It seems like only yesterday that Serena Williams completely lost it at the 2009 U.S. Open, and threatened to shove a tennis ball down a line judge’s throat. It was one of the rawest displays of emotion in the history of women’s tennis. (And also: pretty, pretty insane.)
Remember When Serena Williams Flipped Out At The U.S. Open? Serena Doesn’t
But two years later, Serena doesn’t seem to remember that ever happened.
Serena: I don’t know, I just remember I lost, and that was that. And then, I got really popular; a lot of people were telling me, ‘Oh, it was super cool,” [laughs] and that they’d never seen me so intense. So, yeah, it was awesome.
Reporter: Did you learn anything from that episode, and if so, what did you learn?
Serena: Um, I don’t know, I don’t think about it. Are you still thinking about it? Oh my god, that was like, two years ago. This is like, two years later.
For some perspective on Serena’s media strategy here, we’ll go ahead and replace “it” with “threatening to kill a line judge.”
“A lot of people were telling me, ‘Oh, [threatening to kill a line judge] was super cool’ and that they’d never seen me so intense. So, yeah, [threatening to kill a line judge] was awesome.”
“Um, I don’t know, I don’t think about it [the time I threatened to kill a line judge].”
“Are you still thinking about [the time I threatened to kill a line judge]? Oh my God.”
All in all, that’s a fantastic strategy if you can manage to get away with it. It’s been two years, you know. We’re all adults here. Why doesn’t even it matter? Why are we still thinking about it? Can Michael Vick start doing this with dog fighting, just to see what PETA does?
So many questions. But in case you’re curious, here’s a video of Serena’s outburst from back in 2009, and proof that no matter what Serena says, the web remembers everything (and eventually ruins it):
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