“I had big b***s, a big b**t” -Serena Williams opens up on emotional turmoil due to media criticism about her physique
“I had big b***s, a big b**t” -Serena Williams opens up on emotional turmoil due to media criticism about her physique
Serena Williams laid bare the emotional scars from decades of vicious media scrutiny over her muscular physique, telling Glamour she was relentlessly mocked for having “big boobs, a big butt, and being too strong” while white players were praised for identical traits.
“They called me manly, a gorilla, everything to tear me down,” the 23-time Grand Slam legend revealed, admitting the constant body-shaming triggered eating disorders and self-doubt early in her career. Williams said the racism and sexism fused into a unique cruelty she and sister Venus endured as Black women dominating a white sport.
Now 44 and retired, she channels that pain into protecting the next generation, insisting today’s young Black stars like Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka face far less overt hate thanks to the path
