King Richard Defends Daughter Venus on National TV (1994) 

Bcuz she wasn't caucasian!!! To have your father there to protect you is priceless~

Because she’s black and has confidence that’s why and whites don’t like blacks to be confident.

@@texasboy3427 that's right confidence.. and knowing yourself fully is power

@@texasboy3427 Facts!! Muhammad Ali pointed this out during an interview to some euro female in the audience back in the 70s I believe.

Because she was the future. 👑

I think the reporter was asking why because he thinks that ain't no girl and that's why they knew who was gonna win.

@@auntjenifer7774 The reporter apparently needs eyeglasses, if he can't see that she is a young girl. And I'm happy that her father reprimanded that reporter. Also King Richard was a true lion of Judah! 💖🎺

Absolutely love that power

@@auntjenifer7774 No. Looks like a girl and a pretty little girl in this clip

It's because he knew he had malicious intent. He was trying to mentally tear her down.

Too bad more teenagers couldn't see this. Having parents who constantly dou t you destroys your confidence. Constant "are you sure? No, you don't want that. How do you know?"

100% on point John Doe!

or he just wanted to know where this confidence come from in 14 years old girl? He looking for an better answer than "i know it" like "i was preparing for it and my father give me the power to do it"

@@mariannairam2218 hahaha no. BIG no.

@@JohnPedder Yeah yeah just make up your own vision of the world - because there are no other interviews that look just like this because it is normal schematic interview with schematic questions to ask. It's normal for interviewer to ask does question because you need to know more than "i know i win" - how your report in television would look like ? Only you make it racial or i don't even know what - it's normal generics questions from reporter who question new sport stars.

Serena yes, Venus no

@@gavinbrando8255 pretty sure Venus still play for fun

@Tory's Gaming Clips made plenty of sense, you just can't relate and that's fine!!!

I died lol

​@@gavinbrando8255And you NEVER,you bum

PeriodT 💯

He said!!!😒

Dummies

Thats not a girl its a boy

@@candygood1295 Your mama's a boy

I think he really wanted to know why she was so confident. He was intrigued that this little black girl had that much character and belief. Like he would've invested in her career going forward. But like Joe, because nobody asked him nothing, he would beat Michael to be something he already was. Same here, dad wasn't getting enough attention, so he burst in like he was saving her lol. Like she didn't have a voice of her own. She was happy to say it over and over.

@@24KinfO That had NOTHING to do with it. He told that guy that his daughters are going to be playing this game even when he is long gone. That right there proves he wasn't trying to put himself in the spotlight, he was making sure he didn't let the media discourage his children from performing well.

@@24KinfO imagine being this wrong

He was clearly gaslighting. And richards caught him redhanded @24K InfO

@@kenthuiyah542 That's the definition of gaslighting right there, trying to make someone feel bad for liking and believing in themselves.

Like she new it was coming. 😂

That was my favorite part! Venus looked so unbothered playing with her hair beads. She knew she had her father’s protection, which is something White America is not used to Black children having.

You will -- it'll become automatic! I remember my Dad, I was 21 and bought my first NEW car but was having issues with it within the first week I drove it off the lot, came with me to the Dealership to discuss the issue, -- just to ride along -- he said. When the Dealer offered to again fix my NEW car and *suggested* that maybe it was my bad driving (I'm a great driver, thank you), which was the issue; my 5'9" Dad, stood up and recited the statuette for Florida's lemon law. Told the dealer either I was getting another car today OR they were giving me my money back. The Dealer tried to tap dance around the real problem but my Dad wasn't having it. I drove off with another brand new car w/zero miles on the speedometer. I thought I was grown and knew everything, but I still needed my Dad's wisdom & advice.

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wait since when is it wrong to ask people "how can u be so sure, u answer with so much confidence?" i ask that to people too a lot of the times just out of curiosity, it's not a crime to ask questions and figure out other people's thought process or how they came to that conclusion is it? When i ask people that they don't shout at me, they just give me their answer in a calm way, so i'm a bit confused about why the dad is so upset? when i was their age a lot of people asked me how can u be so sure? and i just answer and leave it at that and move on to talk about something else. Maybe i'm missing something here so if someone can explain that would be great.

@@danielpedersen1688 that is a just turned 14 year old child. Why ask her anything that could damage her psyche? As a professional reporter on a nationally televised show? He was attacking her subliminally. I'm old enough to remember this as a kid myself. The press hated venus. They called her cocky and tried so hard to make her a villain. But that's some of the reasons why we as black parents are so overprotective or defensive. Our children are not viewed as children to many white people subconsciously. They are only viewed as black male or female.

Facts all day

rightfully doing so!

