Serena, Nicki, Cardi – Celebrities Not Really ‘In A New York State Of Mind’

Three US celebrities made the top of trending items on social media this weekend. No, it wasn’t the fangirling of South Korean teens going crazy over the ‘flowerboys’ (good one BBC) boys-bands that did it, rather it was two female rappers fighting and a tennis star having the ‘mother of all meltdowns’.

The stealing of the spotlight in all three cases was regrettable and of course ‘every generation blames the one before’ but we must ask ourselves whether this is really who we want our children to look up to.

The picture above the article shows a mock-up of the front page of the New York Post website at this moment. Their three leading articles are the meltdown of Serena, how unfair it is what she did to the Japanese girl winning the tournament and, lastly, the brawl that erupted between two female rappers at a fashion show.

<b> Serena’s Meltdown</b>

Let’s start with Ms Serena Williams, arguably one of the best female tennis players ever, no one doubts that. However, and this is true, also one of the most emotional, and certainly when it comes to the US Open (there was another ‘episode’ during her 2009 semi-final against Kim Clijsters).

This time round, Ms Williams was given three separate penalties from the umpire and fought each of those decisions: first for being coached during her play, secondly for breaking her own racket and thirdly for continued protesting.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love what Serena did right here! A mom, a queen, a COMPETITOR, and the greatest tennis player ever 🎾🐐 tell em <a href="https://twitter.com/serenawilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@serenawilliams</a> !!! <a href="https://t.co/QEMDCBnyvh">pic.twitter.com/QEMDCBnyvh</a></p>&mdash; Zay 🇲🇽 (@zayyhendrixx) <a href="https://twitter.com/zayyhendrixx/status/1038655919029071872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Ms Williams went into overdrive and screamed at the umpire saying that she never cheats, that she has a daughter and therefore has to bring up the little girl with good values. In an emotional outburst, the US’s best female tennis player said: ‘You owe me an apology.’

At the end of the final, all everyone was talking about was Serena’s meltdown and not the 20-year old Miss Naomi Osaka’s win, a first Grand Slam for Japan. The ‘Post’ claimed it was unfair was Serena did to the young Japanese player. We fully agree.

<b> Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj</b>

On Friday night already, two female rappers got into a brawl at a fashion week event in the New York Plaza hotel. No one remembers who the event was for, everyone remembers the brawl.

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B apparently had a ‘beef’ because one of them had ‘liked’ some harsh comments about the other’s techniques as a mother.

Upon seeing each other in the hallway of the said Plaza hotel, the female rappers surrounded by their security entourage got into a ‘tussle’.

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The argument then turns less ladylike with Cardi shouting: ‘Come here bitch,’ as she is ushered away from Nicki’s team.

The rapper continues with ‘Say something about my daughter again,’ to which the other replies ‘Keep your mother fucking hands off me.’

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In the end, Cardi was escorted out of the premises with a pretty substantial black eye.

Neither side has filed a complaint.

Role models of the 21st century.

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcfJaQlsvm4

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