Serena Williams left uncomfortable with NYC hotel's cotton plant decoration: 'Doesn't feel great'

daily mail ^ | 9/25/2025 | JAKE FENNER, US SPORTS WRITER

[RummyChick]

Serena Williams has spoken of her discomfort after she spotted a cotton plant in a New York City hotel.

The retired tennis star was in the Big Apple on Thursday after promoting Kim Kardashian's SKIMS/Nike launch the day prior.

The 43-year-old recorded her walk down the hallway of an undisclosed hotel and spotted a table with a vase of cotton plants.

[grobdriver]

Nobody cares what you think or feel, Serena.

[RummyChick]

she had a dress line. i went to look to see the content of her dresses but it appears to be defunct

[I want the USA back]

I’m going to buy a few hundred cotton shirts.

[odawg]

Does she not wear cotton clothing? She is an idiot.

[Valpal1]

She’s getting dragged in the DM comments.

[alstewartfan]

Silly racist, all brawn, no brain.

[heavy metal]

for cotton picking sake...

[SkyDancer]

Oh, like these white kids picking cotton?

11yo white girl picking cotton (image site down, will post when it's up)

[Toespi]

I bet Serena has an entire room just for her wigs, and without a doubt all human hair, which is very expensive and almost all Caucasian hair. She obviously doesn’t have a problem with that.

[jacknhoo]

Oh, the horror!

[SkyDancer]

Lots of white kids picked cotton before and during the Depression. Blacks do not know their history, only what the liberals tell them.

[jacknhoo]

As she stand there with cultural appropriated hair!

[RummyChick]

[Kazan]

Wait cotton-pickin’ minute, Williams actually thinks cotton plant décor is racist?

[Allegra]

She’s getting dragged in the DM comments.

Twitter/X is not being particularly kind, either. 😁

[rktman]

Just when I thought I couldn’t care any less.........

[RummyChick]

I think you would be hard pressed to find someone her age that hasn’t had a bag of cotton balls in the house or Qtips while growing up

I wish someone would ask her if she got all triggered with those.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Oh good Lord. Poor little rich girl. Triggered by a plant.

[butlerweave]

Does she use cotton balls for her makeup ? LOL

[stars & stripes forever]

It’s a FLORAL decoration.