{"id":149273,"date":"2025-02-10T19:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/drake-seems-to-shade-ex-serena-williams-ahead-of-her-super-bowl-appearance\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:09:27","slug":"drake-seems-to-shade-ex-serena-williams-ahead-of-her-super-bowl-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/drake-seems-to-shade-ex-serena-williams-ahead-of-her-super-bowl-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Seems to Shade Ex Serena Williams Ahead of Her Super Bowl Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There were many surprises at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/did-taylor-swift-get-engaged-fans-left-with-questions-after-travis-kelces-shocking-super-bowl-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Super Bowl LIX<\/a> \u2014 the utter dominance of the Philadelphia Eagles being chief (pardon the pun) among them.<\/p>\n<p>But while some pundits predicted an Eagles upset, there was one unexpected development on the field that <em>no one<\/em> saw coming:<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/taylor-swift-kendrick-lamar-bad-blood-halftime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kendrick Lamar\u2019s halftime performance<\/a>, the rapper was joined by tennis legend Serena Williams. And the <em>timing<\/em> of her appearance gave it added significance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.\" class=\"wp-image-518883 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-2048x1609.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-960x754.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-1080x849.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-1200x943.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198613937-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Serena Williams performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-did-serena-williams-dance-to-not-like-us\">Why Did Serena Williams Dance to \u2018Not Like Us\u2019?<\/h2>\n<p>Many of our readers might not remember that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2015\/08\/serena-williams-to-drake-this-is-your-last-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Serena dated Drake<\/a> on and off from 2011 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, it was rumored that the relationship did not end amicably. And last night, Serena seemed to confirm as much by dancing to \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/drakes-dad-responds-to-kendrick-lamar-diss-track-winning-multiple-grammys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kendrick\u2019s Grammy-winning Drake diss track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The appearance sent the message that Williams has sided with Lamar in the headline-making feud between two of hip hop\u2019s biggest names.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drake speaks onstage during Drake's Till Death Do Us Part rap battle on October 30, 2021 in Long Beach, California.\" class=\"wp-image-518884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drake speaks onstage during Drake's Till Death Do Us Part rap battle on October 30, 2021 in Long Beach, California.\" class=\"wp-image-518884 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1350350379-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drake speaks onstage during Drake\u2019s Till Death Do Us Part rap battle on October 30, 2021 in Long Beach, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drake hasn\u2019t responded to any aspect of Kendrick\u2019s somewhat divisive performance. In fact, as he\u2019s currently on tour in Australia, he might not have watched the Super Bowl at all.<\/p>\n<p>Drizzy is a sports fan, but in Melbourne \u2014 where he performed last night \u2014 the game wouldn\u2019t have kicked off until close to midnight.<\/p>\n<p>But while we might never know if he stayed up until the wee hours to catch his rival\u2019s halftime show, we do know that Drake\u2019s exes were on his mind in the hours before the big game.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO's &quot;Euphoria&quot; at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-518881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO's &quot;Euphoria&quot; at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-518881 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1153778013-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO\u2019s \u201cEuphoria\u201d at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-drake-bashes-exes-during-melbourne-concert\">Drake Bashes Exes During Melbourne Concert<\/h2>\n<p>While addressing the Aussie crowd, Drake disparaged exes who \u201cplay you in your f\u2013king life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/10\/drake-exes-australia-show-super-bowl-halftime-sza-serena-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, he further pumped the audience up by telling them, \u201cIf you\u2019re doing better than your ex, turn up to this song!\u201d before launching into his breakup anthem \u201cYou Broke My Heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, Drake didn\u2019t mention any of his exes by name, but if he caught early word of Serena\u2019s performance, then she might have been the one who was most on his mind.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-650x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Drake attends the \" top=\"\" boy=\"\" uk=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" hackney=\"\" picturehouse=\"\" on=\"\" september=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-650x1024.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-768x1210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-1300x2048.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-609x960.jpg 609w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-685x1080.jpg 685w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-762x1200.jpg 762w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-scaled.jpg 1625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-650x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Drake attends the \" top=\"\" boy=\"\" uk=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" hackney=\"\" picturehouse=\"\" on=\"\" september=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518882 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-650x1024.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-768x1210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-1300x2048.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-609x960.jpg 609w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-685x1080.jpg 685w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-762x1200.jpg 762w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-scaled.jpg 1625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1172270785-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drake attends the \u201cTop Boy\u201d UK Premiere at Hackney Picturehouse on September 04, 2019 in London, England.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by John Phillips\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whatever the case, it\u2019s been a tough couple of weeks for the Toronto native.<\/p>\n<p>It was just last Sunday that Kendrick won an astonishing five Grammys for \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d And he followed up that historic night by performing for over 100 million viewers at the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Will Drake fire back, or will he simply try and move on from this stage of his career?<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell, but something tells us Drizzy still has some tricks up his sleeve.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/drake-seems-to-shade-ex-serena-williams-ahead-of-her-super-bowl-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes There were many surprises at Super Bowl LIX \u2014 the utter dominance of the Philadelphia Eagles being chief (pardon the pun) among them. But while some pundits predicted an Eagles upset, there was one unexpected development on the field that no one saw coming: Toward the end of Kendrick Lamar\u2019s halftime [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-149273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}