Serena Williams is a lot of things: a 4-time Olympic gold medalist, tennis legend, beauty founder, mother, and one of TIME ’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025. But she is not here for those claiming she threw shade at Drake during her Super Bowl halftime appearance.

I have never had negative feelings towards him. We’ve known him for so many years,” the tennis champion said of Drake, whom she reportedly dated on and off from 2011 to 2015.