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With all the controversy surrounding Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl halftime<\/a> performance\u2014which isn\u2019t even happening until February 2026\u2014you might think that all drama around Kendrick Lamar\u2019s halftime show is over. Wrong. In a bizarre turn of events, Serena Williams\u2019 husband Alexis Ohanian<\/a> and Stephen A. Smith appear to be working on a new celebrity feud<\/a>, and it all started at the Super Bowl. Here\u2019s what you need to know. <\/p>\n How did this Stephen A. Smith vs. Alexis Ohanian feud start?<\/p>\n We are currently in October 2025, but for you to have full context on this budding feud, we have to go back in time to February, when Serena appeared during Kendrick\u2019s halftime performance, dancing under a street light. The moment was read multiple different ways, with some suggesting that it was a dig at Drake, who once dated Serena. However, others believed that Serena\u2019s cameo was more substantive<\/a>. <\/p>\n Serena\u2019s moves at halftime echoed her celebratory crip walk dance at Wimbledon, which received racist backlash from commentators. Furthermore, Kendrick\u2019s performance was a love letter to Los Angeles, and Serena\u2014like Kendrick\u2014is from Compton. It wasn\u2019t about her ex (though I bet that didn\u2019t hurt either). It was about celebrating her hometown. Stephen A. Smith, however, didn\u2019t get the message. Following the Super Bowl, he said he disapproved of the move. \u201cIf I\u2019m your husband, I\u2019m thinking, \u2018Why are you up there trolling him\u2014trolling your ex?\u201d he said on First Take<\/a>. <\/p>\n He continued, \u201cIf I\u2019m married and my wife is going to troll her ex\u2014go back to his ass. Because clearly you don\u2019t belong with me. What you worried about him for\u2014and you with me?\u201d<\/p>\n Following backlash to his comments, Stephen clarified that he was simply \u201ctalking overall from a man\u2019s perspective,\u201d adding, \u201cI didn\u2019t utter a single disrespectful word about Serena.\u201d<\/p>\n Alexis calls Stephen out First Take\u2014eight months later.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear whether or not Alexis responded to Stephen\u2019s comments at the time (though soon after the Super Bowl, he *did* call out Jason Whitlock<\/a> at Fox News, who referred to Serena\u2019s dance \u201ctasteless\u201d).<\/p>\n However, eight months later, it\u2019s obvious Alexis hasn\u2019t forgotten what Stephen said. During an appearance on First Take on October 9, Serena\u2019s husband took the opportunity to call Stephen out. \u201cStephen A. Smith, I think you had some marriage advice for me?\u201d he said. <\/p>\n Stephen was appearing remotely and seemed taken off guard. \u201cWell, I did. You know headlines are headlines, but we can get into it another time,\u201d he said, before admitting that he wasn\u2019t \u201cqualified\u201d to give marital advice. <\/p>\n Alexis clarified that the ESPN host had never been married and added, \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen responds to Alexis.<\/p>\n
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