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Serena Williams throws shade at Drake during Kendrick Lamar performance
Serena Williams made a surprise cameo on stage during the Super Bowl 2025 halftime show and eagle-eyed fans notice an indirect link.
The 43-year-old retired athlete seemed ecstatic to join Kendrick Lamar on stage, who performed a diss track written about her ex-boyfriend Drake.
Williams took to Instagram after Lamar’s performance, on Sunday, February 9th, and shared her preparation ahead of the show at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
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“Let’s go Super Bowl halftime??! I died a little!,” she wrote in the caption.
In a separate post, the tennis star also shared a glimpse into her performance during the halftime.
Fans were pleasantly surprised to see the surprise cameo by Williams, and rushed to gush in the comments.
“Girl you killed it!!,” wrote a fan in the comments, while another added, “You ate that!!!!! Wimbledon memories!!!.”
Noting the mocking note in the performance, one said, “Ok I lied SERENA WILLIAMS doing a CRIP WALK on Drake’s tomb (this performance) was THE BEST thing I’ve ever seen.”
“Serena Williams, Drake’s ex-girlfriend, crip walking to #TheyNotLikeUs is diabolical,” chimed in someone else, referring to Lamar’s diss track about Drake.
Williams and Drake dated for a while in 2011 and the context added another layer of meaning for fans.
