Rex the Clown

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What a stupid take. He rose to fame in 1986 playing ball for KY. There was no internet. There was no social media. So he does it now just like you're doing it now. People don't read your stuff cause you're nobody. Who cares what he says? Its opinions.

You think rex is famous enough in 2022 to be a cnn contributor and have a massive social media following because he played for UK in 1986? And you call my take stupid?

Rex was my favorite player but hardly anyone now knows he even played basketball let alone was a great player.
 

Bluefaithful

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You think rex is famous enough in 2022 to be a cnn contributor and have a massive social media following because he played for UK in 1986? And you call my take stupid?

Rex was my favorite player but hardly anyone now knows he even played basketball let alone was a great player.
Are you kidding me? There are 100,000's fans of Kentucky that know. So he was on NCAA pregame show last night because of he works for CNN and has a social media following? Too funny.

His platform for being known is his basketball career
 
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Are you kidding me? There are 100,000's fans of Kentucky that know. So he was on NCAA pregame show last night because of he works for CNN and has a social media following? Too funny.

His platform for being known is his basketball career

I'm not kidding. At all. You might want to look into the subject a bit before you so confidently attack. You'll find that I am correct. Yes we all know him because of that, but the vast majority of his massive social media following do not. In fact periodically he talks about how people are shocked when they find out.

Yes I know it doesn't make sense; hence my initial post.
 

childe

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Has there ever been a former UK player that seems to just despise the program he played for any more than Chapman?
On top of his egotistical and often condescending attitude, he seems all too happy to bite the hand that feeds him. Just dumb.
He was like that before he even came to UK.
 
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Oboro3_rivals101424

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He was like that before he even came to UK.
What gives you any idea that he despises UK in any way? Is it the fact that he actually goes to a lot of UK basketball games and cheers for the team? Is it because he is one of the few ex-players willing to stop and get a picture taken with UK fans when he is out in public? I believe he upsets some because he has spoken the truth in that some of the higher ups at UK were pretty racist and some fans are upset about that.
 

trav55_rivals214556

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You all let politics completely control you and your everyday life. The only reason people talk so much trash about him is because most are the opposite as him politically. He didn’t trash kentucky at all, he lit up when he takes about kentucky and said they’d go to the final 4. It’s a guess. Just because he doesn’t predict kentucky to win it all every time doesn’t mean he hates where he played. He also spoke very highly of coach cal and said calipari had been great to him. So stop with the bull*%<£ and get over it because someone believes differently than you. My god some of you all are exhausting and really need to put things into perspective.
 

Bluefaithful

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I'm not kidding. At all. You might want to look into the subject a bit before you so confidently attack. You'll find that I am correct. Yes we all know him because of that, but the vast majority of his massive social media following do not. In fact periodically he talks about how people are shocked when they find out.

Yes I know it doesn't make sense; hence my initial post.
Haha, so he was on NCAA pregame because of Social Media, you are talking nonsense. Show me those people who doesn't know he played ball, they lived under a rock or very young and not well educated. He just worked at University of Kentucky radio 3 years ago. I'm sorry but you are wrong. He just got a job at CNN.
 

Gromcat_rivals

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What gives you any idea that he despises UK in any way? Is it the fact that he actually goes to a lot of UK basketball games and cheers for the team? Is it because he is one of the few ex-players willing to stop and get a picture taken with UK fans when he is out in public? I believe he upsets some because he has spoken the truth in that some of the higher ups at UK were pretty racist and some fans are upset about that.

If someone would have told me in 1995 I’d be texting back and forth with Rex Chapman one day I wouldn’t have believed that **** for a second.

Why do things have to be this way? Just be a great ambassador for UK and enjoy that you’re connected to such a great program. I don’t know why you do this. It ruins everything.

And what do you mean “one of the few players who will stop and take pictures with fans”. Most UK players I’ve ever known do that.

