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.

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

If I’m married and my wife is going to join trolling her ex, go back to his ass, ’cause clearly you don’t belong with me,” the ESPN commentator said about the tennis star, who previously dated Drake.

It comes shortly after Serena’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, won widespread praise for defending the tennis great amid backlash over her Super Bowl appearance. Travis previously told reporters the Chiefs "couldn't get it going offensively" during the Super Bowl 2025, which led to the 40-22 loss.

Drake, who was linked to Serena Williams from 2011 to 2015, seemingly took a subtle dig at, posting a photo with her longtime agent. The rapper is currently touring Australia for his Anita Max Win tour,

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.

Drake has seemingly hit out at his ex-girlfriend Serena Williams after her appearance during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show, where she danced to his diss track

Stephen A. Smith is standing by his initial critiques of Serena Williams’ surprise cameo alongside Kendrick Lamar during the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, Feb. 9.

The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef is the gift that just keeps on giving. The tennis match of diss tracks has now spawned into a disagreement between Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, and former ESPN sports pundit Jason Whitlock.

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.