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   Mark Taylor (emarktaylor@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 03:50:23 JST Mark Taylor

   🎾 #Tennis #RolandGarros @tennis

   Via Tony Jovenitti
   @jovenitti.bsky.social

   As Iga Swiatek is about to win her 5th grand slam, American viewers are subject not to tennis commentary, of course. Instead we have to listen to John McEnroe talk about how Iga should wear makeup.

   What a joke.

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     Magenta Rocks (magentarocks@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 03:50:23 JST Magenta Rocks

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     To be fair, they were talking about how she turned down a Lancome sponsorship. Lancome being a cosmetic company. Iga supposedly said "I don't wear much make-up". McEnroe was joking.

     None of this makes their commentary relevant.

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     Magenta Rocks (magentarocks@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 04:07:03 JST Magenta Rocks

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     Yeah, more of a joke really. Like kinda saying it would be worth wearing more make-up to take the sponsorship.

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     Mark Taylor (emarktaylor@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 04:07:04 JST Mark Taylor

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     @MagentaRocks @tennis

     Ah! So he was being a bit of a dick then.

     Makes sense.

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     Magenta Rocks (magentarocks@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 04:07:05 JST Magenta Rocks

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     Fuller context:

     The conversation was actually complimentary towards Iga. One of the other commentators was speaking about how true to herself she is and he used turning down the Lancome sponsorship as an example. McEnroe's comment was unnecessary.

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     Mark Taylor (emarktaylor@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 04:07:06 JST Mark Taylor

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     @MagentaRocks @tennis

     I didn't hear it myself - but he wasn't the only one who was annoyed by McEnroe's commentary.

     Seems fairly harmless to me.