Serena Williams units the file straight about her iconic Tremendous Bowl cameo
Serena Williams needs to set the file straight — her Tremendous Bowl second was about celebrating tradition, not throwing shade.
The tennis icon shut down hypothesis that she had a “petty” motive behind her look throughout Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present, the place she danced on stage as he carried out his hit Not Like Us.
Responding to a social media publish highlighting the importance of the second, Williams made her stance clear.
“Def not dancing to be petty lol,” she wrote on X (previously Twitter) on February 17. “I think I proved 23 times over (not counting 4 gold medals) that I simply don’t have time for petty,” she added.
Her response comes after her husband, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, reminded fans that Williams faced major backlash for crip walking after a Wimbledon victory in 2012.
A decade later, she reclaimed that moment —this time, on one of the world’s biggest stages, with over 130 million viewers watching.
“Some of y’all have no idea how criticized Serena was for this same dance,” Ohanian wrote, sharing a previous article condemning her Wimbledon celebration. “This is bigger than the music.”
Many assumed Williams’ cameo was additionally a delicate jab at Drake, given Lamar’s historical past of taking photographs on the rapper — together with throughout the halftime efficiency.