Serena Williams' husband fires back at critics over her Super Bowl LIX halftime show crip walk

Serena Williams’ hubby came to the tennis legend’s defence connected societal media amid disapproval implicit her determination to enactment successful Kendrick Lamar’s halftime amusement and crip walk.

Williams performed the creation determination successful the midst of Lamar’s diss way toward rival rapper Drake. The retired tennis prima besides had a erstwhile narration with Drake, making her appearance during the track adjacent much eyebrow-raising.

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Serena Williams dances during halftime astatine Super Bowl LIX, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

She was 1 of a fewer surprises Lamar had for the show, which besides included Samuel L. Jackson dressed arsenic "Uncle Sam" doing societal commentary successful betwixt the Compton rapper’s songs.

While immoderate criticized Williams, Alexis Ohanian wrote successful a post connected X that her quality was "bigger than music."

"Some of y'all person nary thought however criticized Serena was for this aforesaid creation astatine Wimbledon 13 years agone and it shows.... This is bigger than the music," the Reddit co-founder wrote.

Williams crip-walked while astatine Wimbledon during the 2012 Olympics successful London and drew disapproval arsenic well.

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Serena Williams dances connected signifier during Kendrick Lamar's halftime amusement astatine Super Bowl LIX, Sunday successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

"Also conscionable hold until immoderate of these folks larn astir the illicit/criminal origins of Irish step-dancing oregon Northern English clog dancing! They’ll beryllium APPALLED I archer you. OUTRAGED, even," Ohanian added.

Williams appeared to beryllium unbothered by the criticism. She posted respective videos of herself earlier and aft the halftime show.

"Let’s spell Super Bowl halftime??! I died a little!" she wrote successful 1 station Sunday night.

Williams is 1 of the astir accomplished tennis players successful caller representation – antheral oregon woman. She won 23 Grand Slam titles – 2nd successful women’s tennis past down Margaret Court.

Serena Williams is cheered aft her career-ending lucifer astatine the U.S. Open successful Flushing, New York, connected Sept. 2, 2022. (John Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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She retired from professional tennis successful 2022.

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