- Now, is it true that you didn't want
Olympia to go to matches because you were afraid
you would lose killer instinct?
- Well, I just was afraid I would get distracted
'cause I would be like, wait, is she drinking?
Is she doing this?
So she came to a match once, like super brief,
and I was like, oh my God, is she wearing sun cream?
Like, is she?
It's nuts.
And so I would get stressed out.
I'm thinking, oh my goodness, wait a minute, I gotta serve.
(laughing)
This makes no sense.
So yeah.
And I've never really had her at matches
until my last, this summer actually.
- [Drew] And in the match
where she came.
(audience clapping)
- [Serena] She's so fun.
- She came to a match that is the most-watched moment
in tennis history.
and you won the match.
(audience clapping) (audience cheering)
- [Drew] Did that--
- Crazy.
- Did that assuage fears or calm something down?
- Absolutely.
Apparently she was saying like, "Go, Mama.
I'm so proud of you."
And I was like, "What?"
And so then she comes back.
Like after I lost in Cincinnati,
she came back and she's like, "It's okay, Mama.
You just have to do what you feel."
And I literally wanted to cry.
It was like, do what you feel, do what your heart tells you.
And she was so,
it was the sweetest thing ever and I was so proud of her.
Yeah, that little thing is the best.
- Her dad, Alexis.
I was reading a story about how you guys first met.
Is this true that you were at a restaurant with friends?
- [Serena] Yeah.
- You needed a table.
He was in the vicinity or maybe at the table you wanted.
Am I correct so far?
- Some pieces of it are real.
(audience laughing)
- Okay.
Some pieces of it are real.
- Yeah.
So we were at this restaurant and it was at the hotel
we were staying at
and I was in Italy and this guy shows up
and the whole place is empty.
And this guy, like really tall, he comes with his computer
and he plops down right next to us and he opens his computer
and he starts typing.
And I'm just like,
why?
I was so angry. (laughing)
(audience laughing)
I was like, why is this guy here?
And so we tried to get rid of them. (laughing)
(audience laughing)
(Drew laughing) (audience clapping)
We tried to get rid of him and I was like, you know.
My friend was like, "Listen, there's a rat over there."
And he's an Aussie.
I said, "Oh my God, there's a rat."
And I'm like, "Yeah, there's a rat."
And he doesn't flinch.
He looks, Alexis looks and doesn't flinch.
And I'm like, "You're not afraid of rats?"
And he's like, "Um, no, I'm from Brooklyn.
But is there even really a rat there?"
I guess he always knew I was full of stuff. (chuckling)
And so then that's how we met.
So it was just, yeah, I was just trying to get rid of him.
(audience clapping)
- Is it true that you find out
that he's the inventor of Reddit?
- [Serena] Yeah.
- Mm hm.
- [Serena] Yeah.
- Okay.
- So I didn't know what Reddit was (laughing)
and then we were like, "Oh, we love that."
And he is like, "Oh, have you seen it?
What do you like?"
And I was like. (laughing)
(audience laughing)
- You're like, "It?"
- Yeah. (laughing)
And we were just laughing and it was funny.
And then that was that.
But it was--
- Then how did you meet each other again?
- [Serena] So you want more of the story?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- [Drew] Then what happened?
- You guys more of the story, too?
Okay.
So then--
(audience cheering) (audience clapping)
So obviously you can understand that Alexis has
a lot of patience to deal with this.
So a lot of people ask him questions.
So I leave 'cause I literally was asking,
and good intentions, I was just asking his number.
I left 'cause I had a match that night.
And so I met my match and then I'm done.
I win the match and I'm going home
and this guy gets in the car and he's like six five
and he's big.
And I'm like, what is this guy getting in the car
with us for?
So I look over at my agent and I'm like,
"Jill, what is this guy doing?
Why do I have security?
You need to tell me if I have stalkers."
'Cause you know how stalkers are.
- I do, sadly, yeah.
- I'm like, "You need to tell me when I have stalkers
because that's not fair that.
I need to know so I can be prepared."
If something happens, I wanna be ready.
And she's like, "No, no, no, that's Alexis." (laughing)
'Cause he's really tall.
So I was like--
- Is he six five? - He's six five.
So I thought he was the security. (laughing)
(audience laughing)
I'm a nightmare.
I don't know what he was doing.
Like I don't know why. (laughing)
(audience clapping)
- But you had invited him to the match?
Where did he appear from?
- So my agent--
- When he's like, "Oh it's a Alexis."
- Yeah, so she had invited him 'cause we ended up having
a mutual, they ended up having a mutual friend.
So when he came to the match I was like, okay.
And we just stayed in contact and it really wasn't anything
for a long time because we were just texting
and I was asking questions and it was that.
And so that was.
- Was was there there?
Was there an attraction or did it grow?
- Well, yeah.
I mean he's an incredibly handsome guy, so yeah,
I think it was there, but.
- [Drew] So you thought he was handsome?
- Yeah, I thought he was.
He was all right.
(audience laughing)
In case he's watching. (chuckling)
No, I'm kidding.
- It's always so interesting to me
how it happens, timing.
Does it grow out of a--
- [Serena] It's all about timing, yeah.
- Yeah, does it grow out of a friendship?
Is there love at first sight?
Is it a slow burn?
- It's all of 'em.
I think it's all of them.
Like there's no one way to cook a chicken.
- [Drew] Yeah.
- You could fry it, you could bake it,
(audience clapping)
you could season it.
- You could shake and bake it.
(audience clapping)
Did you have an official first date or did you,
and what was that?
- Yeah, so we had our first date.
I was joking.
I was like, "Listen, listen, you need to come."
'Cause I played bad that day or whatever,
it wasn't my best match.
And I was just saying it as an aside,
like, "Yeah, you have to come to Paris to see
me play for real."
And it wasn't like, I literally did not want him to come.
I was not thinking about it that way or anything.
And then he's like, "Oh yeah, I'll be there."
And I was like, oh man, what have I gotten myself into?
But it was good.
So we went out our, we met in Rome,
our first date was in Paris, so.
- [Drew] Yet met in Italy?
- Yeah.
- You have the first date in Paris?
- Yeah.
I'm a hopeless romantic, too.
- Well you are the ultimate GOAT
and I was wondering if you would share being,
some of your ultimate GOATs for you.
What's your GOAT?
Will you share it with us?
Yes?
Okay.
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