American tennis star Taylor Townsend has apologized “from the underside of my coronary heart” for making disparaging feedback about Chinese language meals.
Her authentic feedback on social media — adopted by her apology — got here earlier than the USA performs Kazakhstan on the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, China.
The 29-year-old Townsend, who’s ranked world No. 1 in doubles, posted movies of native dishes together with bullfrogs and turtles and joked she would want to “discuss to HR” in regards to the high quality of the meals.
She took to Instagram once more Wednesday to apologize after dealing with a backlash on-line.
“I simply wished to return on right here and apologize sincerely from the underside of my coronary heart,” stated Townsend, who stated she understood how privileged she is as an expert athlete to have the ability to journey world wide and expertise cultural variations.
“(It’s) one of many issues that I really like a lot about what I do, and I’ve had nothing however essentially the most wonderful expertise in time right here and the event,” Townsend stated. “Everybody has been so variety and so gracious. And the issues that I stated weren’t consultant of that in any respect. And I simply really wished to apologize. There’s no excuse, there aren’t any phrases. And for me, I simply, I shall be higher.”
The U.S. is scheduled to play Kazakhstan within the quarterfinals on Thursday.