Quit bringing up 40 year old racism. Nobody really cares what someone though a year removed from the 70’s. The higher ups you speak of weren’t bad people either, it’s just a different time. If you don’t want people labeling you from your worst moments, then stop doing it to them.

Come on Rex turn the tide.
 
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UKrazycat2_rivals

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Poor Rex Chapman looks like a clown on truTV tonight! He picked UCLA to knock out Kentucky, atta boy King Rex!

I've known his uncle Kelly Chapman and family most of my life. Kelly's boys played against Rex in high school. I was there. Polar opposites when it comes personalities. There's never been a finer bunch to crap behind a pair of gum boots than Kelly and family. Rex is mentally impaired.
 
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TheDude73

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He was kind of busy during basketball seasons. I have never hear one thing he said bad about UK. You can either find the evidence of move on to your next false narrative
I wasn't trying to be confrontational. Do you pay attention to people here that post all the time and have been here for years? By that I mean, you must have a short term memory because I'm not one of those "false narrative" people you tend to get yourself wrapped up in arguments with.

I had said I read here over the years that he never or rarely had anything to say about UK. It's from my memory, and I'm not going to dig back in CI or Catspause to find those instances.
 

UKrazycat2_rivals

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Nailed it. :)

 
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JMalone4UK

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I noticed your avatar. Do you do a lot of arrowhead hunting?

Yea it’s Rex. Basically admitted it to me a while back.
I do. No where near as much as I have in the past. There just isn't as much land that gets turned over for crops as there used to be and its hard to get permission from the ones that do. I've tried hunting in creeks around here and found a few. But our creeks are filled with so much limestone that its like looking for a needle in a haystack.
 
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BelfryPride

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I swear we have one of the worst fanbases...

I agree...

Everyone (Even Rex Chapman) is allowed to form their own opinion. Not everyone has to be a UK Homer.

Fans, commentators, former coaches and players, & opinions does not dictate who wins a game. Lighten up!

Last season we missed the tournament and you all were miserable.

This year, we're a #2 Seed in the Tournament, a Favorite to cut down the nets in The Big Easy and the easiest bracket in years....you're miserable again because.....

1. Texas A&M missed the tournament
2. The playing floors in the NCAA Tournament should not be uniform
3. The checkerboards on the UK uniforms are ugly
4. Frank Martin was fired from USC
5. Tennessee got a #3 Seed
6. Rex "The Clown" (2 threads for Rex Chapman btw)

Point is, we play in 2 days and this place is so damn Toxic and depressing right now. It looks as bad, if not worse than the Louisville Basketball Forum.
 

bigsmoothie

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Rex is a microcosm of everything wrong with today's society. A social media "personality" who somehow weirdly rose to fame by stealing other people's content, being an internet bully, and posting all kinds of very biased political misinformation.

His fame is an indictment of social media and society as a whole
You just described the former president
 

bigsmoothie

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I wasn't trying to be confrontational. Do you pay attention to people here that post all the time and have been here for years? By that I mean, you must have a short term memory because I'm not one of those "false narrative" people you tend to get yourself wrapped up in arguments with.

I had said I read here over the years that he never or rarely had anything to say about UK. It's from my memory, and I'm not going to dig back in CI or Catspause to find those instances.
My bad. My apologies
 

MoneyMuntz

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He literally said last night on air he had UK in his final four. What is wrong with you people.
 

al.ksr

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What gives you any idea that he despises UK in any way? Is it the fact that he actually goes to a lot of UK basketball games and cheers for the team? Is it because he is one of the few ex-players willing to stop and get a picture taken with UK fans when he is out in public? I believe he upsets some because he has spoken the truth in that some of the higher ups at UK were pretty racist and some fans are upset about that.
Rex couldn't have said it better than this anonymous Oboro3 guy.
 

kennyskywalker34

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Hope your mom recovers. And people like Rex make it extremely hard for people to get the medicine they need. It’s affected my line of work directly. The state of Tennessee will hardly hand anything out or allow us to. And it’s because of people like Rex who abuse then play woe is me and are seen as a struggling victim. They’re not in all reality, but your mother is.

