PHOENIX -- As her voice cracked, Cherelle Griner, the wife of Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, told the crowd assembled inside the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon for the "Bring BG Home Rally" that she is beyond feeling hurt by the WNBA star's detainment.
"I assure you that what and how I feel is no longer hurt by the impact of this tragedy," Cherelle said hours after speaking with President Joe Biden about her wife's detainment, which has lasted 139 days. "What and how I feel today is a deeper emotion than hurt.