LPGA golfer Lexi Thompson announced last weekend she is taking a break from social media after catching flak for golfing with President Trump.
“Hey everybody, just want to say I will be taking a break from social media. If I post it will be from my management team for me. I’m too involved with it, and to read some of the hurtful things being said to me lately isn’t fair and I’m not dealing with it,” Thompson said on a caption to a selfie she posted on Instagram.
“Thank you to my true fans out there. I will be back on but I’m going to be focusing on me right now and my life. Thanks for understanding,” Thompson said.
Thompson was joined in the round with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. The trio played at Trump’s International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
President Trump played golf yesterday with Rush Limbaugh and Lexi Thompson. The White House just released these photos. pic.twitter.com/oUcxt8ZptM
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 20, 2019
In 2016, Thompson responded to a couple of her Instagram followers, forcing them to apologize after they criticized her for posting a pic on a treadmill instead of practicing her golf game.
