Serena Williams admits she sometimes favors daughter Adira, 2, over Olympia, 8

Serena Williams said on the Jan. 28 episode of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle that she sometimes catches herself being too nice to her younger daughter, Adira, 2, compared with her older daughter, Olympia, 8. The 44-year-old tennis icon shares the girls with husband Alexis Ohanian. Asked about their personalities, Williams called Olympia “so sweet” and “the best big sister,” and described Adira as “feisty, but she’s nice.” She added, “I mean, I’m obsessed.

I’m the youngest, so I always have to make sure that I’m not being, you know, not necessarily favorites, but being too nice.” Williams said she sometimes tells herself, “Let her have it! Let her do it!” when Olympia protests. When cohost Jenna Bush Hager noted she was “talking to yourself,” Williams replied, “Yes!

I feel like I’ve gotta shake out of that, which is just a whole new ballgame.” Earlier this month Williams shared family photos from her sister Venus Williams’ wedding, posting snaps of the family of four with Adira and Olympia matching in light blue dresses and writing, “Joy does not always roar sometimes it whispers.

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