{"id":30289,"date":"2023-05-02T04:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T04:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/serena-williams-announces-pregnancy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T04:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T04:23:34","slug":"serena-williams-announces-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/serena-williams-announces-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams announces pregnancy on Met Gala red carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ben Kellerman and Doyinsola Oladipo<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) -Serena Williams confirmed she is expecting baby number two on Monday, telling reporters at the star-studded Met Gala in New York that there were &#8220;three of us&#8221; on the red carpet, where she arrived with husband Alexis Ohanian.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-times major winner announced last year that she was &#8220;evolving away from tennis,&#8221; writing in a Vogue magazine article that she wanted to grow her family after welcoming daughter Olympia in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala,&#8221; Williams said in a TikTok post on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, a long-time friend of Wintour, the Vogue editor-in-chief and Met Gala co-chair, is a frequent attendee of the annual event to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art&#8217;s Costume Institute and on Monday donned a form-fitting black gown with a white skirt.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of this year&#8217;s gala was &#8220;Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,&#8221; in honor of the late Chanel designer.<\/p>\n<p>She had a friend on the red carpet, as well, with retired 20-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer attending as a co-chair of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Footage from the red carpet showed Ohanian, an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Reddit, gently resting his hand on the midsection of the 41-year-old Williams.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement made a return to competitive tennis appear highly unlikely for Williams, one of the most decorated athletes ever to pick up a racquet.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ben Kellerman, Amy Tennery and Doyinsola Oladipo in New York; Editing by Leslie Adler)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/serena-williams-announces-pregnancy\/the-met-gala-red-carpet-arrivals-in-new-york-city-9\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4101W-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4101W-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/serena-williams-announces-pregnancy\/the-met-gala-red-carpet-arrivals-in-new-york-city-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ41010-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ41010-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/serena-williams-announces-pregnancy\/the-met-gala-red-carpet-arrivals-in-new-york-city-12\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ41023-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ41023-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/serena-williams-announces-pregnancy\/the-met-gala-red-carpet-arrivals-in-new-york-city-13\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ41024-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ41024-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ben Kellerman and Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Serena Williams confirmed she is expecting baby number two on Monday, telling reporters at the star-studded Met Gala in New York that there were &#8220;three of us&#8221; on the red carpet, where she arrived with husband Alexis Ohanian. 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