00:00U.S. tennis star Taylor Townsend is facing backlash for her classless verdict on Chinese
00:09cuisine. The 29-year-old who found herself at the center of a racism storm during the U.S. Open
00:15last month after opponent Yelena Ostapenko attacked her for having no class and no education
00:21is in Shenzhen, China for the Billie Jean King Cup this week. However, Townsend has sparked fury of
00:28her own ahead of the U.S.A.'s quarterfinal tie after she shared her distaste for the traditional
00:33Chinese food served at the tournament's gala. The Doubles World No. 1 shared a series of
00:39Instagram stories sharing her surprised and disgusted reaction to the specialty dishes on
00:44offer at the event, including sea cucumber, turtle, and bullfrog.
00:49So, all in all, I'm just here. I'm doing recovery. And I'm honestly just so shocked at, like, what
01:01I saw in the dinner buffet. And as I go back on my Instagram story and I look and I'm like,
01:09these people are literally killing frogs? Bullfrogs? Aren't those poisonous? Like, don't, aren't those
01:18the ones that be giving you warps and boils and stuff? And turtles? And the fact that, like,
01:28it's all stewed up with, like, chilies and peppers and onions and, like, oh, you really made this a dish.
01:36And then you got the sea cucumbers just staring there, like, with the noodles. The only thing
01:45that we eaten. And that's... This is very offensive, to mock of other people's cultural food.
01:51One fan wrote on X, won't defend Taylor here, clearly offensive and shows a lack of understanding.
01:57There are different cultures other than the U.S.A. One supporter admitted, as a disappointed third
02:02added, damn, Taylor. You can do better. Meanwhile, another asked, Taylor Townsend calling Chinese
02:08people these people, while making fun of, being disgusted at Chinese food and delicacies.
02:13Is that racist? I've watched stories on Taylor Townsend's IG. It was disgusting.
02:19Another furious social media user posted, do not mock others' culture. If you don't want to eat
02:24something, just leave it. Nobody forced you to eat them. Oh, Taylor, all the time I've spent fighting
02:29people on your behalf, and you turn around and post this ignorant shit.
02:33So, all in all, gotta give this, like, a solid two out of ten so far.
02:39Because this is crazy. Oh, man, I forgot. I'll show y'all. So, it was, like, every type of seafood,
02:45they had crawfish, they had the gloves and everything, like, we was in Louisiana. Crazy.
02:48They were busting them down. But then, also, they had, like, saute skewers, and they had, like,
02:54chicken, and, like, then they had gizzard, like, chicken, like, gizzards, hearts, and, like,
03:00there was that big-ass lung, like, sliced up. Like, I don't know what type of animal it was,
03:06but it was, like, an animal lung. I was like, what? And then they had, like, a skewer of, like,
03:11just chicken skin with, like, onions. I'm just, like, okay.
03:15All right. So, like, organs, but the sliced up lung, and it was just out, just up there.
