‘We Weren’t Even Allowed to Get Our Ears Pierced’- Venus Williams Details How Her Parents Didn’t Allow Her to Show Off

Venus Williams, the American tennis ace, is one of the best players to have played the sport. She has seven Grand Slam titles to her name and has achieved a career-high ranking of World No.1. Further, the American has bagged four Olympic gold medals for her country. However, even though she is dedicated to tennis, her life never entirely revolved around the sport.

Williams has always had interests that breached the boundaries of tennis. Even so, she didn’t hesitate to approach them. Recently, while speaking in a podcast, the former World No.1 shared a story from her teenage days.

Venus Williams shares a story

While speaking about how growing up was different for her and sister Serena from other girls of their age, she shared a story from her teenage years. She said, “We grew up really innocent, really green. We were playing lots of tennis. So our wellness didn’t really necessary centre around hair and makeup.”

“We weren’t even allowed to get our ears pierced. I got my ears pierced at like 16 and Serena got her ears pierced. She was only 15. We came home and my dad said what that’s stuff on your ear. We were like we can get it pieced at 16. And he tells us, take those out and she just didn’t. So that was that,” she added.

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Thereafter, she shared her hurtful but worth ear piercing experience. ” I got like four in a row. Boom, the first one don’t feel. The second one hurts and when you get to the fourth one it’s agony, but we kept going.”

Venus’ red carpet appearances this year

Events that involve dressing up, meeting new people and catching up with friends outside tennis greatly interest the Williams sisters. Both Serena and Venus Williams graced the red carpet at the Academy Awards. The movie ‘King Richard’, which revolves around the lives of Serena and Venus from their father’s point of view, received six nominations. Therefore, the tennis legends were invited to the 94th Academy awards, where Venus wore a white gown with silver lining.

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Thereafter, the 41-year-old shined in a black Law Roach pantsuit paired with a sultry corset top and embellished pants at the Met Gala 2022. She complimented her look with a furry black clutch, a silver chocker, and wore her hair in braids. Earlier, in the year 2021, she wore a red Atelier Prabal Gurung dress to the same event.