Serena Williams has heard John McEnroe‘s misogynistic comments about her talents, and she’s letting him know they’re NOT okay!
In case you missed it, the retired tennis pro called the pregnant athlete the best female tennis player, but said she would rank around the 700th spot if she was playing in the men’s circuit…
What a troll move!
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So on Monday, the superstar player took to her Twitter to shut him down! She wrote:
Dear John, I adore and respect you but please please keep me out of your statements that are not factually based.
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) June 26, 2017
I’ve never played anyone ranked “there” nor do I have time. Respect me and my privacy as I’m trying to have a baby. Good day sir
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) June 26, 2017
Amazing!!
Sadly, it didn’t resonate with John as he made an appearance on CBS‘s This Morning on Tuesday to say he’s not sorry for making his comments about Serena!
He started off by telling cohost Norah O’Donnell that “no,” he would not apologize:
“I respect Serena very much so and I was simply calling her on NPR ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ which supposedly this is where you can say it like it is and you’re gonna get honest feedback ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ she’s the greatest player, female player, that’s ever lived.”
But still, he seems clueless to his demeaning statement about Serena’s skills:
“I didn’t know it would create controversy.”
Even after having read Williams’ tweets, he didn’t really get why she might be upset:
“Serena has a way with words. I don’t want anything to go wrong with Serena because she’s pregnant. I don’t want to upset her or whatever it was. I think she was doing it tongue-in-cheek, as well, and I think that, deep down, we’re talking about something I can’t even believe we’re talking about right now.”
Whomp.
In the end, he ranked the athlete fifth in his own personal list of greats, maybe just to appease the hosts…
You can watch his interview (below) if you want to watch him dig this hole deeper:
[Image via Media Punch.]
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