- Serena Williams kept her pregnancy a secret from her daughter Olympia until moments before the Met Gala.
- Williams said she did it because Olympia "can't keep a secret" in an Instagram video Friday.
Serena Williams revealed that she waited moments before the Met Gala to tell her daughter Olympia about her pregnancy.
On Friday, the tennis star, 41, shared a clip of an upcoming YouTube video on Instagram, where she explained why she waited to reveal the news to Olympia, 5.
She shares Olympia with her husband Alexis Ohanian, 40, the entrepreneur and Reddit co-founder she married in 2017.
The video opens with a shot of a positive pregnancy test and is followed by clips of Williams getting ready to attend the Met Gala.
"Olympia does not know right now that I am pregnant, so the big reveal will be at the Met, and then before we leave, I'll tell Olympia," Williams said in the clip.
"The reason I haven't told her is because she can't keep a secret."
"Stay tuned … link in bio to subscribe," Williams captioned the post.
Commenters wrote congratulatory messages under the post, and some sympathized with having to withhold information from children.
"Kids will out you quickly without any second thought," one commenter wrote.
According to her channel's description, Williams will be uploading "behind-the-scenes" content.
In addition to debuting her bump on the red carpet alongside Ohanian, Williams confirmed the pregnancy with photos of their Met Gala ensembles on Instagram with a caption that read: "Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala."
Williams gave birth to Olympia in September 2017 and wrote about the medical complications she experienced in a February 2018 essay for CNN.
"I almost died after giving birth to my daughter, Olympia," Williams wrote. She goes on to describe having a pulmonary embolism, a lung artery blockage caused by a blood clot, after her emergency C-section.
This isn't the first time Williams has opened up about her family life.
In April 2022, Williams told Insider about the "mom guilt" she experiences.
"Mom guilt is real. I always feel so guilty when I'm doing something on my own," Williams said. "I don't know if I'm a good mom, and I don't know if my method works, but I'm very hands-on with my daughter, and it was the same with our parents."
In addition to talking about motherhood, Williams has given fans a glimpse into her love story with her husband.
The two met in an Italian hotel after Ohanian sat down next to her, Williams said on "The Drew Barrymore Show" in September 2022.
"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," she said. "And he opens his computer and he starts typing. And I'm just like, 'Why?' I was so angry, I was like, 'Why is this guy here?"
The pair began talking and later reunited after one of her tennis matches before they began dating.