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Serena Williams Got 'Choked Up' at Daughter's School Performance: 'Blinking 100 Times So Tears Don't Fall'


Serena Williams says she got "choked up" at her daughter's school performance, saying she was "blinking 100 times so tears don't fall." The tennis pro is mom to daughters Olympia and Adira.

On Friday, April 19, the tennis pro, 42, shared that she attended her 6-year-old daughter Olympia's school performance earlier that day, posting a sweet message on X, formally Twitter. And ummm no that's not me getting chocked [sic] up and blinking 100 times so the tears don't fall out," Williams wrote. Williams shares daughters Olympia and Adira, whom she welcomed in August 2023, with husband Alexis Ohanian, 40.

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