Naomi Osaka Cites Mental Health In Refusing Press Time At French Open 👏👏👏
and now, ahead of the French Open, Osaka is making a bold statement about mental health by refusing to speak during any post-game press conferences.
Athletes are often contractually obligated to speak to the press after games or matches or face fines from their various organizations. Ask anyone who watches professional sports and they’ll tell you how much athletes hate post-game press conferences. Literally, watch any NBA game. Osaka honed in on the psychological aspect of these press conferences, how the interviewers can get in the athlete’s head and make them doubt and explain themselves. As far as Osaka is concerned, she’s sitting out the next round of interviews at the French Open.
When women like Meghan Markle and Naomi Osaka are like “I’m not doing this anymore becuase it’s bad for my mental health” and the replies are always like “BUT U HAVE TO SUFFER ITS THE WAY ITS ALWAYS BEEN UR SO SELFISH”…“I’ve often felt that people have no regard for athletes mental health and this rings very true whenever I see a press conference or partake in one,” she wrote in an Instagram post on May 26, 2021.