Serena Williams confronted criticism over her Super Bowl appearance with a bold response, shutting down speculation.

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,

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,

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance was epic — filled with power, symbolism, and nods to Black culture, including a cameo performance by tennis GOAT Serena Williams. As Williams c-walked on stage to the viral Drake diss track "Not Like Us," internet chatter began, calling Williams's appearance a personal dig at Drake, whom she dated in 2015.

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

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

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.

Amid Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing feud, Serena Williams clarifies she wasn’t being ‘petty’ with her surprise Super Bowl cameo when she danced on stage. Kendrick brought out the tennis star during his halftime show performance,