Morgan Riddle, the influencer who has been dating American tennis standout Taylor Fritz, says a wave of nasty comments followed her online after she arrived in Melbourne to support him at the Australian Open. She had shared a few snapshots near Rod Laver Arena while taking in the tournament atmosphere. Instead of sticking to the tennis, some strangers zeroed in on her body and tried to turn her posts into a punching bag. Riddle decided she was not going to let that kind of talk slide.
The situation escalated after she posted a photo wearing a light blue two piece look with an off the shoulder top and a long skirt. Alongside it, she shared one of the comments she received that read, “It’s a boy.” The remark implied she was pregnant, and it was framed like a joke, but Riddle treated it as something more serious than trolling. She warned that comments like these can pile pressure onto women in a way that pushes some toward extreme weight loss tactics or eating disorders.
She then showed another example in a follow up story that she said was typical of what she deals with online. Under a different photo, someone wrote that they “thought she was pregnant.” Rather than ignoring it, Riddle responded with a blunt line that quickly made the rounds among her followers. “God forbid a girl has organs,” she wrote, adding that she gets comments like that on pretty much everything she posts.
Once she put the messages on blast, many followers rallied around her and criticized the body shaming. Supportive replies focused on the basic idea that nobody should be commenting on someone else’s body, especially with pregnancy speculation. Some people pointed out how casually these jabs are thrown around online, even when they can do real harm. Others simply tried to drown out the negativity by shifting the conversation back to the outfit and her overall look.
The reaction was not just emotional, it was also practical in the sense that many fans emphasized what they actually came to see. A lot of commenters kept it simple and encouraging, including lines like “People are just jealous,” and “Don’t comment on another woman’s body, you clearly don’t understand the harmful impact this can have.” Others went with straightforward compliments such as “You look fantastic,” and “Women, we need to support each other. The girl looks great.” The point was clear, the problem was not Riddle’s body, it was the reflex to treat women’s bodies as public property.
Riddle’s outfit also had another layer, since it was tied to her fashion work rather than a random closet pick. The matching set was linked to her collaboration with the Australian brand Beginning Boutique. Fans who liked the look told her that the light blue color suited her, and that she looked confident and put together. That contrast made the whole episode feel even more surreal, with a style post turning into a debate about someone’s abdomen.
For many tennis followers, Riddle has become a familiar face because she is often present at tournaments and posts behind the scenes content. She is dating Fritz, who has been among the top American players of his generation and has spent time inside the ATP top 10. The article notes that he turned pro in 2015 and that one of his biggest milestones came in 2022 when he won the Masters event at Indian Wells. While fans track his results on court, plenty of people now track the lifestyle content that surrounds modern tennis stardom.
Their relationship began in 2020, and they reportedly met through the app Raya during the pandemic. Since then, Riddle has regularly traveled with Fritz and documented the day to day rhythm of tournament life. That visibility can help grow the sport’s audience, but it also opens the door to nonstop scrutiny from strangers who feel entitled to throw opinions around. The couple’s profile grew even more after they appeared in Netflix’s tennis docuseries ‘Break Point’, which introduced many casual viewers to players’ off court worlds.
Fritz’s personal life has also been part of the public record well before his relationship with Riddle. He was previously married to former tennis player Raquel Pedraza, and they share a son. That history, combined with the spotlight that comes with elite sports, means attention rarely stays neatly on forehands and rankings. In Riddle’s case, she is asking people to recognize a basic boundary, that support for a partner at a tournament should not come with strangers policing her body.
More broadly, the Australian Open is one of tennis’s four Grand Slam tournaments, held every year in Melbourne and anchored by major show courts like Rod Laver Arena. The event draws global media, huge crowds, and an online conversation that runs nonstop for two weeks. In that environment, public figures and even adjacent figures like partners can be pulled into the attention vortex, whether they ask for it or not. The ATP rankings that shape men’s tennis also amplify visibility, since a top 10 player is constantly on camera, constantly discussed, and constantly searched.
Episodes like this also underline how social media rewards quick cruelty and sloppy assumptions, especially when it comes to women’s bodies. Pregnancy speculation is often treated like casual gossip, but it can land as humiliation, anxiety, or a trigger for unhealthy behavior. Riddle’s response showed one way people are pushing back, by exposing the comments and naming the dynamic instead of quietly absorbing it. What do you think platforms and fans should do to curb body shaming around athletes and their partners, and how would you handle it if it happened to you, share your thoughts in the comments.
