This week Serena Williams' announced she had been refused service at The Peninsula Hotel in Paris [click here if you missed that].
The Peninsula apologizes...
From Us Magazine
"In response to Mrs. Williams’ tweet, for whom we have the utmost admiration and respect, as we do for all our esteemed guests, we can only reiterate our deepest apologies for her perception of tonight’s situation,” the statement read. “Today, August 5th, our rooftop bar was indeed fully booked, and the only unoccupied tables at that time belonged to our gourmet restaurant, L’Oiseau Blanc, which was also fully reserved tonight.”
The message continued: “She has always been, and will always be, more than welcome with her family at The Peninsula.”
Williams is currently in Paris for the 2024 Olympics alongside her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and their two daughters Olympia, 6, and Adira, 10 months. Williams participated in the torch relay for the games’ Opening Ceremony. The tennis legend was one of the final torchbearers and arrived at the Olympic cauldron alongside Rafael Nadal, Carl Lewis and Nadia Comăneci.
9 comments:
I still believe Serena.
OK, so next time make a reservation! These entitled celebrities who expect to just show up and take someone else's table are ridiculous. Its probably been booked for months! Its the friggin' Olympics! Make plans like the rest of us, Serena.
It's giving - "Don't you know who I am???" - GTFOH
She is not Mrs Williams, it is Mrs Ohorian
Didn't read like an apology to me. It looked like the hotel knew what she was trying to do & shut it down.
They always have a table to pull out from the back for special guest. Did they know who she was, or did they give her the " I don't see you as important". They wouldn't done that to somebody like Tom Cruise.
It is Olympic week. These restaurants know big money is in town and being spent. They don't have time to cater to celebrities. Money trumps fame each and every time.
Under normal circumstances they would have probably gladly given her preferential celebrity treatment like she's use to, but during Olympic week they were trying to get their dollars in, and the space was reserved for an event. Her meal with her 2 kids not going to balance what a whole event makes, and it's the Peninsula so that restaurant is already famous with or without her. Welcome to being treated like "everybody else" Serena. 🎯
It definitely didn't read like an apology. And so what if she wants to be treated how all the other YT celebrities are treated on the daily. She worked hard for her flowers and she should expect what she expects, period. Too bad the basic haters can't cram to understand
its not basic haters we just know the difference between overt racism vs projections of entitlement. that restaurant was had paying customers who made reservations. They chose money over fame. Fame don't keep the lights on, money does.
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