Serena Williams | Alexis Ohanian

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Serena Williams, joining us from quarantine in Melbourne where she was preparing for the Australian Open, is a certified nerd who isn't afraid to trade opinions about "Lord of the Rings" with little-known Tolkien enthusiast, Stephen Colbert (Originally aired January 25th, 2021). And Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian tells the 'meet cute' story he and wife Serena Williams share, explaining how it all started in a café in Rome (Originally aired May 7th, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the Late Show Pancho with Stephen Colvin.
0:05.6	Hey everybody, welcome back to a Late Show.
0:11.5	She is a sports icon who has won 23 grand slam titles and four Olympic gold medals.
0:18.9	She's now preparing for the Australian Open.
0:21.0	Please welcome to a Late Show from Adelaide, Australia, Serena Williams.
0:26.4	Serena, thanks so much for being here.
0:28.6	Hi, thanks for having me.
0:30.5	How's tomorrow?
0:31.6	Because it's late noon there or something, isn't it?
0:34.7	I know, tomorrow is good.
0:36.8	You know, I'm a little bit in the future.
0:38.6	So I think it's going to be good.
0:40.8	Now, I had the chance to talk to your husband many times.
0:44.0	Actually, I had him on the show in 2018.
0:48.1	And one of the questions everybody has is you guys seem like a happy, loving couple,
0:52.8	but nobody expected one of the greatest athletes of all time to marry a self-professed
0:58.1	nerd.
0:59.2	Like Alexis, how does that work?
1:02.8	He says you're a nerd too.
1:04.4	Like a true nerd.
1:06.0	What's your nerd cred?
1:08.3	Yeah, you know, I do have some nerd cred.
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