By Naomi White| 3 days ago
She may have won 23 grand slams, but Serena Williams is also every mum trying to quietly distract their child away from playing with tampons.
The tennis pro shared a hilarious video to TikTok, showing daughter Olympia , five, explaining why the period product was a cat toy.
And as Williams, 41, asked in the clip's caption, who was she to 'steal her joy', opting to just go with it – while also trying to stop too many of them being sacrificed for the game.
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"What is that?" William asks Olympia, as the pair stand in front of the bathroom cabinet, to which the little girl replies, "A cat toy for Karma."
"It's a cat toy for our cat?" Williams asks, before face-palming when Olympia shows how she's split one in two.
"You have some more cat toys? OK, let's not, no, let's not play with too many of those," she adds.
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The video drew lots of comments from followers.
"I mean we played with pots and pans and she's playing with tampons....same/diff!," joked one. "You bout to have to go to the store!," added another.
"It's a multipurpose toy, very versatile," another quipped.
Others shared their own awkward child-repurposing-tampon moments.
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"At least it's a cat toy. My son used them on a school project as clouds," one mum shared.
"When my daughter was little she was in my room being too quiet. I walked upstairs and she had taken all my pads and stuck them to the wall," said one poor soul.
In a recent interview with Vogue , Williams described the close bond she and Olympia share, saying nothing felt like a sacrifice with her and she wanted to be a very hands-on-mum.
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"I want to teach her how to tie her shoes, how to read, where babies come from, and about God. Just like my mum taught me. As she grows, it's something different every month," she told the publication.
"Lately she's been into watching baking shows, which we do together. Now we bake with Play-Doh, which is so much fun."
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