Stephen's statement sparked debate online and prompted a response from Serena's supportive and very successful husband, Alexis. He wrote, "I got you @stephenasmith," with a link to his previous tweet about the actual significance of Serena's dance.

Howard Stern sided with sports radio host Stephen A. Smith after he criticized Serena Williams' appearance alongside Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. Williams danced beside the rapper as he performed his "Not Like Us" diss track against Drake — who she's been rumored to have dated in the past.

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.

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.

The American tennis legend appeared at the Super Dome during Lamar's halftime show performance of his Drake diss track.

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Alexis Ohanian defended his wife, Serena Williams, following her surprise cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show. The Reddit co-founder first reacted to Williams’ performance the night of the show. “Pretty fantastic halftime show,” Ohanian wrote on X.

Drake has responded to Serena Williams’ cameo during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX performance. On Wednesday (Feb. 12), Drizzy used his burner Instagram account, @plottttwistttttt, to share a picture of himself and a seemingly random white woman.

Jason Whitlock has never seen a hill he isn’t willing to die on, but he might have climbed the wrong one this week. The 57-year-old media personality called out Serena Williams for joining Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show performance to diss Drake,