'Do better, Megyn': Naomi Osaka hits back at Megyn Kelly after the former Fox News anchor criticized the tennis superstar's decision to shoot a Sports Illustrated cover while complaining about media pressure
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has hit back at Megyn Kelly for criticizing her - angrily responding to the journalist's comments on Twitter, and then blocking her. The row - which saw all-time great Martina Navratilova weigh in - began when Osaka, 23, unveiled her Sports Illustrated cover. The Japanese-Haitian four-time Grand Slam winner is the first female black athlete to star on the cover of the swimsuit edition. She is one of three women featured - the others being Megan Thee Stallion, the first rapper to feature, and Leyna Bloom, the first transgender cover model. Yet Osaka's cover came after she pulled out of both the French Open and Wimbledon, citing efforts to protect her mental health. Osaka previously revealed that she has suffered from depression since 2018. Naomi Osaka, 23, has become the first female black athlete to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition MJ Day, the magazine's swimsuit edition editor-in-chief, said: 'There’s no qu