‘Who is this?’ Serena Williams just broke Instagram with this skinny selfie
Serena Williams can’t win.
Scratch that. The tennis icon can win — on the court, snagging 23 Grand Slam titles throughout her incredible career.
But on the Internet? Forget about it.
Last week, Williams astonished her Instagram followers with a slimmed down appearance, posing in front of a mirror in a black slinky long skirt and crop top.
The 43-year-old mom of two has been documenting her weight loss journey a while, working on shedding the pounds.
Last summer, the Palm Beach Gardens resident hilariously launched a personal challenge to get back into a Valentino denim skirt she acquired in her pre-pregnancy days.
The champ reportedly went from 188 down to 154 pounds by the end of 2024 through a combination of diet (a nutritionist helped) and exercise (something Williams knows well). The California native also revealed she used Lingo, a continuous glucose monitor that tracks blood sugar levels in real time.
But in this latest post, it looks as if that cute designer skirt would fall right off of her.
Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section. Some fans were supportive and complimentary telling her she looked amazing. Yet others were concerned by the sudden, dramatic changeup and wondered if she was possibly ill.
“No joking. Is Serena OK? This has been a shocking weight loss. I certainly DON’T want anything to be wrong with her!!!”
Some social media users assumed the athlete was on a GLP-1 weight loss drug, like so many other (non-diabetic) Hollywood folks these days.
“Just when you thought the legend was the bad arse who embraced her strength and curves, we now get an Ozempic version of her. Now she looks like everyone else.”
A handful didn’t even recognize the sports star; e.g., “Who is this woman?”
Buried in the comments were at least a few who didn’t attempt to play judge and jury:
“People been on Serena about her body her whole life. Let her live.”
But it seems that Williams is fine and focused on wellness so that she can be around to watch her daughters grow up.
“We’re all thinking about longevity and everything that we can have at our fingertips, but longevity is something that we have to work at,” she told USA Today late last year. “And so for me, I’m in that journey in my life where I want to work at that, and I want to create the best scenario I can for that.”
This story was originally published August 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM.
