This is her agent calling Paul Daugherty (who's a bleeding heart liberal, in almost all respects, and thus hardly fits the bill as a bully) an aggressive bully-- this is analogous to one of the Hollywood movie starlets' agents calling someone a bully because they are not a sycophant of the agent's client-- it holds no water, carries no weight, means zip-- It's like Donald Sutherland in Hogan's Heroes telling his tank crew "Don't hit me with those negative waves, man!" Next thing, Osaka's agent will be telling Daugherty that he's "a mean girl!"
Osaka's "camp" IS WHO is attacking the reporter-- this was all started by her bird-brain agent from IMG.
BINGO
The article is not perfectly clear but this would appear to have been the question after the question being panned. The second question was about the Earthquake in Haiti (where her father is from). She was starting to tear up between questions from the two reporters but stayed on the podium.
Speaking as an unapproved spokesperson for the Osaka family of the embattled tennis star I need to inform or perhaps simply remind you of a few things.
I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt on this one. I don't believe English is her first language. Daugherty used the phrase "you aren't crazy about...". That's an idiom that we all understand, but I can see how she misheard/misunderstood it to reflect upon what is obviously a mental illness that she is battling. I'm not blaming Daugherty on this either. Just a misunderstanding that happens when you have a possible language barrier.
He has a history of being a pompous A Hole. But with that being sad, it wasn’t bullying. She is very mentally fragile and should continue with treatment
I think we're beyond the benefit of the doubt with her. She's hiding behind liberal ESPN and the other libs out there (even media people) who think it's ok to just curl up in a ball and fall apart. She's a stinking world class tennis player and can't sit and answer some simple questions? I think deep down she knows she's putting up the front for branding purposes. Jason McIntire is on her side he's a member of the media for goodness sake. Anyone think women aren't handled differently than men? If she got ripped like Tim Tebow has the last few weeks she's be in an institution.
Actually, I believe she grew up primarily in the US-- and this English language idiom should be entirely familiar to her-- all one has to do is listen to her talk to tell that she is basically a native English speaker. it is a big stretch to imply (as, apparently, the Today show morning crew did) that somehow she interpreted his question as some kind of mental health slur on her-- and, even if it were mis-interpreted by Osaka-- Daugherty's exact words began "You're NOT crazy..."
