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Iggy Azalea Fires Back at Raiders Reporter for Trashing Her Halftime Show at the Allegiant Stadium; Reporter Responds

Published 10/26/2022, 8:00 PM EDT

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The Las Vegas Raiders hosted the Houston Texans this Sunday. The Week 7 game also witnessed a half time performance from pop star Iggy Azalea. But the performer was not without a fair share of critics. A Raiders reporter was not very pleased with the ambience of the stadium during the halftime show. He shared his displeasure with the evening. However, the Pop Star did not let the remark go unanswered.

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Tashan Reed is a reporter for the Raiders beat. While he was covering their game on Sunday, the reporter tweeted about his experience during the halftime show. He tweeted that the attempts of the stadium to make a barbecue match with Iggy’s performance were making him depressed. The tweet caught the attention of the performer herself. Iggy Azalea caught on to the tweet and did not bow out.

She decided to fire back at the reporters’ remark in her own way. Replying to Tashan, she tweeted, “If you think you’re depressed now, I’ll spare you the tears you’d cry knowing what my paycheck was to come and jiggle a lil a**.” While the others in the stadium went crazy for the performance put up by her, these two had their own match up. But it seems like he took the reply in good spirits, as he responded with a gif to put an end to the exchange.

Iggy Azalea vs the reporter: Round 2?

After the reporter replied with a gif, what was even more commendable was that the pop star herself defused the situation. Further replying to his gif, Azalea used a cute dog gif to apologize to the reporter. Thus putting the whole saga to rest. This turned out to be a wholesome exchange with a twist ending.

On the rather animated and heated platform of Twitter, it is hard to see people apologize to each other these days. Whereas these two had a whole arc of a fight and even reconciled.

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Raiders vs Texans

The Raiders’ fans were pleased with the performance in what has been a tough season so far. They witnessed a win for their team as well. The Raiders defeated the Texans with a score of 38-20. This was only their 2nd win in 6 games that they have played so far. They definitely put up a show for the fans.

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Derek Carr completed 77% of his 27 pass attempts, which is a season high for the player. He threw for 241 yards and 1 touchdown. While new addition to the receiving corps, Davante Adams caught for 95 yards on 8 receptions. Averaging 11.9 yards per reception. However, the star for the night was Josh Jacobs, their running back. He rushed for 143 yards in 20 carries averaging 7.2 yards per carry. Further scoring 3 touchdowns as well. The fans would hope that the team could take the win in their stride. Hence making a strong play-off run till the end of the season.

Watch this story: Davante Adams chose to move to the Las Vegas Raiders even though he was being offered more money by the Packers.

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Avinash Singh is an NFL author for EssentiallySports. He has honors in Economics from Amity University, Noida. His favorite player is Tom Brady, as he credits the GOAT and his story for making him a fan of the sport.
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