Serena Williams' husband, Alexis Ohanian, found the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show particularly exhilarating this year. As the championship game unfolded, the 41-year-old Ohanian took to his social media platform, X, to express his enthusiastic reaction to the mesmerizing halftime spectacle headlined by Kendrick Lamar. To the astonishment of the entire stadium, Williams, who had briefly been romantically linked to Lamar's rival, Drake, made a delightful and unannounced appearance during the highly anticipated performance.
The 43-year-old tennis legend graced the field in a blue mini skirt, jacket, and coordinating sneakers, showcasing an energetic crip walk—a dance move synonymous with the Los Angeles Crips gang from the 1970s. This moment was a nostalgic revival of her iconic dance celebration following her victory over Maria Sharapova at the 2012 London Olympics.
"Absolutely breathtaking halftime show," Ohanian enthused in a post on X. His excitement for the musical performance unfolded in a series of posts. "Kendrick Bowl is about to ignite!" he wrote prior to the kickoff between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. He later added, "Halftime show imminent, and not a soul has budged from their seat."
After grooving to Lamar's Grammy-award-winning single "Not Like Us"—a diss track directed at 38-year-old Drake—Williams shared a video of herself practicing the controversial dance moves on Instagram. "Let's bring the heat, Super Bowl halftime!? I nearly fainted!" she captioned the post.
In a video from backstage, subsequently shared on X, the retired athlete reflected on her own performance. "Gosh, I didn't crip-walk like that at Wimbledon. Oh, I would've faced a penalty," Williams joked, adding, "But it was all done in the spirit of love."
