Serena Williams’ field choreographyduring Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans on Sunday have caused some backlash. During a Tuesday segment of ESPN’s “First Take” podcast, TV personality Stephen A.

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.

Serena Williams is explaining why she did that Super Bowl cameo during Kendrick Lamar's halftime show. Funny, she doesn't mention Drake at all.

It comes shortly after Serena’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, won widespread praise for defending the tennis great amid backlash over her Super Bowl appearance. Travis previously told reporters the Chiefs "couldn't get it going offensively" during the Super Bowl 2025, which led to the 40-22 loss.

Serena Williams’ husband keeps returning serve to Jason Whitlock with even more firepower. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has twice gone after the controversial sports/politics host following Whitlock’s criticisms of Williams for crip walking during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance.