claim: tennis star serena williams posted a message on social media that began, "i'm sick of covid-19. i'm sick of black vs. white. i'm sick of republicans vs. democrats."
question: did tennis star serena williams write the viral ‘i’m sick of covid-19’ post?
origin: in june 2020, a message supposedly written by tennis star serena williams about how she was sick of covid-19, black versus white, and republicans versus democrats went viral on social media:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  nba player rudy gobert also shared this post as if it was penned by the famous tennis player with a record-breaking 23 grand slam singles titles, and even tagged her in his post.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the above-displayed message was definitely posted by a person named serena williams, but not the famous tennis player. the facebook user who posted the message wrote on her bio: “nope, not that serena williams 💍 justin’s wifey &amp; bentley’s mommy 🐕”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  although not-tennis-serena posted this message to her facebook page on june 14, she is not the original author of this post. it appears that this message first started circulating on june 2 when it was shared (and presumably written) by facebook user gina torres:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  in short, the viral message was written by a facebook user named “gina” at the start of june 2020. the message went viral a few weeks later when a woman named “serena williams” shared this message and internet users mistook it for a post from the famous tennis star.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: a person by that name definitely posted the message.
summary: a message supposedly written by tennis star serena williams about how she was sick of covid-19, black versus white, and republicans versus democrats went viral on social media in june 2020. nba player rudy gobert also shared this post as if it was penned by the famous tennis player with a record-breaking 23 grand slam singles titles. although not-tennis-serena posted this message to her facebook page on june 14, she is not the original author.