Caitlin Clark lands huge Netflix gig as her fame continues to skyrocket after rookie WNBA season
Caitlin Clark has become the latest superstar to be interviewed by David Letterman for his Netflix series ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’.
The WNBA star sat down with the iconic talk show host for an in-depth interview following her remarkable rise over recent years.
Barack Obama, George Clooney, Will Smith, Kevin Durant, Billie Eilish, Robert Downey Jr, Kanye West and Lewis Hamilton are among the A-Listers to have appeared on the show.
Clark has become one of the most recognizable figures in sports over recent years as a result of her extraordinary performances for the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Fever.
Clark was the biggest star in college basketball before being selected first overall in the 2024 WNBA draft.
Letterman chats with his guests for around 50 minutes and Netflix put out a short teaser of the interview on social media on Monday.
Caitlin Clark will become the latest superstar to be interviewed by David Letterman on Netflix
The Indiana Fever star has grown to become one of the biggest names in sports
They discussed Clark’s competitive drive and how it manifested itself on Halloween – and the day she learned to ride a bike.
When asked who taught her to dribble, Clark explained: Honestly, I probably taught myself. But I always wanted to be like my older brother and I learned to ride my bike at maybe three years old without training wheels.
‘Maybe four years old (but) only because my older brother learned that day. I was like: “Mom, Dad, take mine off. I’m learning” And I did, so…’
The WNBA star said her competitiveness can be both a blessing and a course. Letterman then pressed her to explain how it can be a bad thing.
‘When I’m just playing a casual card game with my family and my friends. And then everybody hates me. And I’m like: “Oh great, I ruined Christmas”… I won’t do that this year though,’ she joked.
‘I loved Halloween – when we trick-or-treated in Des Moines growing up, I would be so sweaty under my costume because I was in a dead sprint from house to house.
‘I had to have the most candy. That’s how I operated and my dad would completely lose me in the neighborhood.
‘I would show back up at home and my mom would be giving out candy. And my mom would get p****d at my dad: “Why did you lose our daughter? Why is she running through the neighborhood by herself?'”
‘But it was because I was just trying to beat everybody.’
