Serena Williams tried to use her millions of followers on X to bully a French restaurant for not seating her, only to have the business tell her they were completely booked – with a community note to confirm

Community Notes strike again. American superstar tennis player Serena Williams decided to mobilize her millions of followers to call out a French restaurant who “denied her access” to eat with her family. Unfortunately, Williams’ plan failed miserably, as X handed her a community note and along with a direct response from the restaurant.

Serena Williams humbled after putting French restaurant on blast:

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. 🙄#Olympic2024 pic.twitter.com/lEGJR5WoEn

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) August 5, 2024

Oh man, I can’t help but to be completely torn about this situation.

On one side, you have an American superstar athlete, Serena Williams being denied by the French (of all people) for a table to eat at a restaurant.

After the United States basically saved the country of France in World War II, you’d think they would have entire sections reserved for just the possibility that an American might want to dine at their establishment, right?

You’re telling me that you couldn’t squeeze Serena Williams in there for a quick bite to eat? Pretty stupid given the fact that Serena Williams is an mega-superstar American athlete and the queen of Tennis.

On the other hand, Serena Williams learning a valuable lesson by getting owned by the restaurant is probably the side you want to be on in this situation.

Serena Williams is trying to bully a restaurant in front of her millions of followers on social media while she doesn’t even have a reservation? Don’t think so.

She thought she could take to Twitter and call out this restaurant so they would be shamed into oblivion, not realizing that the restaurant would make her “sit down” by clapping back saying they were full.

The French replied and dunked all over her in what is arguably their biggest win since Napoleon won the Battle of Austerlitz against Austria and Russia in 1805.

The French might be a bunch of pushovers, but when it comes to the dining experience and having manners around the dinner table, they clearly don’t play games.

That’s something I can respect, even more so when it happens to a smug athlete who thinks that everything should be handed to her and common restaurant workers and patrons should give up their seats and praise her for even considering their place of business.

Like I said, it’s hard for America to take an “L” in this magnitude, even more so when it comes from the hands of the French but a win is a win and they certainly have one here.

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