Naomi Osaka applauds Megyn Kelly for criticizing magazine cover shoots

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Megyn Kelly has come under fire again for her comments online against a prominent black athlete.

The former Fox News host believed it was her responsibility to add to an already ignorant position taken provided by Clay Travis in which the two poked fun at the fact that Naomi had recently withdrawn from the Wimbledon discord as well. that of the Olympics citing mental health reasons, while at the same time appearing on several magazine covers.

Ever since saying she was too introverted to speak to the media after tennis matches, Naomi Osaka started a reality show, A Barbie, and is now on the cover of the SI swimsuit issue. https://t.co/7V2x1ofGJy

– Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 19, 2021

Since saying she was too introverted to talk to the media after tennis matches, Naomi Osaka started a reality show, A Barbie, and is now on the cover of the SI swimsuit issue, Travis tweeted. early Monday morning.

Megyn Kelly can’t help it

Kelly intervened with her own ignorant comment, saying don’t forget the cover of (and interview in) Vogue Japan and Time Mag !.

Osaka has been outspoken about the importance of mental health with athletes, especially when it comes to press conferences and interview questions before and after games. In a recently published article for Time Magazine, Osaka says it’s OK not to be OK

Over the past few weeks, my journey has taken an unexpected path that has taught me a lot and helped me grow. I learned a few key lessons… Lesson One: You can never please everyone… Lesson Two was perhaps more rewarding: It became obvious to me that literally everyone suffers from problems related to their mental health or knows someone who has it.

Athletes around the world applauded Osaka’s feelings (because many of them felt the same) as well as his daring to be public with his own struggles and his need to walk away.

Experts like Travis and Kelly have used Osaka’s words and withdrawals as ammunition to claim the athlete is spoiled and entitled.

Pundits thought Osaka appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrateds’ edition of swimsuits was more ammunition, but quickly realized that their ignorance had backfired.

Osaka responds

In a tweet since deleted, Osaka said:

Since you are a journalist I would have assumed that you would take the time to research what the deadlines are for magazines, if you had you would have found out that I did all of my covers last year. Instead, your first reaction is to jump in here and spit out some negativity, do better Megan.

In case Megyn Kelly didn’t know, a person has the autonomy to decide what they choose to present themselves with their own body. It is well within Osaka’s right to decide not to do a press conference for mental health reasons and later choose to do a magazine cover photo shoot.

Poor @naomiosaka blocked me while shooting me (guess she’s only tough on the courts). She apparently maintains that she turned her many b / 4 covers, publicly claiming that she was too socially anxious to deal with the press. The truth is, she just doesn’t like issues that she can’t control. Admit it. pic.twitter.com/izyRzOrUVm

– Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 19, 2021

Kelly then doubled down on her ignorance by claiming that the truth is that she just doesn’t like matters that she can’t control.

Osaka rightly blocked Kelly on Twitter.

Somehow these experts are going to learn, making fun of athletes for what they choose to do and what not to do with their own bodies / time will never be going well for them.

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