Days after her shocking visitor look at Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency, many speaking heads have used it as a possibility to criticize the tennis legend…together with ever-controversial sports activities pundit Jason Whitlock.
The mess began when Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian hopped on X to casually reward the present, writing, “Fairly improbable halftime present.”
Later, he then defined why it was so vital for Serena to crip stroll whereas on stage, posting, “A few of y’all do not know how criticized Serena was for this identical dance at Wimbledon 13 years in the past and it reveals…. That is larger than the music.”
Then, out of nowhere Jason Whitlock determined to chime in, and responded to Ohanian’s submit, saying, “That is Serena’s husband, a real beta. He’s mad at me quite than the spouse Crip strolling and nonetheless eager about Drake. Simp.”
Whereas Whitlock might have thought he acquired one over on Ohanian, the founding father of Reddit was ready with a clapback: “I get it—you’re 57, and life didn’t end up the way in which you imagined. That type of disappointment should be exhausting. You’re the embodiment of peaked in highschool, spending many years chasing validation from strangers via Likes and Digital Hugs, solely to search out that no quantity of exterior approval fills the void. I wouldn’t want that on anybody.”
Ohanian continued, “Criticism solely fuels your sufferer advanced, reinforcing the comforting delusion that there’s some grand conspiracy towards you and your “courageous concepts” —when in actuality, you’ve simply acquired horrible takes. It’s a cycle: outrage, backlash, self-pity, repeat.”
Learn your entire of Ohanian’s response beneath:
The impetus for Ohanian feeling the necessity to defend his spouse began with Stephen A. Smith, who mentioned on Monday, “If I’m married and my spouse goes to affix trolling her ex, return to his a**, ‘trigger clearly you don’t belong with me.”