Coco Gauff has obsessions, like all of us. One of her most recent ones was making her spend too much time on her phone, prompting her to quit Twitter, at least temporarily. Earlier this week, Gauff was featured on the Cincinnati Open, winning her first match against Wang Xinyu. Gauff opened up about the reason why she quit social media.
“I had to delete Twitter after last week because I’m too involved with Love Island,” said Gauff in a press conference, as reported by Tennis.com
She listed some of her obsessions that are consistently featured on Twitter, and why she's taking a break and focusing on her game time for a little while.
"And then Tennis Twitter’s coming up, and you know, there’s all this drama from that and Love Island," she continued.
"Then for some reason, 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' was coming up, and I’d never watched that, but I was into it even not watching the show! I was like, ‘Ok, I’m getting too addicted.’ So, I have no Twitter on my phone anymore.”
Gauff has been a long-term fan of the reality TV show
"Love Island" is one of the most successful reality TV shows of our time, sharing long seasons that feature various hot singles on a remote island as they date and fall in love with each other.
“I got into it last season,” explained Gauff. “This season, I was actually able to start from the beginning. I had a really bad addiction that started right around French Open time. I would be like, first thing in the morning, waking up in Europe to watch Love Island at 6 AM, and I couldn’t go on my phone until I watched it because I didn’t want spoilers."
“I went to a watch party for Love Island,” she continued. “I’m in two Love Island group chats. I hosted a Love Island watch party. It was a bad obsession! I was thinking of doing, if I had time I was going to do a whole Love Island game with my friends where we had to dress up and couple up. I had it all planned out, but I didn’t have time in between Wimbledon and here. Next season, maybe!”
Gauff ended up winning the Roland Garros for the first time in her career, suggesting that her obsession didn't get in the way of her goals.