@Tyard OvdaBULLDH!t - Richard did that during the early part of their career, but when he had a child out of wedlock, they threw him under the bus in favor of their mothers. Now mind you, both parents had different children by different people outside of Venus and Serena. Also, when they sided with their mother, that is when the braids came out, and the weave got thrown in, to include that is when Serena choose to put thickness started getting put on full display.

@@thespadestable I could careless about his personal life, that was between him and his wife. When he NEEDED to protect his children he did just that. That's ALL I care about.

Will Smith for Oscar!

Yes exactly! The look on her face was like Oops you SHOULD’NT HAVE DONE THAT ESPECIALLY WITH DADDY IN THE ROOM! 🤣Love it!

FAAAX!!!!

To bad they went and got married white men

@@daharris41 but they represent strong, groundbreaking black women regardless. Their message was never a black power agenda yet them being who they are innately represents that, us, and black girls/women everywhere especiallly....i hear u but who they choose as a partner doesnt change who they are and what they have done......

@@elliottsmith7530 that may be true but if you listen to their fathers stories of how he was oppressed by white people in Shreveport Louisiana it still has to hurt him in some manner that his famed daughters married white men. The same race of men who beat him for accidentally touching one of their hands. This is the story he tells and how his father ran away while he was getting beaten.

Venus face said "you done fucked up now" the reporter was being messy and he got what he asked for!!!

Yep lol

😂😂😂 yes she literally started checking her nails 💅🏾 “my daddy about to eat his a$$ up.” 😂😂😂

Yes he was!!!

Shooketh to the core 🤣🤣

Most women would have avoided that confrontation.

He was like damn we missed one throw him in jail 10 yes ago so I can crack this child’s self worth

And that’s exactly why his a daughters still both move as Queens owning whatever space they’re in 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

He was on his ass ! 😂

Tony, I had a similar situation with my daughter. I ran in the 1996 U.S Olympic Trials. I made the semi finals, but I got dusted. Ran a 10.23 and kissed the cut. My daughter started running track at 9. When she was 13, she was running 12.2. She was getting interviewed by the local newspaper. This dude kept asking how come she isn’t running on the national stage. Her 13 year old mind, she answered by saying she doesn’t know. He pressed, verbatim, saying “don’t you think you need to push yourself against better competition instead of taking the easy route?” I heard it in the other room. I stepped in. I told the dude, “Listen, my wife and I aren’t the parents to push her unless she wants to be pushed. She likes running, but she isn’t serious about it. She likes hanging with her friends. I will not allow my child to go all over the country and lose out on having crushes on boys and going to the park with her girlfriends. Why aren’t you pushing yourself for ESPN or CNN? Don’t talk to my child that way. That’s for me to ask, not you. Let her enjoy being 13. I allowed you in my house for this. Don’t disrespect my wife or my daughter again by asking those questions, or you’ll have to leave” I did that because I thought about THIS EXACT interview. I remembered it. And something clicked.

I loved this moment as well, but if you watch any one of those 60 Minutes interviews, they use that silly-ass reiteration technique with everybody. It's done for dramatic effect. By repeating the question, it also drags the interview out. I promise you, if it were a 14-year-old white girl or boy saying they could defeat the reigning champion, he would've said the exact same thing. Again though, Richard handled it beautifully.

Boys not girls

@@wavelordmelly If you think that their Father would have allowed them to gender switch, then you don't know these kinds of Black Fathers.

He didn't try to protect them. HE DID protect them. He put the white dude in his place.

@@aj-nz1kf these people are weird as Hell yo

Why do you have to give Richard a backhanded compliment about him defending Venus? You act like you know Richard personally to even talk about his character. Obviously, he did a great job because he took his family out of the hood and was never trying to take his daughter's shine. Richard stayed in the background. The William sisters started to fall off when their daddy wasn't as present as they age. The stupidity of people is always on full display. God isn't perfect neither because he created all this sin as well, right. On one hand. God created everything, but on the other hand, the contradiction is he didn't. Which one is it? It's very caucasian minded to take subtle derogatory jabs at black people's characters when the topic being discussed is supposed to be about positivity. The white media does it very well.

@@taseti4803 Yeah, what you said! 💯

I tried to like your comment 10 times!!!

Why do you need men to be perfect? That question doesn't get asked enough. A lot of women need to let go of their fear. Nobody is perfect, so it doesn't need to be said. Learn how to work together and stop expecting or demanding perfection.

What person is perfect? Lol

It's such a beautiful clip 💪

aren't they both married to two pink creatures?

Yes he did.

@@bassreeves2410 Right,still trying to figure that out🤬

@@jeremiahthehebrew8744 like a slap in their father's face..smh

@@ntrock22 maybe they couldn’t find black men to love them….it’s not a lot of good ones to choose anyway

I concur!

should change the name of this country to united states of racist white folks

@@e.s.7520 seconded!!!

