Naomi Osaka's Response To Megyn Kelly's Harassment Proves She Is Better Than I Am Because I Would Probably Resort To Hexing

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People just love latching on to the smallest of things to criticize and hate on Naomi Osaka for simply living her life the way she wants to.

Naomi Osaka onstage and speaking into a microphone
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And Megyn Kelly is one of those people.

Megyn Kelly sitting on a couch and smiling at another woman

It all started yesterday, when Sports Illustrated revealed its 2021 Swimsuit issue, featuring covers with the tennis star as well as with Megan Thee Stallion and model Leyna Bloom.

Many fans were ecstatic (normal response). But conservative sports analyst Clay Travis and Megyn responded to the news by implying that Naomi was being hypocritical for being on the cover after deciding not to speak to the press for her mental health (not normal response).

And Naomi's response — in a now-deleted tweet — was absolutely golden: "Seeing as you're a journalist I would've assumed you would take the time to research what the lead times are for magazines. If you did that you would've found out I shot all of my covers last year. Instead your first reaction is to hop on here and spew negativity, do better Megan."

Of course, Megyn is, unfortunately, not the type of person to be introspective, so she continued her harassment of the athlete.

Naturally, people were quick to accuse Megyn of racism —which she is absolutely no stranger to — because of her decision to target a Black Japanese woman.

Others pointed out that Megyn is willfully targeting someone who has publicly spoken out about her mental illness.

And finally: