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Alexis, don’t play that! That’s what we’ve gathered after Alexis Ohanian stood on enterprise (once more) about his celebrity spouse, Serena Williams. On Feb.11, the Reddit co-founder effortlessly eviscerated sports activities columnist Jason Whitlock after he criticized him for sharing an excerpt from a 2012 article through which Whitlock referred to as the tennis champ “tasteless.”
“I get it—you’re 57, and life didn’t end up the best way you imagined. That type of disappointment have to be exhausting,” mentioned Ohanian to the annoying anuran.
Jason Whitlock Bashed Serena Williams In 2012 & Alexis Ohanian Introduced It Up After Tremendous Bowl LIX
“What Serena did was akin to cracking a tasteless, X-rated joke inside a church. Serena deserved to be referred to as out. What she did was immature and classless,” Whitlock mentioned on the time when she celebrated her victory over Maria Sharapova by crip strolling on the Olympics.
Ohanian shared the excerpt to name out of us like Stephen A. Smith and different web trolls criticizing the 43-year-old retired tennis champ’s iconic dance, which she resurrected for Kendrick Lamar’s extremely anticipated Tremendous Bowl LIX efficiency on Sunday.
“A few of y’all do not know how criticized Serena was for this similar dance at Wimbledon 13 years in the past, and it reveals… That is larger than the music,” the daddy of two captioned Whitlock’s petty 2012 article and a video of Samuel L. Jackson dressed up as Uncle Sam from Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present.
Jason Whitlock Threw Shade Proper Again At Alexis Ohanian
Offended by the put up, Whitlock clapped again on the 41-year-old entrepreneur’s shade, calling him a “Simp” for defending his spouse, who he believed crip-walked on Sunday to spite her ex-boyfriend, Drake, throughout Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency of “Not Like Us.”
“That is Serena’s husband, a real beta. He’s mad at me relatively than the spouse Crip strolling and nonetheless interested by Drake. Simp.”
Alexis Ohanian Acquired The Final Phrase
Ohanian took issues a step additional, and Reddit learn Whitlock like a highschool research ebook.
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“I get it—you’re 57, and life didn’t end up the best way you imagined. That type of disappointment have to be exhausting,” he penned. “You’re the embodiment of peaked in highschool, spending many years chasing validation from strangers via Likes and Digital Hugs, solely to search out that no quantity of exterior approval fills the void. I wouldn’t want that on anybody.”
Earlier than signing off, the social media head honcho provided just a few phrases of recommendation to Whitlock.
“Criticism solely fuels your sufferer advanced, reinforcing the comforting delusion that there’s some grand conspiracy towards you and your ‘courageous concepts’—when in actuality, you’ve simply obtained horrible takes. It’s a cycle: outrage, backlash, self-pity, repeat,” he added. “This can be a lonely street. There’s nonetheless time to rewrite the ending — begin by engaged on your self first. You’ll discover that in the event you get up each morning attempting to be somewhat higher, somewhat extra curious, you received’t have time for irrational hating — you’ll be too busy successful.”
Perplexed by the response, Whitlock replied to Ohanian’s put up, asking why he was upset with him as an alternative of Drake.
“Why is Serena Williams’ husband fussing at me? Why not take it up with Drake?” the author fired again on Instagram. “Don’t be mad at me as a result of Serena can’t recover from Drake. This is senseless!”
Whitlock ought to know one factor, Alex Ohanian does NOT play in relation to Serena Williams.
What do you suppose? Was it proper for Alexis Ohanian to defend Serena Williams’ viral crip stroll?
