A staffer employee on the Paris restaurant that alleged “denied access” to Serena Williams mentioned one in all her colleague’s didn’t “recognize” the American tennis legend.
Williams created a firestorm of controversy when she wrote on X that she had been unable to get into The Peninsula Paris’ restaurant.
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Aug. 4, 2024: Paris, France; Serena Williams watches the boys’s singles gold medal match with IOC president Thomas Bach throughout the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer time Video games at Stade Roland Garros. (Amber Searls-USA In the present day Sports activities)
“Yikes @peninsulaparis I’ve been denied access to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer places but never with my kids. Always a first,” Williams wrote on X.
Maxime Mannevy, a employee at The Peninsula’s rooftop restaurant, advised Selection that Williams was with one other lady and a stroller and appeared “unrecognizable.” Mannevy mentioned she wasn’t working when the tennis nice got here to the restaurant.
“When she came there were only two tables available, and they had been reserved by clients of the hotel,” Mannevy advised the outlet. “My colleague didn’t recognize her and feels terrible, but he told her what he would have told any other client, which is to wait downstairs in the bar for a table to become available. That was absolutely nothing personal.”
Sept. 7, 2019, Flushing, NY: Serena Williams of the USA hits to Bianca Andreescu of Canada within the girls’s remaining match on day 13 of the 2019 U.S. Open tennis event at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle. (Robert Deutsch-USA In the present day Sports activities)
The Paris Peninsula responded to Williams’ critique on X.
“Please accept our deepest apologies for the disappointment you encountered tonight,” the resort wrote on X. “Unfortunately, our rooftop bar was indeed fully booked and the only unoccupied tables you saw belonged to our gourmet restaurant, L’Oiseau Blanc, which was fully reserved.
“We’ve all the time been honored to welcome you and can all the time be to welcome you once more.”
Jul 11, 2024: Los Angeles, CA. Former tennis star Serena Williams arrives on the red carpet before hosting the 2024 ESPYS at Dolby Theatre. (Kiyoshi Mio-USA Today Sports)
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Williams was in Paris to take in the Olympics.
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