Angel Reese and Flau’Jae Johnson won a national championship together with LSU just two years ago, but Johnson said, “We’re not friends,” on Monday’s “Breakfast Club.”

As LSU looked to defend its championship in the 2023-24 season, drama stirred when the then-teammates’ moms feuded.

Reese’s mom, Angel Webb Reese, wrote on X: “Folks pls do not send me long text msgs with a bunch of grammatical errors it gives me a headache.”

Two LSU Lady Tigers basketball players celebrating a victory.
Flau’Jae Johnson (l) and Angel Reese (r) won a national championship together at LSU in 2023.USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con
Johnson’s mother, Kia Brooks, responded by taking a dig, saying, “You definitely know about grammar errors when your daughter got a 2.0 or less GPA.”

The relationship between two of the Tigers’ top players then seemed to falter further.

Screenshot of two women at the 2025 Awards, with text overlay reading "We're Not Friends."
Johnson (l) during her recent interview.@Prime_Reports/X

Flau'Jae Johnson #4 of the LSU Lady Tigers during a basketball game.
Flau’Jae Johnson is returning to LSU next season.Getty Images
“It was a lot of media, it was a lot of locker room stuff, you know what I’m saying?” Johnson said Monday. “Stuff that [goes] on behind the scenes. But it happens. It happens.”

In September 2024, both sides addressed their fading friendship — but there was no bitterness.

“I still support Flau’jae — we aren’t as close as we used to be,” Reese said. “There are no hard feelings or anything. I wish her the best always, and I’m always going to support her.”

Johnson echoed the same sentiments, doubling down that the two aren’t as close anymore but saying, “I still support her 1000 percent. I was proud of her, just being in the [WNBA] and breaking records.”

The pair were often called “besties” in their time at LSU, but fast forward to 2025, and Reese currently stars for the Chicago Sky while Johnson is entering her fourth season at LSU.

Whether it was the beef between their mothers, or something else beneath the surface, it won’t discard from the fact that they accomplished the ultimate feat in their time together at LSU.

Angel Reese, Chicago Sky forward #5, on the court.
Angel Reese has started all 42 of her career games with the Chicago Sky.Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images
“That bond that we had, that thing that we did together, winning a national championship, you can never take that away from us,” Johnson said after her comment revealing that the two are no longer friends. “Sometimes stuff happens. You wish it don’t happen, but it do. And you just gotta grow.

“I support her in everything she do. Like, she’s killing in the WNBA,” Johnson continued. “I’m just proud of her.”