Serena Williams is asking out a luxurious lodge in Paris, France, claiming she and her household had been denied a desk the institution’s rooftop restaurant amid the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The retired tennis celebrity — who served as a torch bearer throughout this 12 months’s video games — took to X (previously Twitter) on Monday to slam The Peninsula Paris, claiming they would not give her a desk regardless of there being open tables out there.
“Yikes @peninsulaparis I have been denied entry to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer locations 🫠 however by no means with my children,” Williams, 42, wrote. “At all times a primary. 🙄#Olympic2024.”
Williams shares two daughters together with her husband, Alexis Ohanian: 6-year-old Olympia and 11-month-old Adira.
Shortly after, The Peninsula responded to Williams’ tweet and claimed that they didn’t imply to offend her, and that they had been, certainly, booked up — even when the tables appeared empty on the time.
“In response to Mrs. Williams’ tweet, for whom we have now the utmost admiration and respect, as we do for all our esteemed friends, we will solely reiterate our deepest apologies for her notion of tonight’s state of affairs,” the institution stated in an announcement to ET on Monday.
“Immediately, August fifth, our rooftop bar was certainly absolutely booked, and the one unoccupied tables at the moment belonged to our connoisseur restaurant, L’Oiseau Blanc, which was additionally absolutely reserved tonight,” the assertion continued. “She has all the time been, and can all the time be, greater than welcome together with her household at The Peninsula.”
Williams is in Paris for the Olympic video games, and has been noticed watching the tennis matchups alongside her husband. She was additionally concerned within the opening ceremonies and the lighting of the Olympic torch, and has been in Paris since mid-July for the run-up to the large occasion.
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