That’s not to say everyone with addiction issues is terrible. Many obviously don’t even choose it. But the mindset of a true addict is very selfish in many ways. As a MH therapist I honestly wouldn’t say that around many in my profession but we all know it’s true. The victim mindset created in therapy isn’t meant to help others, it’s solely meant to try and give hope to the addict. I think it’s hurts both many times over. There are ways to “play” and not hurt everyone around you. Many choose not to.
Thanks. I am sure Rex had to deal with a lot of pain and needed medication. But there is a reason all meds say use as prescribed.
I am sure the DR who wrote the prescription knew how much Rex needed daily.
I am happy for him and anyone who beat drug addiction. It just makes me mad that people like him get pity and elderly people or anyone of any age for that matter that truly need medicine for pain have to jump through hoops be drug tested time and time again to get medicine. BTW moms insurance is not good and she struggles to pay a high percentage of the cost for the drug tests that she has repeatedly passed. Yet because of abusers and sellers she has to pay dearly for their mistakes.
Not fair.
 
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MoneyMuntz

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Hope your mom recovers. And people like Rex make it extremely hard for people to get the medicine they need. It’s affected my line of work directly. The state of Tennessee will hardly hand anything out or allow us to. And it’s because of people like Rex who abuse then play woe is me and are seen as a struggling victim. They’re not in all reality, but your mother is.

That’s not to say everyone with addiction issues is terrible. Many obviously don’t even choose it. But the mindset of a true addict is very selfish in many ways. As a MH therapist I honestly wouldn’t say that around many in my profession but we all know it’s true. The victim mindset created in therapy isn’t meant to help others, it’s solely meant to try and give hope to the addict. I think it’s hurts both many times over. There are ways to “play” and not hurt everyone around you. Many choose not to.
People start taking meds to mask personal struggles and get by. As someone who has seen the impacts of addiction first hand, I get annoyed when people want to be judgmental toward those with addiction issues. Yes those people end becoming selfish, and maybe steal, or break off personal relationship, etc. but deep down inside they are just a struggling soul trying to survive. No matter who the addict is, they deserve support to break off their addiction and praise when they remain clean.
 

Global Havok

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Some people on this board spend a whole lot of time thinking and talking about people they don't like. If you don't like Rex (or any person with no actual impact on your life) just ignore him. You can thank me for improving your quality of life.
 

CantSee9

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You just described the former president

I think I’ll steal your quote that you’ve used redundantly on here and say it’s pretty clear who is living rent free in your head. But hey, things are going really well now.
 

CantSee9

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The problem people have with Rex is definitely majority politics. But the question is, who started it? It’s amazing to me how many say “ah you just don’t like his politics. Get over it. Etc”. Couldn’t someone say that to Rex about how he felt about 45? After all, he didn’t like 45’s politics, so shouldn’t he just get over it?

But he didn’t. He became outspoken. He used social media to get vocal about his opinion, which he’s 100% entitled to. Just like those that react negatively to him, or have changed how they feel about him, also have the right to do so. So why so offended when that happened? Why so shocked? Rex, you started it. You put it out there, so be ready to put a hard hat on and defend your position. Don’t cry when you get called out, or worse, enlightened by facts.

Those on this thread acting like it’s silly or childish to dislike Rex because of his politics need to apply the same standard to Rex. Is he not childish in his opinion on the other side’s politics? I mean again, he’s the one putting himself out there. Someone barking back at your opinion is the price you pay. More times than not, people like Rex won’t stand in the fire point for point and make their case. They’ve got a cop-out waiting in their pocket (racism, sexism, bigotry, etc).

Those of you saying “oh you just don’t like Rex because of his politics”. You’re damn right we don’t. So what. Deal with it.
 

