Brittney Griner speaks out to defend her 'itty bitty' breasts in Instagram images

Publish date: 2024-05-17

WNBA star Brittney Griner is stripping down on social media, sharing a message with her followers that celebrates body-confidence and loving what you've got.

The 25-year-old Phoenix Mercury center took to Instagram yesterday to share not one but two revealing photos, one flaunting a public nip slip and the other flaunting, well everything.

'I love myself and I love my body!' she wrote, using the hashtag #tittytuesday. 

Wardrobe malfunction! Brittney Griner shared this revealing shot on Instagram yesterday

Wardrobe malfunction! Brittney Griner shared this revealing shot on Instagram yesterday

Baring some skin: Though she said the snap showed her enjoying time with a teammate, she also added the hastags #tittytuesday and #freethenipplemovement

Baring some skin: Though she said the snap showed her enjoying time with a teammate, she also added the hastags #tittytuesday and #freethenipplemovement

Flashback! Afterward, she shared this flashback image from the ESPN's 2015 Body Issue and opened up about past body insecuries

Flashback! Afterward, she shared this flashback image from the ESPN's 2015 Body Issue and opened up about past body insecuries

Brittney made headlines last year with her 28-day marriage to fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson, whom she left pregnant after the two had sought out IVF treatments.

The athletic duo popped up in the news for a host of unhappy reasons, from a domestic dispute that ended up with both of their arrests to a custody battle for the twins Glory delivered prematurely in October.

On her Instagram account, though, Brittney seems carefree — and happy to show off the goods.

In the first shot she shared yesterday, she is seen posing with her arm around a teammate, her tattooed left arm on display.Also on display is a hint of her nipple, which pokes through the side of her ripped-up T-shirt. 

'Last year with the teammate! You know what day it is as well! #tittytuesday #freethenipplemovement #freethenip' she wrote, still eluding Instagram's nipple censors 21 hours later. 

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Share Falling in love: Brittney (right) made headlines last year for her romance with fellow basketball player Glory Johnson (left)

Falling in love: Brittney (right) made headlines last year for her romance with fellow basketball player Glory Johnson (left)

Red flag: Weeks before getting married, the two were arrested after a domestic dispute and made to share the same jail cell Red flag: Weeks before getting married, the two were arrested after a domestic dispute and made to share the same jail cell

Red flag: Weeks before getting married, the two were arrested after a domestic dispute

That's a quickie: They still went through with the wedding but split 28 days later

That's a quickie: They still went through with the wedding but split 28 days later

In the news: The two met while playing for the WNBA and had a whirlwind, high-profile romance

In the news: The two met while playing for the WNBA and had a whirlwind, high-profile romance

Within an hour, she'd shared a second, even more revealing shot: a picture that first appeared in ESPN's 2015 body issue.

In the shot, Brittney is situated inside a square cut out of a white wall, wearing not a stitch of clothing. Her left arm and leg are stretched out, highlighting her lean figure and muscles — and also strategically covering up her intimate areas. 

Her left arm is draped across her chest, and she grips a black basketball in her hand. 

'So I [used] to get ask and still get ask SO WHY DON'T YOU HAVE TITTIES?' she wrote, setting up a strange joke in the caption. 'Me: Well I was sick one day and I sneezed and them big old things fell off and I lost them! TRUE STORY!'

Then, though, the basketball player gets serious. 

'I [used] to say that to turn it into a joke so I could laugh and not get hurt by someone making fun of me! But now! I still say it because I really do think it's funny and I work so hard to get to the point where I am now mentally where nothing hurts me!  

Single mom: Glory and Brittney had visited a doctor for IVF treatments, but after Glory learned she was pregnant, she and Brittney ended their relationship Single mom: Glory and Brittney had visited a doctor for IVF treatments, but after Glory learned she was pregnant, she and Brittney ended their relationship

Single mom: Glory and Brittney had visited a doctor for IVF treatments, but after Glory learned she was pregnant, she and Brittney ended their relationship

Lovely little ones: Glory gave birth to twin daughters prematurely in October and has been sharing pictures of them online

Lovely little ones: Glory gave birth to twin daughters prematurely in October and has been sharing pictures of them online

Raising them on her own: She named the twins Solei Diem and Ava Simone

Raising them on her own: She named the twins Solei Diem and Ava Simone

'I love being naked and I don't care people seeing this bird chest of mine and making fun of it! Go head! I love myself and I love my body! So in saying this........ Ayyyeeee u know what day it is #tittytuesdayy #birdchestgang #loveyou #ittybittytittycommittee [sic],' she concluded.

It may have taken Brittney a long time to make peace with her body, but she certainly felt confident when she first stripped down for the shoot and shared the results online last year.

'Finally I can embrace who I am and how I look and love every part of my body! Love being different! Love who you are!' she wrote at the time.

Meanwhile, her ex Glory has been updating her Instagram followers on her life as a single parent, posting pictures of some of her favorite baby gadgets, snaps of matching onesies for daughters Ava Simone and Solei Diem, and even some adorable videos of the babies themselves.

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