem like the two actually had a falling out during Reese’s final season at LSU.
“We’re not friends, but I mean that bond that we had, that thing that we did together, winning a national championship, you can never take that away from us,” Johnson stated. “And so sometimes stuff happens, you wish it don’t happen but it do. And you just got to grow.
“… Yeah, it was a lot of media, it was a lot of locker room stuff. You know what I’m saying? Stuff that go on behind the scenes. But it happens, it happens… Sometimes stuff happens. You wish it don’t happen, but it do.”
While it’s not known exactly what went down between the two, their mothers did feud publicly back in 2023 over social media.
Reese’s mother seemingly fired the first shot, taking a jab at Johnson’s mother, who responded by insulting Reese and mocking her alleged 2.0 GPA at the time — something she carried with her and jabbed at after graduating last year.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 12, 2025, where it first appeared.