Megan Rapinoe And Sue Bird’s Split, Former ESPN Announcer Slammed For His Controversial Comment

Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird were one of the much-loved couples in the sports industry, who have been together for almost ten years. The couple met in 2016, and in 2017, they made their relationship public.

In 2020, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe got engaged, and everything was going well until April 2026, when they announced their split. The duo didn’t detail what went wrong between them, but they called it their mutual decision. Amid this, it was Dan Dakich’s comment about their split that drew backlash. With the controversial comment about Megan and Sue’s breakup, Dan Dakich now made it to the headlines, and that too, for all the negative reasons.

Dan Dakich faced backlash for his controversial comment on Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird’s breakup

On April 18, 2026, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird took to their social media handles and announced their split, without revealing the reason and rather mentioning that it was not an easy decision but was a mutual one. They also shared that their podcast would also come to an end. As this breakup was a shock to their fans, others were wondering about the reasons which could have led them to part ways.

Meanwhile, Dan Dakich, a former coach and player at Indiana, turned broadcaster for ESPN and now Outkick, posted a controversial tweet about Megan and Sue’s split, which instantly made him a target of backlash. On his tweet, Dan Dakich wrote that he has been saying for years that Sue Bird isn’t a lifetime ‘lesbian’ and got recruited. Such a comment instantly grabbed attention and sparked a controversy around, with backlash and criticism of the narrator. The tweet could be read as:

“Told you for years Sue Bird is not a lifetime lesbian. She got recruited (as so many poor college athletes do) into that life.”

Why did Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird part ways?

No sooner did the tweet make rounds on social media than netizens were left upset with the same. Well, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird haven’t commented on the same yet. To mention, while the exact reason for Sue and Megan’s breakup was not revealed, a source close to the couple revealed to the Daily Mail the alleged things that went wrong between the duo. The sources claimed that earlier, when Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe didn’t retire, their respective careers and schedules kept them apart, and it was, in a way, helping them. 

As per the source, with their retirement, they had a whole lot of time with each other, and eventually things started to crack, so much so that they reportedly stopped making good memories. Sue and Megan allegedly revealed the issues between them and struggles to their close ones, after small things would turn out to be a major fight. As per the source, Megan and Sue didn’t want the issues to harm the beautiful past they shared, and thus, they decided to end things. They also revealed that their podcast would come to an end with their split. 

What do you think about Dan Dakich’s controversial comment about Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird’s breakup?

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