Serena Williams’ 2025 Tremendous Bowl look throughout Kendrick Lamar’s halftime present efficiency might have drawn its justifiable share of reward, nevertheless it’s additionally drawn it’s justifiable share of critics. Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, isn’t right here for the negativity.
After the present, Ohanian hopped on X/Twitter to casually give his spouse her flowers for her enjoyable cameo, writing: “Fairly unbelievable halftime present.”
Only a few hours later, Ohanian went again on social media once more to additional specific why he was happy with his spouse and what this second meant within the broader scheme of issues.
“A few of y’all do not know how criticized Serena was for this similar dance at Wimbledon 13 years in the past and it reveals…. That is greater than the music,” he wrote.
Ohanian is, after all, referencing the 2012 Olympics, throughout which his spouse lastly received the gold medal in opposition to competitor Maria Sharapova. As part of celebration, Williams did the crip stroll or the C-walk, a dance that has roots in L.A. gang tradition (the Crips) however has developed to be considered enjoyable nod to Black L.A. tradition.
On account of her dance, Williams was raked over the coals by a lot of the media with many likening her actions to that of the “glorification of gang tradition” and the “peak of disrespect” on the time.
Now, all these years later, Williams’ bought the prospect to do it on a fair grander scale—and on considered one of sports activities’ greatest nights. Her look together with Lamar’s efficiency made it probably the most watched Tremendous Bowl halftime present efficiency of all time. Per Billboard, it introduced in 133.5 million viewers, beating the viewership that Michael Jackson introduced in for his iconic efficiency again in 1993.