As he prepares to compete in his 20e edition of the Australian Open in which he is aiming for an 11e career title, Novak Djokovic gave a long interview to the magazine GQ where he notably returned to the conditions of his detention in Melbourne in January 2022.
According to him, his food was poisoned with heavy metals in the hotel where he was held before his expulsion from the territory. Excerpts.
Back home, he says: “I had health problems. And I realized that in this hotel in Melbourne, I had been given food that had poisoned me. »
Wait, what do you mean?
“Well,” he said, “I made some discoveries on my return to Serbia. I never told anyone publicly about it, but I discovered that I had very high levels of heavy metals. Heavy metals. I had lead, very high levels of lead and mercury. »
Are you saying maybe it’s the food or something?
-He shrugs and raises his eyebrows. “It’s the only solution. »
(Contacted for comment, an Australian Department of Home Affairs spokesperson said: “For reasons of confidentiality, the department cannot comment on individual cases.”)
So you felt very ill when you returned to Europe.
“Yes, I was very ill. It was like the flu, just a regular flu. But a few days later, a simple flu made me so weak”he said, that he was treated by an emergency medical team at home. “I’ve had this happen a few times and then had to do toxicology tests. »
Published on Thursday January 9, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.
