This Is The Amazing Thing Serena Williams Has Revealed About Her Husband, Alexis Ohanain
Tennis champion, Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams have numerous times been criticized for marrying and dating White men, instead of being in relationships with Black men.
In an interview with The New York Times, Serena said she married Alexis because love “has no color”. She added that she wanted to be with someone who treated her nice and Alexis was that someone.
Serena’s private life will soon be made public with the premiere on Wednesday of a five-part series on HBO called ‘Being Serena’. The series tracks her pregnancy, her life-threatening postnatal problems, and her comeback.
She said, “I’m an athlete. 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.”
Talking about her marriage, she said:
“Oh my God. 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.
Ultimately I wanted to be with someone who treated me nice, someone who was able to laugh with me and someone who understood my life and someone that loved me.
And you know, I’m sure there are other people out there,” she paused for effect and then laughed. “But you know, Alexis is the one I connected with, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
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