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Months After His 'Marriage Advice' Attack on Serena Williams, Stephen A. Smith Gets Brutally Trolled by Her Husband Alexis Ohanian on Live Camera
Alexis Ohanian confronted Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's First Take over Smith's earlier criticism of Ohanian’s marriage and Serena Williams’ Super Bowl halftime cameo.
- On October 9, 2025, Alexis Ohanian confronted Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's 'First Take' during a live appearance, visibly catching Smith off guard.
- In February, Serena Williams made a brief cameo during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX halftime show, prompting Stephen A. Smith to criticize it as public 'trolling' of an ex.
- Responding on-air, Ohanian said, `You hadn’t been married before, right?` and teased Smith for giving advice despite his own marital status, criticizing his comments about Serena Williams.
- Smith crumbled on air and struggled for a comeback as the show cut to commercial, while observers celebrated Alexis Ohanian's check and commentators including Whoopi Goldberg criticized Smith's walkback.
- Ohanian, who co-founded Athlos, promoted Athlos NYC featuring 36 women athletes and defended Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, while highlighting their family with daughters Alexis Olympia and Adira River.
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Serena Williams' Husband Confronts Stephen A. Smith Over Divorce Comments
Eight months after Steven A. Smith claimed he would divorce tennis star Serena Williams over her appearance on the Super Bowl Halftime Show, her husband, Alexis Ohanian, finally got his chance to clap back. On the Thursday, October 9, episode of ESPN’s First Take, Ohanian, 42, came to her defense at the end of a segment while talking to Smith, the show’s host. “Stephen A. Smith, I think you had some marriage advice for me,” Ohanian said on the s…
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Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, walked right onto the set at Stephen A. Smith’s job to confront the sports analyst face-to-face for talking about his wife. The Reddit co-founder entered the studio where ESPN’s “First Take” was filming Thursday morning with the kind of calm energy to settle a score with the usually boisterous commentator as viewers watched Smith squirm in his seat. Alexis Ohanian checked Stephen A. Smith on live TV for …
'You haven’t been married before, right?' Alexis Ohanian claps back at Stephen A. Smith’s critiques of his marriage to Serena Williams
"I think you had some marriage advice for me,” Alexis Ohanian confronted the ESPN host for comments about Serena Williams' Super Bowl cameo.
Months after his 'marriage advice' attack on Serena Williams, Stephen A. Smith gets brutally trolled by her husband Alexis Ohanian on live camera
Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, hit back at sports broadcaster Stephen A. Smith over his remarks about the tennis legend following her Super Bowl halftime cameo.
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