Director Jane Campion is being blasted as 'ignorant' and 'out of touch' for 'diminishing' the successes of Venus and Serena Williams by telling them they 'don't play against the guys like she has to' during her acceptance speech at the Critics Choice Awards. One day after she was praised for calling out Sam Elliott's 'sexist' comments about her progressive Western film Power of the Dog, Jane, 67, was labeled as 'out of touch' and 'privileged' after she claimed that Serena, 40, and Venus, 41, didn't have to struggle the way she had to, because they only compete against other women on the court and not men.Her remark left Venus - who has won seven grand slams over her impressive career, while her sister Serena has won 23 - visibly uncomfortable and sparked fury online, where dozens of users spoke out to blast the director's comments as 'ugly' and 'vile.'
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