Piers Morgan is catching heat for calling tennis champion
Naomi Osaka a âspoiled bratâ over her decision to withdraw from the French Open on Sunday.Â
Earlier we reported that Osaka was fined $15,000 for NOT speaking to the press after her match at the French Open on Sunday. She later quit the tournament and cited her mental health as the reason for the move.Â
âMs Osaka is also an arrogant spoiled brat whose fame and fortune appears to have inflated her ego to gigantic proportions,â Morgan wrote in his May 31 column for the Daily Mail. âWhatâs not meaningless is her frankly contemptible attempt to avoid legitimate media scrutiny by weaponizing mental health to justify her boycott.â
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World No. 2 Naomi Osaka of Japan on Monday withdrew from the French Open over her stand to not to speak to the media due to her mental health.
Naomi, 23, defeated Romania s Patricia Maria Tig on Sunday, but did not turn up to face media. This prompted the organisers to fine her $15,000 and be warned that she faced expulsion from Grand Slam tournaments if she continued to do so.
On Monday, Naomi posted a statement on Twitter, saying that she had suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 and that it was better to exercise self-care and skip the press conferences because she gets huge waves of anxiety before .
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Coco Gauff remained the ultimate professional and negotiated what was an awkward and inappropriate question with grace. The shocking question from the reporter has left many fans convinced about the validity of Naomi Osaka s controversial decision to avoid press conferences during the French Open. You are often compared to the Williams sisters. Maybe it s because you re Black. But I guess it s because you re talented and maybe American too, the reporter started, as per Yahoo Sport.
The reporter continued the question with: We could have a final between you and Serena. Is it something you hope for? I mean, 22 years separate you girls.
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