Serena Williams is a lot of things: a 4-time Olympic gold medalist, tennis legend, beauty founder, mother, and one of TIME ’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025. But she is not here for those claiming she threw shade at Drake during her Super Bowl halftime appearance.

Serena Williams insists that her Crip-walking cameo during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show was 'absolutely not' a diss to her ex Drake: 'I would never do that.'

Serena Williams says her crip walk during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance was not directed at her ex Drake. During the halftime show by Kendrick Lamar, Williams danced on a podium and crip walked as Lamar was performing “Not Like Us,