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 explained her Crip Walk at the Super Bowl show, linking it to her 2012 Olympic gold moment. Fans praised the cultural significance of her move.