Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian is known to publicly show his love for wife Serena Williams with romantic gestures straight from a modern book of fairy tales.
While the majority of social media users find his gestures endearing, a writer for Slate has analyzed his actions in a way that has Serena fans outraged.
In an opinion piece published Thursday in Slate, writer Heather Schwedel suggested reasons other than love are behind Ohanian's romantic displays for his tennis champion wife and questioned why he does so.
'By the crude math that we use to judge couples, it sure seems like they both won—or at least, Williams and Ohanian are very good at reassuring us of this,' Schwedel wrote. 'On the whole, the Williams-Ohanian family's online content is extremely cute, but it also feels like a pretty baroque and labor-intensive domestic charade.'
Alexis Ohanian is known for publicly displaying his love for his wife Serena Williams, but a writer for Slate questioned the reasons behind it
In July, he whisked her away to Venice and posted a photo that he did so because Serena was craving Italian food
Ahead of the US Open finals, Ohanian had a video tribute made for his wife and tweeted it
When Serena returned to tennis after giving birth to their daughter, Ohanian had a series of billboards made for her
Twitter users immediately bashed the writer for demeaning the couple's happiness as a 'charade'.
'Trash take,' author Roxane Gay tweeted: 'Also, it's refreshing to see a black woman being actively adored by her partner. That's rare.'
While Sister, Sister actress Jackee Henry asked: 'Which editor is responsible for approving this nonsense?'
In the article, the writer points out the acts of love Ohanian has done for his wife that have been posted to social media.
When Serena returned to tennis after giving birth, her husband put up a series of billboards on a highway in California with the large text reading 'GREATEST MOMMA OF ALL TIME'.
In July, the doting husband posted a photo to Instagram after he whisked Serena off to Venice with the captions 'She wanted Italian for dinner, so....'.
Most recently, Ohanian posted a tribute video to social media ahead of his wife's competition in the finals at the US Open. 'Help me make sure she sees it!' he wrote.
Schwedel seems to have an opinion for Ohanian's actions.
'Though these actions are objectively romantic—they feel straight out of a rom-com, in fact—they also play as strangely performative, like Ohanian is the too-good-to-be-true Justin Trudeau of tennis spouses,' she wrote.
'Why would Ohanian include the whole world in his overtures to his wife if not because he craves praise for absolutely killing it at the feminist-husband game?'
Twitter users hit back at the writer for suggesting Ohanian is a doting husband for show
Author Roxane Gay said it's rare to see a black woman actively adored by her partner
Sister, Sister actress Jackee Harry was appalled by the article questioning their love
One woman said it is wrong to suggest they display their love for potential endorsement deals
Writer Soman Chainani called Slate's piece the 'worst article ever'
Schwedel responded to the backlash in a tweet which attempted to add context to her article.
'This piece was for a package analyzing a bunch of different celebrity relationships,' she wrote.'I've found some of the criticism it's gotten useful and persuasive (some less so) and appreciate it.'
'Nothing about what you wrote was thought provoking or promoted critical thinking,' one woman responded.
'This wasn't an analysis, is was straight up hateration. You didn't need an entire article to say you're jealous and don't like Serena and other Black women receiving love and attention,' she added.
The writer speculates that the couple may be putting on a show for 'endorsement dollars'.
She also considers that 'this is just what it looks like to fall in love and start a family with a fellow cajillionaire.'
Writer Heather Schwedel attempted to add context to the piece she wrote and said some of the criticism has been useful
https://hienalouca.com/2018/09/22/outrage-as-article-questions-legitimacy-of-serena-williams-and-alexis-ohanians-love/
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While the majority of social media users find his gestures endearing, a writer for Slate has analyzed his actions in a way that has Serena...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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