Brittney Griner is a "hostage," her wife says in first interview since star WNBA player was sentenced to 9 years in Russia

I'm like, 'In no world did I ever thought, you know, our president and a foreign nation president would be sitting down having to discuss the freedom of my wife.' And so to me, as much as everybody's telling me a different definition of what B.G.

Sometimes they never get the person back," said Cherelle.

But for Cherelle Griner the fear of never seeing her wife again is setting in. 

"I mean, this is my life and so I'm sitting there like, 'Do we get her back

Do I ever get to see my wife again?' Like, what happens here

Like, I feel like every day I'm hearing something new, and so it's just kind of like, it's terrifying," Cherelle said.