{"id":184917,"date":"2025-09-27T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184917\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:42:09","slug":"serena-williams-calls-out-hotels-cotton-plant-decor-saying-it-doesnt-feel-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184917\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Calls Out Hotel\u2019s Cotton Plant D\u00e9cor Saying \u2018It Doesn\u2019t Feel Great\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tennis legend Serena Williams recently took to social media to highlight her grievance with a New York City hotel over their decision to use cotton plants as part of decor. She recently shared a video of the hotel where she was staying, expressing her displeasure in seeing the aforementioned piece of decoration at the establishment, all the while asking her followers\u2019 opinion on it.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams talks about cotton plant decor in NYC hotel<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On September 25, Serena Williams posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/serenawilliams\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:two;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/serenawilliams\/3729488748699518187?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&amp;igsh=MWhteWN0c2NyZWVkdg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:videos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">videos<\/a> on her Instagram Stories in an attempt to point out the unusual presence of a cotton plant in the hallway of her hotel. In the first clip, Williams points to the vase holding the decoration before stating, \u201cAlright, everyone. How do we feel about cotton as decoration? Personally, for me, it doesn\u2019t feel great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The follow-up post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cathy192021\/status\/1971521031321092472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1971521031321092472%7Ctwgr%5Ea9f0fb9af56e4ae2b6a89335e8886314a4112483%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mandatory.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1666345action%3Dedit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sees<\/a> the retired sportswoman pluck a piece of cotton from the plant and examine it. Williams quickly passes her judgment on the decorative unit, noting that it \u201cfeels like nail polish remover cotton.\u201d She then gives a flushed reaction before walking away from the camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Notably, Williams had visited New York City to attend a SKIMS event, which also showcased a promotional film titled Bodies at Work. The advertisement highlighted Nike\u2019s collaboration with the Kim Kardashian-founded clothing brand and featured a horde of female athletes alongside Williams, including\u00a0Sha\u2019Carri Richardson, Madisen Skinner,\u00a0Beatriz Hatz, Romane Dicko, Chloe Kim, Jordan Chiles, as well as\u00a0Nelly Korda. The Florida-born athlete commemorated the occasion by posting a picture of the event on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPBocP2jacW\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> profile with the caption, \u201cNike gave me the wings, SKIMS gave me the fit \u2014 together, they gave us a moment.\u00a0#NikeSkims\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to the SKIMS event, Serena Williams also attended the Milan premiere of Gucci\u2019s short film, The Tiger, in recent days. The former world No. 1 even took to Instagram to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/serena-williams-posing-sheer-black-192607862.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:share her look;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">share her look<\/a> from the premiere, which has since gone viral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1666345-serena-williams-cotton-plants-nyc-hotel-instagram\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Serena Williams Calls Out Hotel\u2019s Cotton Plant D\u00e9cor Saying \u2018It Doesn\u2019t Feel Great\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Serena Williams Calls Out Hotel\u2019s Cotton Plant D\u00e9cor Saying \u2018It Doesn\u2019t Feel Great\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandatory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis legend Serena Williams recently took to social media to highlight her grievance with a New York City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[108864,22162,6542,99,428],"class_list":["post-184917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-cotton-plants","tag-instagram-stories","tag-serena-williams","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}