Should you be worried about Serena Williams?

Redness, tight skin, an almost spectral pallor… Tired of looking like the Phantom of the Opera, this week we set out to face the first effects of winter. Purposeful? Check out our beauty routine and find friends for that one moisturizer that’s been lying on our shelf like a lost soul. So we start scrolling for tips and advice for a brighter complexion. Collagen mixtures, LED masks or “beer tanner” (translate, “beer buttermilk”). the most ridiculous concepts pass before our eyes…until we stumble upon a video of Serena Williams extolling the benefits of breast milk…tanning.

If there’s one area we didn’t expect Serena Williams to excel in, it’s when it comes to offbeat beauty tips. an area of ​​expertise for which we’d be more inclined to turn to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Instagram. We tell ourselves that today’s Serena Williams is a stark contrast to our childhood. The world of tennis was completely foreign to us at that time. However, we did know that he reigned in the courts alongside his sister Venus, performing feats never seen before. We imagined his personal life as a continuous sequence of tremendous training. In short, Serena Williams seemed powerful, determined, unattainable, insurmountable. And above all, invulnerable.

“I am not well”

But recently, our beliefs have been somewhat shaken. Of course, the former tennis player still occupies this place of a strong woman in our imagination. And we are well aware that, like any great champion, he has experienced his share of difficulties. But still, we could not imagine the torments of ordinary mortals to Serena Williams. However, the champion’s latest statements quickly brought us to our senses. In a message published on And it’s good that it’s not good. No one is good every day. If you are not well today, I am with you.” Before adding: “Tomorrow is another day. I love you.”

The next day, the champion, now a mother of two daughters, Olympia born in September 2017 and Adira born in August, confirmed the exact opposite. note: on which he appears with his youngest daughter, accompanied by the following inscription. “This makes me so happy.” We remember the last few years, during which the player has repeatedly broken the armor to discuss his mental health. In 2018, she especially dedicated her second place at Wimbledon to mothers around the world. “Some days I cry,” she confided The time, referring to the resumption of games after her pregnancy. I am very sad. I have gone through crises. These 11 months were really difficult. If I can do it, so can you.”

In 2022, the athlete also confided in the column written for the magazine HE about the “nervousness” she felt at the thought of welcoming her baby, Olympia, in 2017. “Throughout my entire pregnancy, I never felt a connection with him,” she assured. “It’s something people don’t usually talk about because you have to be in love from the first second.” And the player concludes: “When I finally saw him (…) I immediately loved him.” A transparency that Serena Williams should continue to cultivate in her upcoming memoir. The athlete, in fact, has signed a deal with Penguin Random House to publish a work about the “experiences that have shaped her life,” including her “devastating losses on and off the field.”

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Inspirational messages

In light of these performances, Serena Williams seems even more inspiring to us. We realize that yes, the 39-time Grand Slam champion is still the champion we knew. We just find it more human. Like when she looked uncomfortable at the CFDA Awards, stuck in a black sequin evening dress with very voluminous puff sleeves. She has just been voted “fashion icon” of the year.

Or when she and Alexis Ohanian immortalized themselves in period costumes for no good, while they attended their daughter Olympia’s theater performance. And what about the incredible sight of drones, the color of which revealed to the champion the gender of his second child, at the time?gender reveal party“In July? Or her cooking class with Olympia, Serena Williams herself, in a gathered apron?”Chef mom“? Undoubtedly, the daily life of the tennis legend has changed a lot.

Return to court

However, he does not rule out returning to the court. A topic he blows hot and cold on. In August 2022, she announced on her Instagram account that she wanted to “focus on her role as a mother, on her spiritual goals, to discover a new but equally exciting Serena.” Two months later, however, he confirmed. “I am not retired. The chances (of my return) are very high.” From this we conclude that our childhood heroine has not yet finished sparks. That, misfortune or not, Serena Williams has never lost her championship mentality. That he always learned from his defeats and got over them. We tell ourselves that if we’re not inspired by our beauty routine, we can at least take a cue from this iron will, hoping it will stop us from investing all our savings into an LED mask.