Ex-NBA player tells Laura Ingraham why WNBA can't ban him: 'I identify as a woman'

Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom joined Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night to set the record straight following his chaotic courtside ejection from Sunday's Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky matchup.

Freedom was escorted out of Wintrust Arena late in the third quarter after Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud unleashed an explicit, profanity-laced tirade against him after simply celebrating a 3-pointer by Fever guard Sophie Cunningham .

Freedom, who sat baseline wearing a shirt defining "woman" as an "adult human female," explained to Ingraham that he attended purely out of love for basketball and to back Cunningham, an athlete who has faced relentless backlash for defending female sports.

ENES KANTER FREEDOM MET WITH HOSTILE WNBA FANS EN ROUTE TO FEVER-SKY MATCHUP But after Freedom put his hands up following a made bucket, Cloud immediately confronted him with personal insults, mocking and screaming that Cunningham was "not going to sleep" with him.

"I actually loved the game and enjoyed the game," Freedom told Ingraham.

"This is my passion... first half I watched the game; it was an amazing time.

They put Sophie Cunningham in.

I remember around the last three-minute mark she shot the ball and I put my hand in the air to celebrate it.

Then Natasha Cloud saw that.

Literally the next possession, (Cloud) came back and yelled at me, '(Sophie Cunningham) is not going to sleep with you.'" Freedom admitted the outburst left him stunned.

PAYTON MCNABB: THE BACKLASH AGAINST SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM PROVES THE GOALPOSTS HAVE MOVED "I'm just confused at that point," Freedom said.

"I'm here to protect women and support Sophie Cunningham." ICloud escalated the baseline confrontation with a slew of F-bombs in front of a section filled with young children, Kanter noted.

"The next possession, (Cloud) started to yell and cuss at me," Freedom said.

"I was like, there are so many kids in those stands.