If you’re sick of reading about neon green dildos and the idiots who throw them, this may not be the article for you.
But if the bafflingly dumb trend of interrupting WNBA games by throwing dildos on the court has somehow kept you riveted in recent weeks, then keep reading for a cursory look at the toy-tossing incidents and related fuckeries, which have thus far spurred genuine safety concerns from officials and led to multiple arrests.
Dildo lands on court during Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries game
On July 29, a neon green dildo was plopped onto the court during a Valkyries and Dream game. Amid the initial confusion, a camera operator opted to zoom in on the dildo during the broadcast. Though not the first time a dildo has been hurled into a high-profile game of one sort or another, this is where the current WNBA dildotroversy begins.
Another dildo lands on court during Golden State Valkyries and Chicago Sky game
Indeed, not long after the inciting Dream and Valkyries dildo-tossing, another Valkyries game was briefly interrupted in the same fashion.
Yet another dildo lands on court during Indiana Fever and Los Angeles Sparks game
Instead of an official getting the dildo off the court when tossed into an Indiana Fever and Los Angeles Sparks game this week, Sparks player Kelsey Plum stepped in to give it a kick.
Has anyone been arrested on dildo-related charges?
We already told you this, but yes. The WNBA previously announced that the person who threw a dildo into the Dream and Valkyries game in late July had been arrested. More recently, an 18-year-old Suns and Mercury game attendee was arrested in connection with a dildo-tossing incident that ultimately failed to see the toy in question make it to the court. Instead, the dildo allegedly struck a man and his nine-year-old niece.
How have WNBA players and league officials responded?
“Stop throwing dildos on the court,” Sophie Cunningham wrote in an X update. “You’re going to hurt one of us.”
The Indiana Fever player later elaborated on her intentions behind this post on the Show Me Something podcast, noting that she was initially being “more joking than serious” when sharing it. Still, the issue points to a potentially negative impact on the league’s image and underscores related issues, as has been pointed out elsewhere as the dildo-tossing incidents continue to generate coverage.
“Everyone’s trying to make sure the W[NBA] is not a joke and it’s taken seriously, and then that happens,” Cunningham said. “I’m like, how are we ever going to get taken seriously?”
Sky player Elizabeth Williams, meanwhile, has called the trend “super disrespectful.” She also urged those responsible to “grow up.”
An WNBA spokesperson underscored the league’s commitment to “the safety and well-being” of athletes and fans alike, adding that objects tossed on the court “pose a safety risk” for all involved.
“In line with WNBA Arena Security Standards, any fan who intentionally throws an object onto the court will be immediately ejected and face a minimum one-year ban in addition to being subject to arrest and prosecution by local authorities,” the rep said.
Those in the sex toy industry have also spoken out against the dildo trend, with the owners of Twisted Fantasies and Naughty Fox both providing comments of condemnation to TMZ this week.