Serena Williams Says Super Bowl Crip Walk with Kendrick Lamar Was 'Absolutely Not' Shade to Ex Drake
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Serena Williams says her crip walk during Kendrick Lamar 's Super Bowl halftime performance was not directed at her ex Drake . In a new interview with , Williams, 43, was asked about her intention behind her surprise appearance with Lamar, 37, as the rapper performed "Not Like Us" — his hit song that also serves as a Drake diss track. Many viewers assumed the cameo from Williams, who briefly dated Drake around 2011, was intended to shade the "Hotline Bling" rapper, but Williams told Time it wasn't. "Absolutely not,"...
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