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Super Bowl LIX: Serena Williams reacts to her appearance in the Halftime Show with Kendrick Lamar

Serena Williams made a surprised cameo during the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, headlined by Kendrick Lamar. Here's what she said afterwards.

Serena Williams during the Halftime Show of the Super Bowl LIX
© Emilee Chinn/Getty ImagesSerena Williams during the Halftime Show of the Super Bowl LIX

Serena Williams made a cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show atthe Super Bowl LIX. After the performance, the tennis legend went to X (formerly Twitter) to share her feelings: “Let’s go Super Bowl halftime??! I died a little!”.

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Williams, who is 43 years old, shared another video with the caption “Super Bowl halftime show babyyyy.” The star then shared more of her feelings on her performance. “Man, I did NOT crip walk like that in Wimbledon. I would have been fined. It was all love,” she said.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion surprised everyone as being one of Lamar’s guests. Apart from her, SZA and Samuel L. Jackson were the other celebrities to join the 22-time Grammy winner on the stage.

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The actor appeared as “Uncle Sam” to introduce Lamar, with the goal of establishing a theme related to “America’s game.” To support the idea, Lamar and his dancers were all wearing blue, white and red, referring to the United States’ flag.

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Lamar surprised with an unreleased song to open the Halftime Show. He then followed with some of his biggest hits, including “DNA.”, “man at the garden,” “Humble.”, “peekaboo,” and more.

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However, Williams wasn’t only active in the Halftime Show. She also appeared on X (formerly Twitter) to show some love to Taylor Swift, who was booed by fans at the Caesars Superdrome when she was focused on camera.

“I love you @taylorswift13 dont listen to those booo!!” the 23-Grand Slam winner wrote, gathering over 32,000 likes and 4,000 reposts. Of course, Williams is a known “Swiftie,” attending the Eras Tour back in October.

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