Serena Williams says her Super Bowl appearance wasn’t a Drake diss

“I don’t know if I regret it or not” the tennis GOAT told Time in a new interview.

Serena Williams has been speaking about her appearance at this year’s Super Bowl, where she joined Kendrick Lamar during his halftime show and crip walked during his performance of “Not Like Us.”

Williams has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025 and was asked about stepping onto the field and taking part in the huge occasion. She said she and Kendrick has been “trying to do something together for ages,” but that she was initially confused by his idea for her the role she would play in the show.

“I’m like, ‘Wait, what, you’re asking me?’” she said. “I’m not Taylor Swift, let’s be honest. I would have a better chance to be quarterback at the Super Bowl than dance.”

The fact that she might never get the same invite again ultimately led her to accept. “Who would have thought that a tennis player from Compton would be regarded as one of the best tennis players of all time?” she asked. “It was just putting an exclamation on it.”

Williams was also asked if she thought her involvement was a move to further antogonize Drake, someone she has been romantically linked to in the past. “Absolutely not. I would never do that,” she responded. “And that was sad, that anyone would ever think that. I respect how they could. Obviously, I can see how someone would think that. But absolutely not.” She added: “I have never had negative feelings towards him. We’ve known him for so many years.”

However, Williams admitted she is not entirely sure she made the right decision is getting in front of the cameras, telling the magazine “I don’t know if I regret it or not. I don’t know the answer to that.”

Drake is currently suing his label UMG for defamation over “Not Like Us.” He scored a win in court earlier this month when a judge denied the label’s request to stay discovery in the case, granting Drake and his lawyers access to certain documents and to conduct depositions. A date of June 20 has been set to rule on UMG’s motion to dismiss the suit.