Tennis phenom Serena Williams opened up in an interview with The New York Times. The new wife and mom spoke about the choice to let the public into her private life through her HBO documentary series, Being Serena. She also discussed her interracial marriage.
“I’m an athlete,” Williams said. “He’s a business guy. I’m black. He’s white. We are totally opposite. I think we just complement each other. I think we understand hard work in different ways.”
Williams married Alexis Ohanian in late 2017 after about two years of dating the Reddit co-founder. The pair is very different but “are such a good fit.” One standout about their high-profile relationship is the fact that Ohanian is White. The 36-year-old is a major Black figure in a predominately white sport in which the racism she faces is well documented. The fact that she ended up marrying a caucasian is surprising to her but a lesson in the colorblindness of true love.
“Literally all I tell Alexis is, ‘well, you know, there’s such a difference between white people and black people.’ He always gets to hear about the injustices that happen; that wouldn’t happen if I were white. It’s interesting. I never thought I would have married a white guy, either, so it just goes to show you that love truly has no color, and it just really goes to show me the importance of what love is. And my dad absolutely loves Alexis.”
