Naomi Osaka shuts down pregnancy rumors by revealing that giving birth was a traumatic experience for her.
Rumors began to circulate online after the 26-year-old Tennis star posted a video on social media, however, she quickly shut down the rumors. “I just wanna say I’m not preggos, but if I was, I wouldn’t want many more, because giving birth was traumatic. But thank you, though, for your blessings.”
Last July, Osaka and her boyfriend, rapper Cordae, welcomed their first child together, a daughter. The following month, she opened up about her struggle with postpartum after she lost a qualifying match for the U.S. Open.
“I’ve been trying to figure out how I feel for the past several hours,” she wrote. “In a weird way I’ve come to appreciate losses, you don’t play tennis for 20+ years without your fair share of them. You learn from a loss and then eagerly await your next opportunity to put what you learned to test.”
She continued, “My biggest issue currently isn’t losses though, my issue is that I don’t feel like I’m in my body. It’s a strange feeling, missing balls I shouldn’t miss, hitting balls softer than I remember I used to. I try and tell myself ‘it’s fine you’re doing great, just get through this one and keep pushing,’ mentally it’s really draining though.”
Osaka added, “Don’t get me wrong, I’ve played a handful of matches this year that I felt like I was myself and I know this moment is probably just a small phase from all the new transitions (clay, grass, clay, hard, etc.), however the only feeling I could liken how I feel right now to is being postpartum. That scares me because I’ve been playing tennis since I was 3, the tennis racquet should feel like an extension of my hand.”
It has been rumored that Naomi Osaka and Cordae had broken up in 2023 but neither one of them has publicly confirmed their split.