American Tennis Star Taylor Townsend has apologoded after coming under fire for comments she made on social media about chinese food.
The 29-Yaar-Old Who is in the Chinese City of Shenzhen for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, Had Posted on Instagram in Which She Talked About Dishes that Featured Frogs, Turtles and Sea Cucumber, Saying: “THIS IS THE CRAZEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN … (Eating) Turtle and Bullfrog is Wild. “
She Quickly Faced Backlash on Both English and Chinese Social Media Platforms.
MS Townsend, who is the World’s Top-Ranked Doubles Player, Later Apologised Saying: “There’s No Excuse, there’s No Words and, for me, I Will Be Better.”
“I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM SO PRIVILEGED AS A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND EXPERIENCE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE SO MOCH ABOUT WHAT I DO, Experience “at the Tournament.
Townsend had a day earlier taken to instagram to share her reaction to some of the food and saw served at a restaurant, Including dises like soft-shell turtle with fold and dry pot Bullfrog.
These are consider traditional delicacies in china, participle in the south.
“These People are literally killing frogs … bullfrogs. Aren’t those poisonous? Anen’t those you have giving you warts and stuff? And turtles? then.
She Also Posted Another video where she appeared to be at a buffet with her teammate hailey baptist, with the two making fun of a sea cucumber dish.
She was quickly calmed out on social media.
“Won’t Defend Taylor here, Clearly offensive and shocks a Lack of understanding (that) there are different cultures than USA,” Said One user on X.
“IT’S REALLY OFFENSIVE TO MOCK Other People’s Cultural Food,” Said Another.
Chinese Social Media Quickly Caught Light of Her Comments, and the Hashtag “American Tennis Player Publicly Insults Chinese Food” Started Trending.
“When you go oversseas, respective the local customs and culture. You can choose not to eat it. There is no Need to Belittle Our Food,” Said One Comment on Weibo.
The Latest Backlash Comes Less Than a month after MS Townsend got into a heated confrontation with her Latvian rival Jelena ostapenko in Which the Latter Said She Had “No Class” and “No Education”.
MS ostapenko apologoded but denied being racist, saying her comments were in reference to tennis etiquette. “But i Understand How The Words Used Could Have Offended Many People Beyond The Tennis Court,” She Wrote in An Instagram Post.
MS Townsend and Her Teammates are due to Face Kazakhstan for the Quarter Finals on Thursday.
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