As evidenced throughout her career, Serena Williams likes to go big - and she doesn't do anything for small reasons. That includes her recent appearance during Kendrick Lamar‘s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show,

Retired tennis star Serena Williams explained her reasoning for performing in the Super Bowl halftime show after facing backlash online.

“End of story.” The payoff resulted in Williams crip-walking in front of a lamp post on the Caesars Superdome field while Lamar sang his Grammy-winning Drake diss track “Not Like Us.”

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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.

Serena Williams reveals how she landed her viral Super Bowl halftime show spot. She joined Kendrick Lamar at halftime.

The athlete’s statement comes after her husband, Alexis Ohanian, defended her against remarks made by Stephen A. Smith and Jason Whitlock, with the latter calling him a “beta” and “simp” for doing so and accusing Williams of still being hung up on her ex, the “Gimme A Hug” artist.

After Serena Williams appeared in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show as what many speculated to be a subtle dig at ex Drake, she spoke out against her critics.

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

All those fan theories about Serena Williams’ Super Bowl LIX halftime show cameo appear to be wrong, according to the tennis legend herself. The retired athlete, who crip-walked during Kendrick ...

Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, tweeted on0, “Some of y’all have no idea how criticized Serena was for this same dance at Wimbledon 13 years ago and it shows…. This is bigger than the music.