Alexis Ohanian Presses Stephen A. Smith Over Serena Williams Super Bowl Halftime Dancing Criticism

Serena Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, has finally hit back at Stephen A. Smith, who questioned why the tennis superstar appeared during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance.

During a recent appearance on First Take, Ohanian called out Stephen A. Smith for his comments about Williams’ appearance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, which many assumed was her throwing shade at her ex-boyfriend, Drake. “Stephen A., I think you had some marriage advice for me,” Ohanian said during the appearance, as seen in the clip below. Smith didn’t appear to want to address the comments, however, and said, “We can get into that another time.”

Ohanian continued, “I was hoping you were going to be here.” Smith suggested he was “not qualified” to give marriage advice, which got a smile from Ohanian. “I was gonna ask, cause, you hadn’t been married before, right?” he said. “Cause I give advice to plenty of founders who want to build billion-dollar companies. And the reason I do that is because I build billion-dollar companies, so I generally try to stay in my lane.”

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Earlier this year, shortly after the Super Bowl, Smith indicated that he didn’t get why Williams was there for a cameo, where she danced during K Dot’s performance of the huge Drake diss, “Not Like Us.” Drake was romantically linked to Williams at one point, and later admitted that his song “Too Good” was about her.

“If I’m married and my wife is going to join trolling her ex, go back to his ass,” said Smith on First Take in February. “’Cause clearly you don’t belong with me. What you worried about him for and you’re with me? Bye. Bye.” Guest Ryan Clark told Smith to “stop it,” and added, “If you with Serena Williams, you gonna be a kept man, anyway.”

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