Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian. Frazer Harrison/Getty Photographs
Alexis Ohanian is defending spouse Serena Williams from critics slamming her shock cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
Ohanian, 41, took to X on Monday, February 10, to share an excerpt from an article quoting media pundit Jason Whitlock, who bashed Williams, 43, for dancing on sports activities’ largest stage and stated she “deserved to be criticized and she or he ought to’ve instantly apologized.” Whitlock, 57, complained that Williams’ efficiency “was akin to cracking a tasteless, X-rated joke inside a church.”
To that, Ohanian responded: “A few of y’all do not know how criticized Serena was for this similar dance at Wimbledon 13 years in the past and it reveals…. That is greater than the music.”
He additionally shared a clip of Samuel L. Jackson emceeing the halftime extravaganza in character as “Uncle Sam,” scolding Lamar, 37, and his dancers: “Too loud, too reckless — too ghetto! Mr. Lamar, do you actually know tips on how to play the sport? Then tighten up!”
Serena Williams shocked the viewers when she made a shock cameo on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present with Kendrick Lamar. “Let’s go Tremendous Bowl halftime??! I died a little bit!” Williams, 43, wrote by way of X on Sunday, February 9, alongside a video of her dancing whereas rocking her efficiency outfit, which included a blue pleated […]
Williams’ followers cherished to see her having such a very good time, however others reacted disapprovingly — not in contrast to Uncle Sam did in actual time on Sunday.
“If I’m married and my spouse goes to hitch trolling her ex, return to his ass,” Stephen A. Smith stated on Monday’s episode of First Take. “Trigger clearly you don’t belong with me. What you nervous about him for and also you’re with me? Bye. Bye.”
A few of y’all do not know how criticized Serena was for this similar dance at Wimbledon 13 years in the past and it reveals…. That is greater than the music. pic.twitter.com/Xq4O96Yg0s
— Alexis Ohanian 🗽 (@alexisohanian) February 11, 2025
Whereas Lamar rapped his hit diss track “Not Like Us” throughout Sunday’s present, cameras panned to Williams, who was crip strolling on high of a platform inside New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome. (The dance was popularized by gang members in Compton, California, the place each Lamar and Williams have been raised.)
Williams’ look fueled Lamar and Drake’s ongoing feud. Williams and Drake, 38, have been romantically linked within the early 2010s, however didn’t publicly verify their alleged romance.
Edward Berthelot/Getty Photographs Venus Williams is proving she’s her sister’s No. 1 fan after Serena Williams made a shock look on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present. “Lil sis killing it,” Venus, 44, wrote by way of her Instagram Story on Monday, February 10, reposting Serena’s video from the efficiency. Venus additionally commented on Serena’s Sunday, February […]
Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has a line the place the rapper tells his nemesis that he “higher not converse on Serena.” The tennis legend addressed the music whereas internet hosting the ESPY Awards in July 2024.
“If I’ve discovered something this 12 months, it’s that none of us, not a single one among us, not even me, ought to ever decide a struggle with Kendrick Lamar,” Williams stated on the time. “He’ll make your hometown not such as you. The subsequent time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors recreation, they’re going to Forrest Gump him. Seats taken.”
Ohanian, in the meantime, continues to be Williams’ No. 1 cheerleader.
“Fairly incredible halftime present,” he wrote by way of X on Sunday, reposting footage of Williams dancing with a caption that learn, “Spotlight of the Tremendous Bowl.”
