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Tennis Star, 22, Lashes Out After Comments Roll In About Bikini Posts: ‘Why Do You Feel You Can Comment On What I Wear?’

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Tennis Star, 22, Lashes Out After Comments Roll In About Bikini Posts: ‘Why Do You Feel You Can Comment On What I Wear?’
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On Sunday, tennis star Naomi Osaka responded to apparent criticism of some of her bikini-clad social media posts, asking detractors why they “feel” they have the right to comment on her clothing at all, and pushing back on the apparent claim that she’s wrongly rejecting her “innocent image.”

“I just wanna say it’s creeping me out how many people are commenting [at] me to maintain my ‘innocent image’ and ‘don’t try to be someone your [sic] not,'” Osaka wrote via Twitter.

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