This is from a documentary or something. It's not a movie. Those are the actual Williams sisters.

Yeahh this isn't a scene from the movie, but I see what you're tryna get at. And I agree, the acting was out of the park.

Exactly! That’s a feeling all little girls should feel!!

That confidence is rare in a 14 year old !

Me either

She's not. A 14 year old black girl from Compton playing Europeans in Europe in front Europeans and winning.

Why they try so hard to keep them out of the home.

@@ewalker1057 Some chose all on their own, sadly

@@needahandle No more than any others. Takes two people. Women choose wisely. Some weren't even there prior to conception.

Love it!! I wish our Black Men Today Knew Their Strength!!👍🏼😊

Putting all the blame on women. “Women choose wisely”.🙄 It’s so many single black mothers educated and non educated 🙄. As if we have so many choices within the black community🤬🤬

I found that funny as well. The one thing that truly shows in all those interviews is how happy they are. He did a great job with them and you can see he made sure they were happy.

More pride for Black children.

@Tory how'd the crabs get in the bucket?

No they don’t!

Or young man! It's done to all our children of color. Then they wonder why we are how we are. Oooh, let these types of movies inspire the heck out of us and wake us the fudge up! Amen!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💖💖💖😊

wait since when is it wrong to ask people "how can u be so sure, u answer with so much confidence?" i ask that to people too a lot of the times just out of curiosity, it's not a crime to ask questions and figure out other people's thought process or how they came to that conclusion is it? When i ask people that they don't shout at me, they just give me their answer in a calm way, so i'm a bit confused about why the dad is so upset? when i was their age a lot of people asked me how can u be so sure? and i just answer and leave it at that and move on to talk about something else. Maybe i'm missing something here so if someone can explain that would be great.

@@danielpedersen1688 yes, you are. You don’t walk in our shoes, therefore there’s a lot that you are MISSING.

@@quelquun2018 so i wouldn’t wanna walk in your shoes anyway I’m glad of my skin color and u should be glad too for urs, as u said “you haven’t walked in our shoes” so I’m guessing ur black which is okay. For me I’m glad I’m white cuz then I don’t get stopped by police I can go where I want do what I want be where I want and not be in trouble. Also if I was black I feel like I would be complaining too much as so many black people do I see constantly on social media blacks complaining and I wouldn’t want to be one of those black people doing that. Oh the privilege how I’m so happy to have that, as clack people would call it “white privilege”. Anyway I’m gonna continue being privileged while u guys keep getting angry over everything and complaining all the time as all of u always do constantly 24/7

Absolutely! Even if it takes them taking American History out of schools!

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They already destroyed us by taking the fathers out the homes

I have to keep reminding myself that you people are conditioned at birth to be oblivious to racism. Don't bother replying. You're muted

@@michellemybell4606 lmfao this is a hilarious, amazing how “you people” are all so pressed because the interviewer asked someone a simple question. “Why?”

@@fullysemiautomatic5618 lmfao.... and funny how YOU are pressed over TRUTH in MY COMMENT to someone else..... otherwise, why else would YOU reply? "Why?" Exactly. A hit dog will holler..... 🥴 (when your own comment backfires)😂. Don't bother replying. You're MUTED.

Well said, he's lucky Mr. Williams didn't swoop his azz on national tv. Peace.

Amen🙏🏿💜

Indeed

Exactly! I mean, she lost to Sanchez -Vicario, but at least she knew she would win in her mind…before losing in real life

@UCOjdMg8s4lX3CL9UpVOxbvA LOL. Her self-belief carried her to bounce back from that and she’s arguably the GOAT in women’s tennis. Way to try and play spoiler

He did however forget about his other kids

@@fullysemiautomatic5618 Oh you were in his head and you know what he knew and didn't .... riiiiiiiight ?

@@maiskk6326 what is this implying? That it’s okay to abandon your kids? He was a great father presumably to Serena and Venus however he already had other kids he abandoned at the time

@@fullysemiautomatic5618 I'm implying you don't know what you're talking about ...

The father part

Thank you for this tidbit. I've been saying I'd rather read the book, but I didn't know there was actually a book! I will watch the movie tho'.

@@chinemeremudoh3732 yes, I’m going to watch the movie as well. You’ll really enjoy the book.

she wasn't embarrassed by any stretch of the imagination. she knew exactly who her father is and what he would do or say if you tried it with his daughters. that's why she sat back she knew her FATHER was roaring like the lion he was and would always, always protect her. The world, especially that rheySIST interviewer had no idea. Venus was just fine

Disagree. Venus & Serena were never embarrassed by their father! An appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show proved that. Yes, even Oppie went there. Check it out for yourself.

No, she wasn’t embarrassed. She knew her father. She felt good because she knew her father was protecting her. She felt sorry for that guy for crossing the line.