MoneyMuntz

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The problem people have with Rex is definitely majority politics. But the question is, who started it? It’s amazing to me how many say “ah you just don’t like his politics. Get over it. Etc”. Couldn’t someone say that to Rex about how he felt about 45? After all, he didn’t like 45’s politics, so shouldn’t he just get over it?

But he didn’t. He became outspoken. He used social media to get vocal about his opinion, which he’s 100% entitled to. Just like those that react negatively to him, or have changed how they feel about him, also have the right to do so. So why so offended when that happened? Why so shocked? Rex, you started it. You put it out there, so be ready to put a hard hat on and defend your position. Don’t cry when you get called out, or worse, enlightened by facts.

Those on this thread acting like it’s silly or childish to dislike Rex because of his politics need to apply the same standard to Rex. Is he not childish in his opinion on the other side’s politics? I mean again, he’s the one putting himself out there. Someone barking back at your opinion is the price you pay. More times than not, people like Rex won’t stand in the fire point for point and make their case. They’ve got a cop-out waiting in their pocket (racism, sexism, bigotry, etc).

Those of you saying “oh you just don’t like Rex because of his politics”. You’re damn right we don’t. So what. Deal with it.
I just think it’s immature and pathetic to have personal hatred for someone with a different political ideology. If most people felt like you then half the population would hate each other. I am more optimistic about our society and think (hope) people that hate other people for having different political view is very rare.
 

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We all know that If the cats miss wide open shots like they did against ut, then they will be going home early.
 

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Rex stole from an Apple store. Not good. Richie stole from every tax payer in Kentucky. Even worst. Both paid their debt and the matters should be closed.
Yea I think the difference is that Richie isn’t a constant piece of **** that trashes the university that made him famous.
And he def doesn’t tweet about it
 
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The problem people have with Rex is definitely majority politics. But the question is, who started it? It’s amazing to me how many say “ah you just don’t like his politics. Get over it. Etc”. Couldn’t someone say that to Rex about how he felt about 45? After all, he didn’t like 45’s politics, so shouldn’t he just get over it?

But he didn’t. He became outspoken. He used social media to get vocal about his opinion, which he’s 100% entitled to. Just like those that react negatively to him, or have changed how they feel about him, also have the right to do so. So why so offended when that happened? Why so shocked? Rex, you started it. You put it out there, so be ready to put a hard hat on and defend your position. Don’t cry when you get called out, or worse, enlightened by facts.

Those on this thread acting like it’s silly or childish to dislike Rex because of his politics need to apply the same standard to Rex. Is he not childish in his opinion on the other side’s politics? I mean again, he’s the one putting himself out there. Someone barking back at your opinion is the price you pay. More times than not, people like Rex won’t stand in the fire point for point and make their case. They’ve got a cop-out waiting in their pocket (racism, sexism, bigotry, etc).

Those of you saying “oh you just don’t like Rex because of his politics”. You’re damn right we don’t. So what. Deal with it.
Damn straight. And people forget Rex tweeted out outrageous lies to try to cover for BLM and Breinna Taylor. This goes beyond "just having a different opinion than you" The man is a lying, stealing disgrace to the University and state.
 

Midway Cat

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Given some of the responses in this thread, I want to make it abundantly clear that Rex's politics have absolutely nothing to do with my opinion.

I just think he's an unlikeable, annoying attention *****.
 
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ReloadUK98

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That’s not true. This board does not reflect in any way the UK fan base. It’s a tiny tiny look at how some extreme fans see the program.
I mean, you're not wrong. It just comes with the territory of having such a large fanbase, really. BBN does have some of the best fans in the country but our worst are the worst. I'll die on that hill.
 
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phyrekat

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if Keon is any kin to Keion, I'd say Rex at least got the family correct. I agree that Keion Brooks has to play well for us to have a deep run. Do you disagree you non-spelling sob?
Personal attacks aside, I agree about Keion. I actually mentioned this a few weeks back. As Keion goes, so go the Cats