PEOPLE – Serena Williams, bearer of the Olympic flame, rejected from a rooftop in Paris
Serena Williams expressed his dissatisfaction after being refused access to the rooftop of the luxurious hotel The Peninsula Paris. This refusal occurred while she was in Paris for the 2024 Olympics and that she had participated in the relay of the Olympic flame .
In a message published on X, she said: “I have been denied access to the rooftop to eat in empty restaurants in much nicer places, but never with my children.”
In response, the hotel apologized, explaining that the rooftop bar was completely booked and that the unoccupied tables that she had noticed belonged to their gourmet restaurant, L'Oiseau Blanc, which was also full…
As a reminder, Serena Williams was one of the Olympic flame bearers during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. She had accompanied Rafael Nadal, Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci on a boat going up the Seine…