Fact check: Angel Reese went live on social media to address claims made by Jalen Duren.
Verdict: false — Trust Score 0/100
The claims in this post reported by Sportskeeda and TotalProSports, which confirmed the video is a miscontextualized clip of Reese discussing her hair. There is no record of Jalen Duren making these allegations, and Reese has explicitly denied ever dating him, calling the viral rumors 'AI' and 'dumb'.

- Platform
- Source author
- funkbeeezly — see all fact-checks of this account
- Original post
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZDBjAqMI3q/
- Verified on
- June 2, 2026
- Verification ID
- hm2gozBbA75uybmYpz9QOg
Original content reviewed
Platform: INSTAGRAM Author: @funkbeeezly --- Caption/Description --- SMH IDC WHAT SHE SAY OR HOW SHE TRY TO SPIN IT.... 80 BODIES AT 23 IS INSANE GANG 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ #Gangster #ThatsCrazy #FYP #Viral #ExplorePage --- Audio Transcript (What was said) --- [Background Music - Not Narration] Mm-hmm. This is out-of-pocket gang. This is out-of-pocket gang They say angel Reese went live and was very emotional after her ex-boyfriend Jalen Duran exposed stuff having over 80 bodies at 23 years old He's just mad. I had him spending 600k a week on me I literally went to LSU 80 bodies is nothing some of my teammates got over 300 What? Hold on hold on gang So you trying to tell me 80 bodies is nothing because of the school you went to him because your teammates got over 300 Nah, gang, that's out-of-pocket. And I know after a certain age we get it We get grown and we got to stop asking the question Well, I'm buddies you own buddies you got but this is out-of-pocket game cuz if you got 80 bodies I do want to know that I do want to know if you got anywhere over 30. I want to know that I'm sorry gangers and you're only 23 the aging is not adding up. It's not adding up 23 What and you got 80, but the math ain't math and you have to be really active gang, especially if you tomorrow I literally went to LSU. So that means Oh Majority of them 80 came from came from the college days No injuries. I ain't gonna lie gang your boyfriend deserved to leave you trying to spin it talking about you just mad I had to spin the 600k week. No, he's not mad at that game He's not max if he's mad at that he would be mad the first time you tried to do it the first time he did it He spent it or whatever. He was trying to do it. He got mad and curved it off the rip, but he did it He spent that backing but after why he was sitting there thinking like 600k. She got 80 things in the graveyard I'm sorry gang. I
Claims analyzed (5)
- false: Angel Reese went live on social media to address claims made by Jalen Duren.
While Reese did go live, she was discussing her hair and morning routine. She did not address any claims from Jalen Duren during that specific session; the text was added by third-party accounts. - false: Jalen Duren exposed Angel Reese for having over 80 sexual partners at age 23.
There is no public record, interview, or social media post from Jalen Duren making such a claim. The allegation originated from a known engagement-bait account called 'Obsrvate'. - false: Angel Reese claimed Jalen Duren spent $600,000 per week on her.
This is a fabricated quote. Furthermore, $600,000 a week totals over $31 million a year, which exceeds Jalen Duren's projected NBA salary for the 2025-26 season. - false: Angel Reese stated that some of her LSU teammates have over 300 sexual partners.
There is no evidence or recording of Reese making this statement. It is part of the fabricated text overlay used in the viral hoax. - false: Jalen Duren is the ex-boyfriend of Angel Reese.
Angel Reese explicitly denied dating Jalen Duren, stating 'that boy was NEVER my boyfriend' in response to the viral rumors. While they were rumored to be together in 2024, she has consistently refuted the relationship.
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