In the docuseries In The Arena: Serena Williams, the legendary American revealed some incredible anecdotes, some related to her professional life, others to her private life, such as the death of her sister Yetunde
Published July 26, 2024 16:00
by Lorenzo Ciotti
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Serena Williams shocks: “They call me big fat cow”
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In The Arena: Serena Williams docuseries offered fans many backstories about the legendary American tennis player, who wrote the history of world of sport (I have said it many times and I always want to emphasize it: Serena is the greatest athlete of all time).
In one of the most significant passages, the legendary American talked about how difficult was her career and and how many prejudices she had to face. She said she was a black woman with a figure but to many she was just a big fat cow, comments that reached her in 2007.
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“They were used to seeing women who didn’t have a figure, and I was a black woman with a figure, and that doesn’t make you bad, or it doesn’t make you good. It just makes you a girl with a butt and a small waist. The consensus was that I was a big fat cow,” she explained.
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Serena also opened up about the death of her sister Yetunde, explaining how the hardest part was explaining everything to the kids.
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“Going to Australia, I was in a really bad place emotionally. I was dealing with a lot of things and I wasn’t dealing with them well. I just remember being in Australia and playing and playing and trying not to think about Yetunde, but you can’t not think about her because she’s always on your mind. I think the hardest part was telling the kids. I just remember that one time we stayed in an apartment and played a game of one. We’ve become so close over the last six months. We’ve been able to spend so much time together, and it’s been a time I’ll never forget,” revealed Serena.
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Recently, in an interview with ET, Serena explained that she’s always lived in the spotlight and is only now trying to figure out who she really is, away from the court.
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“I was so intense on the court, I wanted to be perfect all the time, which is obviously not possible. If I could go back, I would tell myself to take a deep breath and relax more. I think that would have helped me a lot. The journey has been incredible, but I was so young when I started playing tennis and became a professional. I don’t know if that changed me or shaped me as a person. Now I’m trying to figure out who I really am away from the cameras. I’ve been in the spotlight 24/7 for 27 years. It’s different now, but it’s time to understand how all of that has affected me. Most people only see the Grand Slam wins, the finals, but they don’t think about the training and everything behind it. All that intensity that I always put on the court is now directed at my daughters,” she said.
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