Novax Djocovid doesn’t endorse hypocrisy, but...

When little Novax was young, he got what he wanted every time his birthday arrived. He had a way to get his stuff, for he had discovered the magic word, what he thought was the "Philosopher's word".

The first time he applied its magical abilities was during the time his ninth birthday came knocking at the door. Before that, Lil' Novax used to just pretend to be super-sad for a week prior to his birthday to get what he wanted. However, each time, a present, or twenty, was never enough for the Djoker. He wanted at least 21 presents, which somehow never arrived. All he had to do was say that he wanted it, instead, he sobbed for a week post-birthday. 

Novax's parents used to be perplexed at seeing their boy act like this. "Thank the non-toxic water's memory that we didn't vaccinate our boy against the deadly emo disease. Let him cry it out. That will boost his immune system. Isn't that what the experts said in the Serbian Pseudoscientific Times," Papa Novax said once.

Then came his ninth birthday. Novax still isn't exactly sure of how he had conjured the idea of the so-called philosopher's word. "Probably it arrived during one of those astral travels I made while I dozed off in my neighbourhood forest on one fine afternoon while I collected mushrooms with a pack of wolves, who are actually my second cousins" Djocovid had told local media pre-pandemic.

When asked what he said to get his desired twenty-plus presents then, Novax had revealed:

"I said, 'Papa wolf and Mama wolf, I'm not against celebrating birthdays or anti-presents or anything but I don't want 20 presents on my birthday from now onwards!'"

Novax had later let out a "muhuhaha" during that interview and said, "Who knew the power the word 'but' has!"

Fast forward to the Covid pandemic, Novax, who had come of age by then, had no objection against flattening the curve and yet, he organised a tennis tournament with high-profile players and partied at nightclubs at the height of the pandemic when everything had come to a standstill.

Novax has reaped rewards from advances in sports science and is not against modern science and yet, he invited a pseudoscience peddler live on his Insta in 2020 to advertise their products.

Now Novax told a Reputed News Organisation last week: "I was never against vaccination. BUT I've always supported the freedom to choose what you put in your body."

So, Novax has already played his trusty trump card, now it remains to be seen if the magic word "but" prevents the cracks in his reputation from widening further and if he is allowed to play in Strawberries and Cream tournament this summer.