After Stephen A. Smith Said He’d Divorce Serena Williams Over That Viral Super Bowl Moment, Her Real-Life Husband, Alexis Ohanian, Hit Back In The Best WayLeyla Mohammed · Feb. 11, 2025

Serena Williams is apparently unfazed by the backlash over her viral appearance during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show earlier this month. “Gosh I’m so late to the game (I’ve been sick) & busy investing in billion dollar companies and running @WYNbeauty

Serena Williams is clearing up the confusion about her Super Bowl cameo—and, no, it wasn’t a diss. See what she had to say here.

Serena Williams took to TikTok to share a behind-the-scenes look into her Super Bowl LIX appearance. On Sunday (Feb. 9), the tennis legend was a surprise guest at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance.

I t was a brief but blockbuster cameo. For less than five seconds in the closing moments of the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, as headliner Kendrick Lamar performed his Grammy-award winning Drake diss track “Not Like Us,” the camera flipped to the corner of the stage to show 43-year-old tennis all-time-great Serena Williams crip walking.

Serena Williams rocked the Nike 24.7 line during her iconic Super Bowl performance, so you know we had to put it to the test.

Looks like haters are still mad about Serena Williams’ crip-walking on the Super Bowl stage, but clearly the Grand Slam champion and her husband, co-founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian, are unfazed. Not like she needed to clear up speculation surrounding her jaw dropping appearance,

Serena Williams is unbothered by the chatter about her surprise Super Bowl LIX halftime show appearance. "Gosh I'm so late to the game (I've been sick) & busy investing in billion dollar companies and running @WYNbeauty