Just WTF is going on with Naomi Osaka?
Last year she decided to become an "activist", but only at work, because that's what most of these athletes do. They seem to think work is for politics and social issues.
"Naomi Osaka Says She Wore 7 Masks About Black Lives During This Year's U.S. Open to 'Make People Start Talking"
https://time.com/5888583/naomi-osaka-masks-black-lives-matter-us-open/
"Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka speaks out for Black Lives Matter, faces backlash"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japanese-tennis-player-naomi-osaka-speaks-out-for-black-lives-matter-faces-backlash/2020/06/08/f8432ca0-a92f-11ea-a43b-be9f6494a87d_story.html
Then she started boycotting the media. Got fined for it, pulled out of the French Open and Wimbledon and it's suddenly about "mental health". She decided to get political, the media questioned her - which they do to professional athletes, then she suddenly went the "I need time off for my health" route.
"Naomi Osaka faces French Open expulsion after media boycott
Japanese tennis player fined $15,000 for skipping the news conference after her first-round victory at Roland Garros."
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2021/5/30/naomi-osaka-fined-for-media-boycott-at-french-open
And now Wimbledon:
https://deadline.com/2021/06/naomi-osaka-withdraws-wimbledon-1234777709/
Why do I feel like if she never got political that this wouldn't be happening? Social anxiety has never come up before. But she went political, was pressed about it, and is now retreating. Is this the new "You're a racist!"? Because this is what young "progressives" do. They want to put their beliefs out there and when they are challenged or even asked to discuss it, they throw temper tantrums and call you names. Think she genuinely has issues or she's just a brat who can't handle the heat she brought on herself?