Naomi Osaka became emotional after a journalist interrogated her during her first press conference in months. TMZ reported that tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg said an unnamed journalist asked the 23-year-old a “fairly aggressively toned question about how she benefits from a high-media profile but doesn't like talking to media.” The question was asked during a press conference ahead of Osaka’s match at the Western & Southern Open in Ohio. The star athlete was so distraught by the reporter’s question, that she had to take a break and leave the podium in the middle of the press conference in order to cool off before returning for more questioning, Yahoo reported . During the French Open in May, Osaka took to Twitter and stated she would no longer appear at news conferences due to her mental health, as Blavity previously reported . She said athletes are frequently “asked questions that bring doubt into our minds and I’m just not going to subject myself to people that doubt me…I believe...
