Alexis Ohanian Defends Wife Serena Williams’ Super Bowl Halftime Cameo

Alexis Ohanian is defending wife Serena Williams from critics slamming her surprise cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show. 

On Monday, February 10, Ohanian, 41, posted on X, sharing an excerpt from an article that quoted media pundit Jason Whitlock criticizing Williams, 43, for her dance on the sports’ grandest stage. According to Whitlock, she “deserved to be criticized and she should’ve immediately apologized.” Whitlock, 57, compared Williams’ performance to telling an inappropriate joke in a sacred place.

Ohanian reacted to this by pointing out how strongly Serena was criticized for the same dance at Wimbledon 13 years ago. He emphasized that the issue goes beyond just the music.

Furthermore, Ohanian also posted a video of Samuel L. Jackson acting as “Uncle Sam” during the halftime show, where he criticized Lamar, 37, and his dancers for being too loud, reckless, and “ghetto.” Jackson’s character questioned Lamar’s understanding of the game and urged them to tighten up.

Serena Williams shocked the audience when she made a surprise cameo at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show with Kendrick Lamar. “Let’s go Super Bowl halftime??! I died a little!” Williams, 43, wrote via X on Sunday, February 9, alongside a video of her dancing while rocking her performance outfit, which included a blue pleated […]

Williams’ fans loved to see her having such a good time, but others reacted disapprovingly — not unlike Uncle Sam did in real time on Sunday.

“If I’m married and my wife is going to join trolling her ex, go back to his ass,” Stephen A. Smith said on Monday’s episode of First Take. “Cause clearly you don’t belong with me. What you worried about him for and you’re with me? Bye. Bye.”

While Lamar rapped his hit diss track “Not Like Us” during Sunday’s show, cameras panned to Williams, who was crip walking on top of a platform inside New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome. (The dance was popularized by gang members in Compton, California, where both Lamar and Williams were raised.)

Williams’ appearance fueled Lamar and Drake’s ongoing feud. Williams and Drake, 38, were romantically linked in the early 2010s, but did not publicly confirm their alleged romance.

Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Venus Williams is proving she’s her sister’s No. 1 fan after Serena Williams made a surprise appearance at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. “Lil sis killing it,” Venus, 44, wrote via her Instagram Story on Monday, February 10, reposting Serena’s video from the performance. Venus also commented on Serena’s Sunday, February […]

Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has a line where the rapper tells his nemesis that he “better not speak on Serena.” The tennis legend addressed the song while hosting the ESPY Awards in July 2024.

“If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that none of us, not a single one of us, not even me, should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar,” Williams said at the time. “He will make your hometown not like you. The next time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors game, they’re going to Forrest Gump him. Seats taken.”

Ohanian, meanwhile, continues to be Williams’ No. 1 cheerleader. 

“Pretty fantastic halftime show,” he wrote via X on Sunday, reposting footage of Williams dancing with a caption that read, “Highlight of the Super Bowl.”

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