Low point: Annabel Croft made disparaging remarks about Serena Williams. Photo: Getty Images
Tennis broadcaster Annabel Croft has described Wimbledon champion Serena Williams as having a ‘huge backside’. Croft said this during a corporate lunch, which guests found offensive.
Croft made a number of unnecessary comments about Serena’s body while going through her daily preview of the day’s play in the Lawn Tennis Association‘s sponsors suite beneath Court No 1.
One of the LTA invitees said: ‘Annabel made many personal asides about Serena, saying that she was huge. She said all Serena’s dresses were very carefully designed to hide her bulk.
Serena Williams. Photo: PA
‘She then moved on to concentrate on what she termed as Serena’s huge backside. She said she was in the ladies’ changing room and wondering who was going to wear what looked like a wedding dress.
‘She then saw Serena getting into this dress and that the train had been carefully designed to wrap around Serena’s huge backside. It was quite offensive.’
Croft, who presents the All England Club’s in-house Live@Wimbledon TV, said she had not meant to be disparaging about Serena and that comments about her figure had been taken out of context.
She said: ‘I apologise to anyone who might have taken offence, but it was meant as a harmless piece of banter. Serena has a magnificent bottom that every woman should aspire to.’ – Mail Online
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