Serena Williams is setting the record straight after facing some backlash for her appearance at the Super Bowl. In case you missed it, the 43-year-old tennis champion took part in Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance on February 9,

The tennis star first came under fire after fans began speculating she only danced on Drake’s grave because of their romantic history. But it was Ohanian who first painted the bigger picture for people calling his wife petty.

Serena Williams said she doesn’t ‘have time for petty’ after backlash regarding her surprise 2025 Super Bowl appearance

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.

Alexis Ohanian, who is married to tennis great Serena Williams, is telling his real feelings about the athlete performing at the Super Bowl.

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