
Serena Williams Talks Winning the Australia Open While Pregnant & Accidentally Revealing Her Baby Bump

Serena Williams recently revealed that she's pregnant, but it turns out she didn't mean to share that news at all.
Sitting down with Gayle King at the 2017 Ted Talks conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Tuesday, the expectant tennis superstar said the Snapchat pic that announced her pregnancy was posted by mistake.
"It was an accident," Williams admitted. "I was on vacation just taking some time for myself and I have this thing where I’ve been checking my status and taking pictures every week to see how far along I’m going."
The Snapchat shot, posted April 19, was quickly deleted, but the bell couldn't be unrung, and Williams' rep confirmed the news of her pregnancy to Et later that day.
"I didn’t tell a lot of people, to be quite honest, and I’d been saving it," Williams explained...
Sitting down with Gayle King at the 2017 Ted Talks conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Tuesday, the expectant tennis superstar said the Snapchat pic that announced her pregnancy was posted by mistake.
"It was an accident," Williams admitted. "I was on vacation just taking some time for myself and I have this thing where I’ve been checking my status and taking pictures every week to see how far along I’m going."
The Snapchat shot, posted April 19, was quickly deleted, but the bell couldn't be unrung, and Williams' rep confirmed the news of her pregnancy to Et later that day.
"I didn’t tell a lot of people, to be quite honest, and I’d been saving it," Williams explained...
- 4/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
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