Novak Djokovic's wife shuts down journalist for 'anti-vax poster boy' Tweet: 'He simply..'

21-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic’s wife Jelena Djokovic on Monday lashed out at a journalist on social media, who referred the Serbian tennis great as a 'poster boy' for people against COVID-19 vaccination. Novak Djokovic picked up his record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title after winning the recently concluded Wimbledon Championships 2022 trophy. He earlier missed the season-opening Australian Open this year due to the mandatory vaccination rules in the country, while he crashed out of the French Open, after losing to Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals. Having recently picked up his seventh Wimbledon title, Djokovic’s participation in the fourth Grand Slam event of the year, i.e. the US Open 2022 is under concern, because he remains to be unvaccinated to date. Meanwhile, tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg recently took to his Twitter handle and revealed his thoughts about Djokovic’s chances of playing in the US Open. At the same time, the journalist also labelled Djokovic as an ‘anti-vax posterboy’ in his comments much to the fury of Djokovic’s wife Jelena. Jelena wrote, “Excuse me. Just making sure that it is noted that YOU tagged him as antivax poster boy for whatever reason you have. He simply responded what HIS body choice is”. Meanwhile, Rothenberg had earlier tweeted, “Unless there is a swift change in US immigration law, #Wimbledon US requires vaccination for foreigners to enter, and Djokovic has firmly said he has ruled out getting vaccinated, entrenching himself as an anti-vax posterboy” (sic). Excuse me. Just making sure that it is noted that YOU tagged him as antivax poster boy for whatever reason you have. He simply responded what HIS body choice is. — Jelena Djokovic (@jelenadjokovic) July 10, 2022 Journalist responds, Jelena hits back again: '...fits your agenda' On noticing Jelena’s reply, the journalist responded by saying that her husband is a huge icon for the anti-COVID vaccination movement. “I understand that it's his choice, but I also am saying that his decision to be so firmly against the vaccines that it limits his ability to play tournaments has made him, unwittingly or not, into a huge icon of the anti-vax movement. I saw this very clearly during Australia,” Rothenberg added. Jelena puts out another reply saying that the journalist created a judgemental narrative to fit his agenda, before adding that if Djokovic is not playing because of his vaccination status, he is fine with it. While Rothenberg explained that Djokovic has a 'duty to act responsibly with public health actions', Jelena replied saying that the journalist should be careful as he might become the poster boy for hatred and bullying. You are creating a very judgmental narrative that fits your agenda. He is simply choosing what’s best for his body. If he is not playing because of making that choice, he is fine with it. — Jelena Djokovic (@jelenadjokovic) July 10, 2022 Know how the Internet reacted to Jelena Djokovic lashing out at the journalist He went to public events unmasked while covid positive and was hugging kids. Did he give the kids and their families a choice to k ow that he was covid positive and whether they wanted to risk contracting it? — Ben Gray (@BenSkyWatcher1) July 10, 2022 It would actually be better for Novak's body to take a covid vaccine rather than not to take a covid vaccine. If Novak or Jelena believes that vaccines would be worse for his body they share that belief (which is not based on any scientific grounds) with... the anti-vax movement! — 🇺🇦 OddsMover 🇺🇦 (@OddsMover) July 10, 2022 *what he thinks is best for his body. Science says otherwise though. — Olly 🎾🇬🇧 (@Olly_2022) July 10, 2022 Jelena, you and your husband CAN NOT have it both ways, he does NOT want to take the vaccine, but meanwhile he wants to play the USO. The world does not work that way. — Bengtion (@Bengtion12) July 10, 2022 (Image: AP)

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Novak Djokovic's wife shuts down journalist for 'anti-vax poster boy' Tweet: 'He simply..'

Novak Djokovic earlier missed season-opening Australian Open this year due to mandatory vaccination rules in the country, while he crashed out of French Open.

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