Transgender comedian faces backlash for mocking Payton McNabb's brain injury caused by male volleyball player

Former high school athlete Payton McNabb joins 'America's Newsroom' after attending President Donald Trump's address as his guest to discuss his vow to keep transgender athletes out of women's sports.

Transgender comedian Stacy Cay incited backlash on social media Friday after making a joke about former high school volleyball player Payton McNabb's brain injury. 

Cay has responded to the backlash in a statement to Fox News Digital. 

"Looks like the woke left is trying to cancel another comedian," Cay said. 

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Cay's joke made light of the fact McNabb suffered a concussion, brain bleed and permanent whiplash after being spiked in the head by a biological male trans athlete during a North Carolina high school match in 2022. Cay called footage of the incident "pretty funny." 

"They don't ever want to show the clip of what happened because it's pretty funny actually," Cay said. 

"She gets hit right in the head and then falls over like a toddler. And I'm like ‘Oh, she was really like this before.’ I don't know if there's a nice way to say this, but she should have been waring a helmet. She shouldn't have been out there with the normal people."

Payton McNabb, left, claps as second lady Usha Vance watches during President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington March 4, 2025.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McNabb provided a statement to Fox News Digital in response to Cay's comments. 

"A grown man mocking a teenage girl’s traumatic brain injury isn’t comedy — it’s cruelty. My story isn’t a punchline. It’s a warning about what happens when adults ignore reality and girls pay the price. I suffer from something that changed my life forever.