Serena Williams shames Paris restaurant for turning her and her kid away during 2024 Olympics - and the five-star hotel replies

Serena Williams has called retired a five-star edifice successful Paris for denying her family entree to a rooftop edifice contempt it being wholly empty.

The 23-time Grand Slam victor took to X to publically kick astir nan curen she received astatine The Peninsula Hotel connected Monday, sharing her annoyance astatine nan measurement successful which her sojourn went down. 

'Yikes,' Williams wrote. '@peninsulaparis I've been denied entree to rooftop to eat successful a quiet edifice of nicer places but ne'er pinch my kids. Always a first.' 

Williams besides shared a threat of nan motion connected nan hotel, truthful that her followers could cognize which constitution she was talking about. 

The Peninsula Hotel later expressed regret for turning down Williams, sharing connected X: 'Dear Mrs. Williams, Please judge our deepest apologies for nan disappointment you encountered tonight.

'Unfortunately, our rooftop barroom was so afloat booked and nan only unoccupied tables you saw belonged to our gourmet restaurant, L'Oiseau Blanc, which was afloat reserved.

'We person ever been honored to invited you and will ever beryllium to invited you again. The Peninsula Paris.' 

Williams' fans were speedy to rip nan edifice for rejecting nan tennis fable arsenic 1 X personification asked: 'How does 1 get denied erstwhile they are Serena Williams...... lol'

'Glad you didn't person to discarded money there,' different instrumentality pointed out. 

'You're amended disconnected not going, their nutrient is subpar -- I've unluckily had to salary for it rather a fewer times,' personification other said. 

Williams has attended respective Olympic disciplines pinch her six-year-old daughter, Olympia, and her family successful Paris. 

She was besides among respective high-profile names to beryllium portion of nan Games' opening ceremonial connected July 26, arsenic she shared a vessel pinch Rafael Nadal, Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci. 

Williams described nan ceremonial arsenic 'unforgettable.' 

'From being portion of an astonishing Opening Ceremony astatine nan Paris Olympics-to riding successful nan vessel successful nan rain-and it was pouring! So overmuch truthful my lashes came correct connected off,' she joked connected X. 

On apical of her Grand Slam victories, Williams has 4 Olympic golden medals to her name, including successful some singles and doubles successful London successful 2012.