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Newly-retired soccer star Megan Rapinoe claimed Christians “missed the whole joke” when she said God wasn’t real following a devastating injury in her final match.

In November, Rapinoe played in the National Women’s Soccer League final. Just a few minutes into the match, however, Rapinoe suffered a sudden non-contact injury. After the match, she correctly predicted that it was an Achilles tear.

In an effort to keep the mood light despite the circumstances, Rapinoe joked that it was proof there isn’t a God because of how “fucked up” it was that she was injured in the last match of her career.

Naturally, it ruffled a lot of feathers.

“Somebody needs to check on the Christians. They’re not OK,” Rapinoe joked on Tuesday’s episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out. “They also missed the whole joke. I’m like, ‘You guys missed it?’

“Don’t act like you’re surprised by me making this joke about what happened or finding a dig. I’m like, ‘Yeah, I wanna find a funny dig.’ I don’t know. Who’s it at? God? Myself? Religion? The world? I don’t know. I’m like, ‘It’s just funny.'”

Rapinoe also had strong words for her critics who cheered for her injury.

“Of course it’s sad, but

it’s also life,” Rapinoe said. “We want these perfect stories. And I’m like a controversial figure and having people low-key celebrate it, but then also be so disingenuous about it that that part is kind of funny, too. I’m like, ‘Wow, you guys are in a special place in Hell that you’re celebrating this.'”

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