Taylor Townsend is again central to controversy, this time for comments about Chinese cuisine while he competes on the Billie Jean King Cup in Shenzhen. The American Doubles World No. 1 shared her disgust on various local dishes On Instagram, recognized accusations of lack of respect and cultural insensitivity. The recoil has led to many fans remembering her Heated our open argument with Jelena Ostapenko- Where the Latvian hair accused of having “no class” – and some now suggest that Ostapenko may have had a point.
Only two and a half weeks ago Townsend and Ostapenko collided in a tense game in the second round in New York. The dispute then did not apologize after winning a point with the help of a net cord, which Ostapenko called ‘disrespectful’. She went on Saying that Townsend had ‘no class’ and ‘no education’. Although Ostapenko later apologized and clarified that her comments referred to tenniseatic, not to academics, the majority of observers criticized her hard tone and defended Townsend.
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Fast forward to China, and Townsend’s own words have put her in trouble. Photograph Dishes such as sea cucumber, bullfrog and turtle, she expressed disbelief that people actually eat them, her food experience “a solid two out of 10.”
The reaction to social media was fast and ruthless:
- “Taylor Townsend may not be unskilled or Klaseloos, But she’s xenophobic. “
- “A little unskilled comment. Ostapenko had a point, right?”
- “Now her ignorance appears.”
- “Borderline disrespectful.”
- “Learn different culture.”
Some comments have been crossed in Body-Shaming, where fans said cruel: “No way on earth is hungry. Just look at her.”
Townsend turned confronted with the return, returned to Instagram with a video shedding:
Hello everyone, I just wanted to come here and apologize from the bottom of my heart. I understand that I am as privileged as a professional athlete to be able to travel all over the world and experience cultural differences, what is one of the things that I love so much about what I do.
I have had nothing but the most amazing experience and time here at the tournament, and everyone has been so friendly and so graceful. The things I said were not representative of that at all, and I just really wanted to apologize.
There is no excuse, there are no words … I will be better. I am really, really grateful for my country and to be able to represent and be better. That’s all I can do. I just really apologize.
On Thursday in Shenzhen, the United States team starts its quarterfinals against Kazakhstan when pursuing a record-expanding 19th Billie Jean King Cup Crown. In addition to Townsend, the USA team has World No. 7 Jessica Pegula, no. 18 Emma Navarro, no. 38 McCartney Kessler and no. 50 Hailey Baptiste, who made an impression in the qualifying phase of April.
Kazakhstan expresses a formidable challenge with Wimbledon Champion and World No. 10 Elena Rybakina, no. 61 Yulia Putintseva, former Top 40 player Zarina Diyas and Zhibek Kulambayeva.
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