‘Feel Like Your Life Is Ending..’- Model Gigi Hadid Discloses Learnings From Serena Williams Amid Harrowing Mental Health Battle

Serena Williams has had her fair share of ups and downs in her personal life as well as her career, receiving severe criticism along with praise. And it’s not easy to deal with criticism. Recently, the tennis legend’s good friend and well-known model Gigi Hadid opened up about how the American tennis star’s advice helped her cope with negative backlash coming from the media.

The American tennis legend shares a very good relationship with the Hadid sisters. They are often spotted at different events together spending time as friends away from their professional leanings. 

Gigi Hadid shares Serena Williams’ advice to deal with criticism 

The 27-year-old American model in a recent interview with ELLE broke down while talking about going to therapy and talked about her mental health battle.  However, while talking about her problems, she also revealed the tennis star’s advice on how to deal with criticism that comes from time to time.

Hadid recalled, “Serena once told me, ‘Nothing stays in the press longer than three weeks.’ You can feel like your life is ending,” 

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Who knows better than the former world number one to deal with criticism than the ‘Queen of the Court? Notably, the people who are close to Williams, have always applauded her spirit to endure on the court as well as off it despite the criticism she received over the years.

Just last year, after her retirement from the sport, her husband, Alexis Ohanian, also praised his wife for the way she faced criticism for the better part of her career. 

When Alexis Ohanian praised Williams for her ability to endure criticism 

In an interview last year, the co-founder of Reddit talked about how his wife experienced criticism since the very beginning of her career. And he also praised her for how she handled racist remarks as well.

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Moreover, even after facing a lot of negativity, when the tennis player played the last match of her long and fruitful tennis career, she earned love and encouragement from her fans as well as her detractors.