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'Fox & Friends' host Will Cain calls out US Open runner-up Aryna Sabalenka over 'equal pay' remark

This comes after Aryna Sabalenka made a huge statement on the gender pay gap between men and women athletes in the tennis world

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Fox & Friends' host Will Cain came forward to question Aryna Sabalenka after she made a huge statement on the gender pay gap between men and women athletes in the tennis world.

Sabalenka, who has been ranked as high as world No 2 in singles and world No 1 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association called for equal pay for female tennis players during an interview at the ongoing US Open. 

However, the Fox News host, Cain, who did not seem convinced by Sabalenka's reasoning called out the Tennis pro claiming, "She's in the entertainment business."

Aryna Sabalenka claims women deserve to be paid same as men

Sabalenka brought up the differences in pay according to gender in sports at a US Open press meet.

“I think women deserve to be paid the same as men because we sacrifice a lot," the Belarusian player said, "We are working really hard. It’s not like we’re doing nothing and they pay us the same money. We deserve to be paid the same."

"The level is probably different," Sabalenka went on to add, "Men are stronger, anyway they're going to be better than us. But we are still putting a lot of work in. I think we deserve to be paid the same.”

Will Cain calls sports an 'entertainment market'

The Fox host Cain did not hold back as he questioned the logic behind Sabalenka's statements.

On September 10, Cain took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and asked, "Honest question, how does anyone think this is logical?" 

He further wrote, "“Sacrifice” and “hard work” determine compensation? How is that to be quantified? Who measures? Is there a czar of “effort”?"

Cain then added that sports basically lie in the entertainment industry and so, it follows the same rules of revenue, allowing only the more popular players to earn more. 

"Sacrifice, hard work, and effort are necessary (for most) but insufficient ingredients in success," Cain wrote.

Further adding, "She is in the entertainment business. Not as many customers are entertained by her hard work than for example Novak Djokovic. And the hard work of male models not as valued as female models. That’s a market."