‘Admiring Straight Couples Kissing Each Other’- Martina Navratilova’s Wife Julia Lemigova Reveals How She Embarrassed the Tennis Legend in Paris

The tennis legend, Martina Navratilova and her wife, Julia Lemigova, suffered many difficult and embarrassing moments before embarking on their happily ever after marriage. Just like any other relationship, there was a time when the 59-time Grand Slam champion also faced embarrassment because of her wife, who was then her girlfriend. Lemigova opened up about that incident in Paris, in an interview, last year.

Both the well-known personalities, the former world number one tennis legend and her wife, the Russian tennis model, faced a lot of difficulty after getting into a same-sex relationship. However, with the passage of time, the adorable pair figured out a way to deal with the hurdles that came along with their beautiful journey.

Julia Lemigova once embarrassed her wife Martina Navratilova

The actress from ‘Real Housewives of Miami’ recently had a heart-to-heart with Chanel Omari, the host of Chanel in the City. In that interview, the 50-year-old Russian model described how she was afraid to accept or showcase her love publicly. She recalled an incident from the days when she was dating the tennis star. Lemigova talked about the time when they both visited Paris together as a couple.

She recalled, “I was terrible, you know, in Paris, I just could not. I was so self-conscious. I was walking on the streets of Paris or sitting in a restaurant and like admiring straight couples kissing each other, holding hands, and something that it’s like so normal to me now. At that time, I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t even imagine making myself doing and Martina would hold my hands. And I would take my hand away. I know people can watch us they can see us.”

However, the tennis star has always talked openly about this incident, calling herself a fool and explaining how she was not able to accept her love publicly. But, after a certain time, she figured out how late she realized her foolishness.

How did Navratilova’s wife overcome this embarrassing relationship situation?
In the same interview, the Real Housewives of Miami star discussed how she gradually relaxed about dating Navratilova. And described how, despite spending so much time together with the tennis icon, it still took her some time to open up. And everything started to change for her when she moved to Miami.

She also gave the city credit for helping her to actually come out of her closet. And focus on what truly makes her happy rather than what other people think she should be doing.