January 22nd, 2009
I noted elsewhere Venus Williams’s refreshingly non-worshipful shrug at the Australian Open when asked by reporters about the magnificence of President Obama. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth following the link and reading the exchange just for the sheer novelty of seeing a celebrity say that they don’t really know anything about politics and aren’t too excited by it. Sample awesome:
Q. Politics aside, does it inspire you with the inauguration and with president?elect Barack Obama?
VENUS WILLIAMS: Can you be more specific, please?
Twenty-four hours later, Venus was bounced in three by the unseeded Carla Suarez Navarro. Punishment for her deviationist views?
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