Ryan Clark reveals his wife Yonka has ‘taken a lot of hate’ after public spat with Robert Griffin III

Ryan Clark regrets how a recent social media feud with former teammate and colleaugue Robert Griffin III has impacted his family. In particular, the way that his wife, Yonka, has been treated has caused him to reflect on what he would have done differently.

The feud began when Clark called out Griffin for his take on Caitlin Clark committing a flagrant foul on Angel Reese during a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky. Griffin had stated after the fact that he believes Reese “hates” Clark based on her reaction to the foul, which resulted in her getting a technical herself.

Clark followed up with a personal attack on Griffin, saying to “add him to the list of black men who’ve adopted the corny trend of denigrating black women to affirm their choices.” He seemed to be hinting at the fact that Griffin is married to a white woman.

Griffin did not take kindly to this and issued his own response calling Clark “cowardly.” The two continued to go back and forth before they realized it was getting out of hand. Clark later apologized to both Griffin and his wife, Grete, before also addressing Yonka and his children.

“By speaking about RG’s wife, it’s not brought my family into the equation,” Clark said on The Pivot Podcast. “It’s brought Bianca into the equation. Brought my children, Jordan, Loghan, Jaden, into the equation. I certainly didn’t want them to have to be sort of the casualties of my Twitter or my media wars. Bianca in particular has taken a lot of hear. Has taken a lot of hate. All she’s ever done is give her life to her family. All she’s ever done is make sure all of our kids had the best home life, the most present mother, the best provider, the best support system that they possibily could.

“Then after that and taking care of that family for decades of her life, she’s now moved on to getting a degree, getting her master’s, starting a PhD program and now working to counsel and take care of others. She does not deserve the hate that she got because of me. To her, to my children, I am sorry. I have to start to think about how my words impact, who they impact and the effect of the fallout on you guys.”

Clark and Griffin played together during the 2014 NFL season in Washington. They also worked together at ESPN before Griffin was let go by the network. Regardless, it appears Clark is ready to put the feud behind him and move on while acknowledging what he could have done differently.