Serena Williams’ spouse, Alexis Ohanian, appreciated the 2025 Super Bowl halftime performance slightly more than normal this year.
In the 2025 championship match, Ohanian, 41, went on X to express his thoughts about the halftime performance featuring Kendrick Lamar. To everyone’s astonishment in the arena, Williams — who had a short relationship with Lamar’s competitor, Drake — made a surprising appearance during the highly awaited show.
The 43-year-old tennis icon performed a crip walk — the lively dance step popularized by the Los Angeles Crips in the 1970s — on the court while wearing a blue mini skirt, jacket, and coordinating sneakers. The moment recreated her famous dance following her victory over Maria Sharapova at the 2012 London Olympics.
“Quite an amazing halftime performance,” Ohanian noted in a post on X.
His reaction to the performance was woven through a series of posts that expressed his enthusiasm for musical performance. “Kendrick Bowl is set to start,” he wrote prior to the official beginning of the football match between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
He then mentioned, “The halftime show is about to begin, and everyone is still in their seats.”
Following her performance of Lamar’s Grammy-winning track “Not Like Us,” which targets Drake, 38, Williams posted a video on Instagram of herself rehearsing the contentious moves. “Shall we head to the Super Bowl halftime??!” “I died a bit! 💃🏿,” she wrote in the caption.
In a video taken backstage, which was subsequently posted on X, the retired athlete assessed her own performance. “Dude, I definitely didn’t crip-walk like that at Wimbledon.” “Oh, I definitely would’ve received a fine,” Williams remarked, continuing, “It was all about love.
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