Serena Williams had massive information to announce on the 2023 Met Gala: she’s pregnant along with her second little one.
The tennis star introduced the information through Instagram as she and husband Alexis Ohanian arrived on the Met steps. (In fact, they’d a full blown photoshoot earlier than the occasion.) “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the three of us to the Met Gala,” Williams, 41, wrote within the caption, hinting at a small one alongside the best way. She and Ohanian first welcomed a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., in 2017.
Check out her glamorous announcement under. The a number of Grand Slam winner even weighs her child bump in one of many footage.
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Williams dressed appropriately for the gala’s theme “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence” in a black and white ensemble with a mermaid silhouette costume and an identical embellished bolero jacket by Gucci. She wore cascading pearl necklaces round her neck and topped her head. Ohanian stored it modern and easy in a black tuxedo.
Williams introduced within the September 2022 problem of Vogue that she was “transferring away” from tennis. Although it is the tip of an period for her monumental profession, she expressed pleasure for her subsequent chapter, together with her give attention to motherhood.
“Earlier in my profession, I by no means thought of having youngsters,” she mentioned. “There have been occasions once I questioned if I ought to ever convey youngsters into this world with all its issues. I’ve by no means been this assured or comfy round infants or youngsters, and I figured if I ever had a child I might have folks caring for it 24/7. I will not lie – I positively have a variety of help. However I am additionally an extremely hands-on mom. My husband will let you know I am too sensible. In 5 years, Olympia was solely a 24-hour interval away from me.”
Weeks later, in an interview with Time, she defined that “there is not any anger” about her resolution. “I am prepared for the transition,” she added, which can embrace rising up as a guardian. “I feel I am good at it,” Williams mentioned of motherhood. “However I need to discover out if I could be nice at it.”
Erica Gonzales is Senior Tradition Editor at ELLE.com, the place she oversees protection of tv, motion pictures, music, books and extra. She was beforehand an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There is a 75 p.c likelihood she’s listening to Lorde proper now.
