Judy Murray hits back at public scrutiny after being branded ‘a nightmare pushy parent’
JUDY MURRAY opened up about being branded a “pushy parent”, until she was “forgiven” when her son Andy Murray won Wimbledon in 2013.
The nature of sport breeds competitiveness, and that’s something that Judy Murray knows all about. She has received years of public scrutiny for supporting her two sons, Andy who won Wimbledon in 2013 and seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion Jamie, on the international tennis circuit.
She opened up about her experience as being labelled an “overbearing mother” after she was captured in the crowd at Wimbledon in 2005 clapping, smiling, punching the air and baring her teeth, as 18-year-old Andy unexpectedly made the third round and ended up playing on the Centre Court.
But she pointed out that if she had been a father there to support her kids, the reaction would have been very different.
“If I’d been a dad doing the same thing, it would have been seen as so supportive,” she said in a new interview.
“Whereas I was a nightmare pushy parent, blah blah blah.
