Serena Williams averted getting political in a latest interview with the New York Instances, after the previous world No. 1 was seemingly caught off guard by a query asking about her connection to former President Donald Trump – a revelation that was made throughout Trump’s legal trial in New York final month.
Williams, who introduced her plans to retire in September 2022 following a legendary profession that noticed her win 23 Grand Slam titles, appeared on the NYT newest podcast episode of “The Interview,” which was launched on Saturday.
Serena Williams, of america, reacts after beating Anett Kontaveit, of Estonia, within the second spherical of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photograph/Frank Franklin II)
She spoke about a variety of matters, together with life after retirement, forward of a brand new eight-part documentary that’s set to stream subsequent month on ESPN+.
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However the dialog shifted to Williams’ reference to former President Donald Trump.
The New York Instances reported in Might {that a} former aide had testified throughout his trial that the 2 “spoke often.”
“I imply, is that this what this interview is about?” Williams responded laughingly when requested by co-host David Marchese whether or not the 2 spoke. “Actually?”
She then seemingly flipped the script, mentioning that she has spoken to a number of presidents. Together with the late Ronald Reagan.
File – 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his spouse, Melania Trump, attend the Girls’s Singles Quarterfinals match between Serena Williams of america and Venus Williams of america on Day 9 of the 2015 US Open on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart on September 8, 2015, within the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York Metropolis. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Pictures)
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“I discuss to loads of presidents. I spoke to Barack [Obama], I spoke to the Clintons. I spoke to each president since I’ve been alive, together with Ronald Reagan, I’ll have .”
Marchese then requested what Williams thought “they’re on the lookout for” in having these conversations together with her, however Williams declined to indulge.
“I don’t know, I’m not going to go there,” she stated, once more, with amusing.
Serena Williams on the 2024 Vainness Honest Oscar Celebration held on the Wallis Annenberg Heart for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California. (Christopher Polk/Selection through Getty Pictures)
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The dialog returned to Williams, who spoke at size about her love for tennis, which continues regardless of her reassurance that there’s no comeback on the horizon, and the way she is navigating retirement and motherhood.
“It’s a life I’ve by no means skilled,” she stated. “You need to perceive: For my whole life, since I can bear in mind, it’s been about one factor. I don’t know the rest. And so that is all new to me. It’s like an entire new profession. And naturally, I desire taking part in tennis, however that’s as a result of I’ve executed it my complete life.”
Williams went on to say that she’s completely satisfied that she “misses” tennis.
“I didn’t notice that I’d have such a tremendous relationship with tennis after it was all stated and executed. It’s miss. It’s like a nostalgia. I like that.”
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