Nick Wright calls out ‘objectively f*cking horrifying’ sex toy stunts at WNBA games

Nick Wright isn’t laughing.

While some in sports media have treated the recent string of sex toys being thrown onto WNBA courts as a viral sideshow, Wright made it clear on his What’s Wright? with Nick Wright podcast on Thursday that there’s nothing clever— or harmless —about it.

“I just want to say something to the dumbest people in the world: stop throwing sh*t on the court at WNBA games,” he said. “And I’m not a prude, but this is objectively f*cking horrifying.”

“I just want to say something to the dumbest people in the world… stop throwing sh*t on the court at WNBA games. This is objectively f**king horrifying”@getnickwright has no tolerance for what is happening at WNBA games pic.twitter.com/3T2RwEwoc2

— What’s Wright? with Nick Wright (@WhatsWrightShow) August 8, 2025

Wright’s comments came the same day as Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve publicly criticized the flippant coverage the league has received after multiple incidents of dildos being thrown onto the court. Later that night, the Atlanta Dream–Chicago Sky game was briefly delayed when yet another dildo landed on the floor.

The incident marked the sixth known interruption tied to this stunt. Two people have been arrested, including a man in Phoenix who attempted — but failed — to get the sex toy onto the floor during Wednesday’s Mercury game.

According to USA Today, the movement traces back to a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts who launched a meme coin called Green Dildo Coin in protest of the “toxic” nature of the crypto space. But whatever the intent, the execution has boiled down to throwing sex toys at female athletes.

“If you really just peel back a quarter of a layer, why you’re throwing that at those women in that league, it’s just, it’s the type of sh*t that would get eyes rolled by high school juniors,” Wright continued. “And now it’s happened three times.”

“I’m not going to overstate the danger of it,” Wright added. “I don’t think you could do real injury, but it would certainly hurt getting hit. But, more importantly, as one of my favorite sayings goes, ‘We live in a society.’ Can we all just recognize a certain level of human, adult decency and not do sh*t like this?”

Wright isn’t buying the excuse that this is just some dumb prank pulled by clueless 18-year-olds. The fact that these incidents keep happening — and target a league defined by its gender and sexual orientation diversity — makes the stunt all the more repugnant in his eyes.

“I’d feel less strongly about this if there were 18-year-olds doing this across sports, just watching Mets-Phillies and down the third base line, this pops up,” he said. “We’re watching Pacers-Knicks, and it’s like, ‘Stop the game.’ I know once upon a time it happened in Buffalo… But it just feels targeted. And throwing sex toys on the court in that league, with that gender and sexual orientation demographics of the league, I just find to be extra objectionable.”