Tennis legend Martina Navratilova blasts ‘misogynistic’ op-ed saying Taylor Swift is ‘not a good role model’

Martina Navratilova is slamming a “misogynistic” op-ed portion that called Taylor Swift a atrocious relation exemplary for being “childless” and “unmarried” astatine the property of 34.

The legendary tennis player, 67, shared an excerpt from an nonfiction published by Newsweek past week successful which writer John Mac Ghlionn called the popular prima “not a bully relation model.”

“At 34, Swift remains unmarried and childless, a information that immoderate mightiness reason is irrelevant to her presumption arsenic a relation model. But, I suggest, it’s important to see what benignant of illustration this sets for young girls,” the newsman wrote successful his piece.

Martina Navratilova dragged Newsweek for publishing an op-ed calling Taylor Swift “not a bully relation model.” AFP via Getty Images

“At 34, Swift remains unmarried and childless,” Newsweek writer John Mac Ghlionn wrote successful the arguable op-ed. ZUMAPRESS.com

“We indispensable inquire if her idiosyncratic beingness choices are ones we privation our sisters and daughters to emulate,” the writer continued. GC Images

Ghlionn continued, “A relation model, by definition, is idiosyncratic worthy of imitation. While Swift’s philharmonic endowment and concern acumen are surely admirable, adjacent laudable, we indispensable inquire if her idiosyncratic beingness choices are ones we privation our sisters and daughters to emulate.

“This mightiness dependable similar pearl-clutching preaching, but it’s a interest rooted successful dependable reasoning.”

Navratilova re-tweeted Indian writer Kiran Mandral – who called the Newsweek op-ed “barf inducing” and “vomit worthy” – earlier chiming successful with her ain criticism.

Navratilova called the nonfiction “a monolithic heap of misogynistic bull💩💩💩.” Action Images via Reuters

The tennis fable said the Newsweek writer should “be ashamed of himself.” Getty Images

“A monolithic heap of misogynistic bull💩💩💩,” Navratilova wrote via X implicit the weekend. “This feline should beryllium ashamed of himself and I can’t judge helium writes for Newsweek…and they printed it. I mean…”

Several societal media users flooded the comments conception of the athlete’s station to explicit their communal disgust implicit the harsh deliberation piece.

“I look guardant to follow-up articles commenting astir the nonaccomplishment of Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Diane Keaton, Leo DeCaprio [sic], Chris Evans, Jared Leto and Jon Hamm to beryllium bully relation models by marrying and having children,” 1 idiosyncratic commented.

Fans agreed with the erstwhile jock and pointed retired the treble standard. GC Images

“The eventual irony is her fellow Travis [Kelce] is the aforesaid age, unmarried & childless. Oh the irony,” a netizen noted. GC Images

Navratilova replied to the netizen, writing, “Right? Misogynist AF!!! And btw- Taylor ne'er claimed she was a relation model, ASAIK. Also retrieve Charles Barkley’s remark years agone astir relation models ? And mostly speaking, athletes are much apt to beryllium held retired arsenic relation models than popular stars etc, for evident reasons…”

“This would NEVER beryllium written astir a 30-something antheral personage who was unmarried and childless,” a 2nd idiosyncratic agreed.

“Someone archer the writer of that nonfiction the 1970s are connected the telephone & privation him back,” a 3rd idiosyncratic joked.

Navratilova re-tweeted a station connected X calling the portion connected Swift “vomit worthy.” Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

“Taylor ne'er claimed she was a relation model,” Navratilova said. Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

“The eventual irony is her fellow Travis [Kelce] is the aforesaid age, unmarried & childless. Oh the irony,” different noted.

Swift and Kelce, some 34, started dating past summer and took their emotion nationalist successful September 2023.

Since then, the duo person gotten rather serious, with sources adjacent telling Page Six that they could beryllium engaged arsenic soon arsenic this summer.

Swift has been dating Kelce since past summer. GC Images

Kelce is allegedly readying to suggest to Swift this summer. GC Images

Navratilova, for her part, has been joined to Russian exemplary and “Real Housewives of Miami” prima Julia Lemigova since 2014.

The mates are considering adopting children together aft the tennis champion beat 2 forms of crab past year.

Like her wife, Lemigova is intelligibly besides a Swiftie and adjacent bought the nonstop formal the Grammy-winning creator erstwhile wore.