Serena Williams Shares Marriage Advice for Sister Venus, Reveals Details About Their New Podcast

Serena Williams is doing everything in her power to make sure sister Venus Williams’ wedding is a grand slam.

While appearing on TODAY on Aug. 21 to discuss her partnership with health care company Ro, for which she is a paid spokesperson, Serena Williams opened up about her sister’s engagement and her role in the wedding planning process.

But first, the former tennis pro, who married entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian in 2017, shared some words of wisdom about nurturing a happy marriage.

“My advice is just to always have fun, you know, to always go on dates and to just take a moment and just like dance. Dancing lets your guard down. It just lets you feel vulnerable. You just have these different moments,” she said. “And I’m no expert. I definitely am not perfect.”

Venus Williams announced her engagement to actor and model Andrea Preti in July after playing her first singles match in over a year. She broke the exciting news during a post-match interview, saying, “My fiancé is here, and he really encouraged me to keep playing.”

As she embarks on this new chapter of her life, the bride-to-be is getting loads of support from her younger sister. So far, Serena Williams has already checked the bachelorette party off the list. But she’s knee-deep in other preparations.

“We are planning lots of different parties and events, and it’s actually overwhelming. And I’m like, I told Venus yesterday, ‘One more thing that you want me to do, and I’m done. That’s it,’” she teased.

Serena and Venus Williams’ New Podcast: ‘Stockton Street’

It’s certainly a busy time for the Williams sisters, but they’ve somehow carved out time for one more project: a new podcast.

“So we haven’t talked about it yet, but we decided to name it Stockton Street,” Serena Williams said during her TODAY appearance. “Stockton Street is the street that we grew up on.”

The mother of two went on to explain that her older sister was the one who came up with the meaningful moniker.

“We had lots of different names, and then everything was taken. And then she’s like, ‘What do you think about Stockton Street?’ And I was like, ‘That’s it!’”

After settling on a name, Serena Williams said she and her sister were psyched to dive into the podcast itself.

“We also just love to think about branding in different ways and different sorts and just feeling like Stockton Street is something that — it’s still there. It will always be there. We can kind of just live on, and we can talk about lots of different things on our podcast,” she said.