Serena Williams Clears Up The Controversy Around Her Super Bowl Performance

Serena Williams dances during the 2025 Super BowlSerena Williams has said that her dance during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance was “absolutely not” a diss at rumored ex-boyfriend Drake.“I would never do that,” the tennis icon told Time in an interview published on Wednesday. “And that was sad, that anyone would ever think that. I respect how they could. Obviously I can see how someone would think that. But absolutely not.”She added: “I have never had negative feelings towards him. We’ve known him for so many years.”During Kendrick’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl in February, Serena, along with a group of backup dancers, crip walked while the rapper performed Not Like Us.The diss track toward fellow rapper Drake includes the line, “better not speak on Serena”, seemingly in response to Drake’s own line, “sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie” in his 2022 song Middle Of The Ocean.Serena’s appearance made waves as many suspected it was meant to be a diss at the subject of the song.However, he told Time that she discussed with her team whether she should partake in the performance, considering it would probably draw some kind of negativity. “Who would have thought that a tennis player from Compton would be regarded as one of the best tennis players of all time?” she said. “It was just putting an exclamation on it.”Serena and Drake were rumoured to have dated in 2015, although her rep told People that same year that the two are just “longtime friends”.In her new Time interview, Serena claimed that she took two shots of tequila before performing in the Super Bowl, with her team telling her not to take a third. “I don’t know if I regret it or not,” Serena also told the magazine about her decision to dance. “I don’t know the answer to that.”READ MORE:Did Drake Just Respond To Serena Williams' Super Bowl Cameo?This 1 Moment From Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Performance Has Become Everyone's Favourite New MemeKendrick Lamar Appears To Take Patriotic Swipe At Donald Trump At Super Bowl

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