{"id":195516,"date":"2025-09-26T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/serena-williams-questions-weird-cotton-decor-enrages-trolls\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:23:10","slug":"serena-williams-questions-weird-cotton-decor-enrages-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/serena-williams-questions-weird-cotton-decor-enrages-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Questions Weird Cotton Decor, ENRAGES Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams is asking if cotton is the best choice for hotel decor.<\/p>\n<p>Some people on the internet are getting riled up. <\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019re venting their anger at the world-class athlete.<\/p>\n<p>Serena has made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/serena-williams-admits-zepbound-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversial choices<\/a>. Is critiquing a hotel\u2019s decorating choices one of them? What is this <em>really <\/em>about?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams in April 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-536215 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tennis legend Serena Williams attends the 2025 TIME100 gala at The Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, April 24, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-serena-williams-has-some-thoughts-on-decorative-cotton\">Serena Williams has some thoughts on decorative cotton<\/h2>\n<p>This week saw the launch of Nike\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/kim-kardashian-skims-face-shapewear-topless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SKIMS<\/a> collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams has long been in association with Nike as a brand. <\/p>\n<p>It appears that the company put her up in a hotel for the launch event in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/serenawilliams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media<\/a>, the superstar athlete critiqued the hotel decor \u2014 in particular, a white vase containing cotton branches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Serena Williams questions cotton branches as decor <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TcNCT6TJx7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/TcNCT6TJx7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaiser@Celebitchy (@KaiseratCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaiseratCB\/status\/1971565466335547763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAlright, everyone,\u201d Serena addressed her followers. \u201cHow do we feel about cotton as decoration?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She admitted: \u201cPersonally for me, it doesn\u2019t feel great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A follow-up past saw Serena telling her followers that the cotton \u201cfeels like nail polish remover cotton.\u201d It\u2019s not a compliment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams in August 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-536216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams in August 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-536216 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_02-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">World-class athlete Serena Williams introduces Maria Sharapova during the 2025 Induction Celebration weekend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. on Saturday, August 23, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Joe Buglewicz\/Getty Images for International Tennis Hall of Fame)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cue-the-raging-trolls-fuming-at-her\">Cue the raging trolls fuming at her<\/h2>\n<p>To be clear, Serena Williams really sounded like she was critiquing the choice in decor.<\/p>\n<p>There are many beautiful white flowers and off-white plants that a hotel could use to decorate. From a purely design standpoint, cotton can be an off-putting choice.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not quite Hildi Santo-Tomas stapling actual straw to a wall in someone\u2019s house on <em>Trading Spaces<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>But that decor crime <em>does <\/em>come to mind when we think of cotton stalks just chilling in corridors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams in September of 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-536217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-1547x2048.jpg 1547w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-725x960.jpg 725w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-816x1080.jpg 816w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-906x1200.jpg 906w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-scaled.jpg 1934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams in September of 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-536217 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-1547x2048.jpg 1547w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-725x960.jpg 725w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-816x1080.jpg 816w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-906x1200.jpg 906w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-scaled.jpg 1934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_03-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Serena Williams attends the Nike SKIMS \u201cBodies At Work\u201d launch celebration at Nike House of Innovation on September 24, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Manny Carabel\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, that did not stop a certain element of the internet from having what appears to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HazardFraught\/status\/1971580390986187197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racist<\/a> meltdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerena Williams has reached peak Karen,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/digitalspaz\/status\/1971584812302606830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insisted<\/a> one social media denizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHard to imagine\u2026. but black fragility has spilled onto the tennis court,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ItsMrsWilkes\/status\/1971544177344381095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> another. <\/p>\n<p>This misused term attempts to deflect from the documented instances of <em>white fragility<\/em> in the face of our nation\u2019s history of racism. You know, like the mere question of cotton as decor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNLeLPvNFnB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-is-cotton-racist-no-but-the-corrosive-stain-of-racism-touches-many-things-including-agriculture\">Is cotton racist? No \u2014 but the corrosive stain of racism touches many things, including agriculture<\/h2>\n<p>Cotton has a long and ugly history in the United States, because it was a staple crop for textile production during generations of slavery. <\/p>\n<p>The cotton plant and references to \u201ccotton-picking\u201d too often play a role in anti-Black racist statements, jokes, and more.<\/p>\n<p>However, and we have to emphasize this \u2026 Serena Williams did not actually mention any of that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams at the 2025 Met Gala.\" class=\"wp-image-536218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams at the 2025 Met Gala.\" class=\"wp-image-536218 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_serenawilliams_04-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The stylish Serena Williams attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating \u201cSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style\u201d at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are people in our country who famously insist that there are people who sit around just waiting to \u201cbe offended.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, those making this claim appear to be projecting.<\/p>\n<p>Serena said that she didn\u2019t like the decor. Maybe it\u2019s because cotton is an enduring symbol of America\u2019s racist history \u2014 a history that some would rather obscure than confront. <\/p>\n<p>Or maybe because it\u2019s just not an attractive plant. Or maybe both. <\/p>\n<p>The people so eager to attack her don\u2019t need a real answer \u2014 they just want to be angry that anyone <em>might <\/em>have feelings about racism. It\u2019s a sickness.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/serena-williams-cotton-decor-hotel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Serena Williams is asking if cotton is the best choice for hotel decor. Some people on the internet are getting riled up. And they\u2019re venting their anger at the world-class athlete. Serena has made controversial choices. Is critiquing a hotel\u2019s decorating choices one of them? What is this really about? Tennis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}