Taylor Townsend
Sorry For Chinese language Meals Feedback
‘I Actually Wish to Apologize’
Revealed
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Taylor Townsend‘s criticism of Chinese language meals has resulted in vital backlash … to the purpose the place the tennis star is now sharing deep remorse over her phrases.
The WTA world No. 1 doubles participant shared an apology video on Tuesday … not lengthy after she shared a number of movies on her Instagram Story criticizing a number of dishes at a buffet in Shenzhen, the place she is competing within the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup.
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Townsend, 29, condemned the institution for serving turtles and bullfrogs — and gave the placement a 2 out of 10 score. Her remarks induced outrage because it was thought of culturally insensitive to the Chinese language group … main her to apologize.
“I simply wished to return on right here and apologize sincerely from the underside of my coronary heart,” Townsend mentioned within the video.
“I perceive that I’m so privileged as an expert athlete to have the ability to journey all all over the world and expertise cultural variations, which is without doubt one of the issues I really like a lot about what I do.”
“There’s no excuse, there’s no phrases, and for me, I can be higher.”
Whatever the apology, Townsend’s meals commentary was shared on the social media platform Weibo … and acquired greater than 85 million views.
Townsend has discovered herself in fairly a little bit of drama recently — she additionally clashed with tennis participant Jelena Ostapenko after defeating her on the US Open final month.
