Serena Williams hits back at Super Bowl comments: “I simply don’t have time for petty”

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the Super Bowl Halftime performance, saying it had nothing to do with being petty.Last week (February 9), Kendrick Lamar made history by becoming the first solo rapper to headline the coveted Halftime Show.

Shortly after, it was reported that Lamar’s slot went on to pull 133.5million live viewers, as well as over 38million views on YouTube –making it the most-watched Super Bowl performance in history.Lamar brought out a number of special guests for the performance alongside Williams including SZA and Samuel L.

Jackson. While he broke out tracks like ‘Squabble Up’, ‘HUMBLE.’, ‘DNA.’ and ‘Euphoria’, one of the biggest moments from the set was his rendition of his Drake diss track ‘Not Like Us’.Williams appeared during the latter, where she crip walked to the track.

It came as a reference to her 2012 gold win at the London Olympics, where she did the same dance in celebration of coming in first place.Watching Serena Williams Crip walk to a diss track Kendrick Lamar wrote about her ex-boyfriend Drake is the kind of petty I aspire to be #kendricklamar #SerenaWilliams #superbowlhalftimeshow pic.twitter.com/vh71ciEPBm— Stuart Brazell (@stuartbrazell) February 10, 2025Serena Williams crip-walked a victory lap at the Super Bowl Halftime showDid you catch it?