Super Bowl excitement has driven up mad craziness amongst the crowd and former tennis professional Serena Williams hasn’t been left out of the list either.
The American superstar apart from having a minority stake in an NFL team that participated in the Super Bowl, was also crazed about the pop singer Rihanna’s performance during the halftime of the Super Bowl.
Williams’ presence at the event drew many eyes to her and recently raised questions concerning her faith in Jehovah God.
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‘The Queen of WTA’ had a huge wager in this year’s Super Bowl commercial, campaigning with brands such as Gatorade, and a few of those commercials were criticized by the global tennis community and her fans.
Despite sky-rocketing sales for the brands she represented during the Super Bowl LVII season, Serena’s feature in the Cognac house Michelon Ultra drew fierce attention from her peers who seem astounded with the American promoting liquor despite being a Jehovah’s witness and passing on the same values to her daughter Olympia Ohanian.
In another similar commercial, Williams was seen sitting at the bar with a Cognac in her hand, making her fall prey to various online comments, with one user on Twitter saying “does seem weird for a Jehovah’s witness, but you know she made a lot of money.”
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In addition to the backlashing, Serena was also disappointed during this year’s Super Bowl event considering singer Rihanna did not perform her favorite song after years of absence from the big stage.
When did Serena Williams become a Jehovah’s Witness?
23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has always been the first in the queue to praise Jehovah’s faith in her and the blessings showered on her on several occasions.
Serena who has been vocal about her faith in Jehovah, during her victory speech at the Australian Open 2015 also thanked Jehovah God for helping her maintain her form and emerge victorious despite facing struggles.
After the American tennis icon retired from tennis last year and made her final appearance at the US Open 2022, a video surfaced online where she was being baptized as a Jehovah’s witness, and her daughter Olympia is similarly a part of her dedicated journey.
Serena Williams, the famous Tennis player got baptized today at the Jehovah's Witness Assembly in West Palm Beach Florida.
According to the Governing Body of the religious sect in Watchtower 2019, study 40, paragraph 14, only baptised Witnesses will be saved. pic.twitter.com/wd9E897pFL
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In the early 1980s, Serena and her four sisters including the legendary tennis player Venus Williams became Jehovah’s witnesses after their mother converted to the faith.