The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trevor Sits Down with Tennis Legend Serena Williams & Star of 'King Richard' Will Smith

Episode Date: August 29, 2023

Legendary tennis champion and entrepreneur Serena Williams discusses overcoming adversity while building her venture capital firm Serena Ventures, being an executive producer on King Richard, and the importance of family. And Will Smith discusses showcasing the unseen sides of Richard Williams in King Richard and shares how writing his memoir was a cathartic experience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. You're listening to Comedy Central. My guest tonight is legendary tennis champion and entrepreneur Serena Williams. She's here to talk about her venture fund and being an executive producer of the hit film, King Richard. Serena Williams, welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you for having me. It's truly an honor to have you here, especially at a moment like this in life, you know, because it's not every day that I or anybody gets to talk to one of the greatest of all time in any aspect, you know, you've conquered the tennis court,

but now it seems like Serena is going to be conquering the business world in a really meaningful way. Serena ventures. Congratulations. The last I heard, you raised, is it 111 million for the venture capital firm? Yes, yes, we did. And you know, I realized, I've actually been investing for about nine years and then I realized that, you know, the venture capital ecosystem really needs more inclusive people, really.

When I learned that less than 2% at the time of women got funding from all VC money, I just, honestly I didn't believe that stat. And so I thought it was necessary for me to enter in a legit way and so I just kept building Serena Ventures for years and now here we are we're raising our first fund at 111 million. It's a really powerful place to begin a journey because you know a lot of people you know on the ground I mean myself included the the tea tree. I didn't know what venture capital was I didn't the the the the the of the the of the the of the the of the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. th. th. th. th. th. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm th. th. I'm th. th. th. th. t. t. t. t. t. t t t t t t t tt ttttt tt t t ttt t didn't understand that like that becomes the seed that essentially grows the tree that is the biggest companies that we see on every stock exchange, you know? And so if you can get people in on the ground there, you can change their lives forever.

Why did you decide to jump into a world that, I mean, does not play nice, isn't like the, their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the friendliest environment, especially to women and then especially to women of color. Yeah, so for me, it was really important just that. Like, it's on the ground floor where you want more diversity and where you want more people involved and that's where if you're looking to create, you know, wealth or however you want to look at it, that's where it starts, you know, and it's no better way to start there. Also, I love technology. I have a natural love and just thing that I just love about technology, and I've always wanted to invest in these companies and always wanted to just kind of be a part of it, which hints my journey that started so long ago into venture, and then eventually when you invest in early stage, so we do early stage investing, and when you do that, you're really able to not only help how a company thinks and how a company performs,

but also the first hires of a company. So those first five, the first ten are so key, but if you really help a company shape, thin, then it has a better chance to succeed, but it also has a better chance to think of inviting everyone to the table. One of the craziest things I saw, I mean, everyone saw what you responded to on Twitter, was the New York Times posting about, you know, like, they had an article about your venture capital firm and the money and everything, but then they used your sister's picture. What you said was really powerful, but I wondered from your point of view, like, what was the emotion behind it?

Like, were you hurt? Were you disappointed? Were you angry? Well, honestly, me playing tennis in a sport that has been predominantly, you know, white, especially when I first started, you can't allow yourself to get too upset about those things and emotionally take that home, especially if you're mom or the the the the the you the you you the you th th th th th th th th th th th th th th tho th tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thi tho- tho tho tho tho tho tho- tho- tho- thoom. thoom. tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin. thin. thin. thin. toee an the an the an the an the an the an the an the an the an the an too upset about those things and emotionally take that home, especially if you're a mom or you have a family, it's definitely not something you want to be involved in. You definitely have to just, you know, just understand, say something about it like I did and let it go. For me, it was really just about letting people know that there's still, this is why I started this fund, you know, because there's still space that needs to happen. There are things that need to happen

that we need to grow upon. And so that was really important for me. I couldn't help feeling from your response that like, that was a little bit of, you know, your mom and dad coming through. Now, I haven't met them, but I'm one th and I'm one th and I'm one th and I'm one th and I'm one th and I'm one th. but I'm one of the millions of people who watched the movie, and I feel like I've met your family because... That was a great segue.

It's true though, that's how I felt, but thank you for that. It's, it felt like, you know, the Williams family has this tenacious attitude. The Williams family goes like, hey, we're gonna address BS when we see it, thoo that, that's th.............. It's, thi, that, that, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, it, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, as your dad? You know it was, it definitely was. I've gotten so used to it now, but now when I see him, I'm like, hey dad. But in the beginning, it was definitely weird because it just was just weird, but he did such a great job of just becoming Richard Williams to a point where it was, it was actually,

like I was looking at my dad or really remembering those moments when we were together and when we were younger. And it's really amazing how he, everything that he did in that film. It does feel like King Richard was just the origin story for a burgeoning world, like you know, the sequels, because when the movie ends, and I won't spoil if people haven't seen it, all I want to see your movie now, I want

to see your sister's movie, I want to see your family. Yeah, I'm like, wait, wait, wait, what do you mean? This is it? I want to wait, I couldn't believe it was just getting started. Um, that journey is a really a a a really a really a really a really a really a really a really a really a really a really a really a really a really, that journey, that journey, that journey is a really, that journey is a really a really, that journey is a really, that journey is a really, that journey is a really, that journey is a really, that journey is a really, that journey is a really that journey, that journey, that journey is a really, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that journey, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to, I to, I to, I to know how your family managed to keep the love between and your sister so intense, even when there were so many moments for the two of you to have resentment towards each other because you don't. You love each other, you support each other, and yet you compete against each other. And that's really important because, again, like when you asked me about the New York Times piece, it was like, well, we can't allow allow that to affect our lives and we grew up and we still are extremely spiritual people and really have a great grind, great base of faith and we know that we have so much more to look forward to

and then we also know that at the end of the day like tennis a last you know 10 years, 20 years or whatever but family lasts forever and even when I'm playing my sister I always think okay this is just for this moment, this just for this day. And even if we're emotional about it for a couple days later, like she's always gonna be my flesh and blood and nothing else is going to ever come in between that. And so it was, it's really important for us to kind of fill that. just why so much just kind of roll off our shoulders

and we just kind of just go with it. I have a few personal questions. While they can assume it. I have a few personal questions. Just as a fan from my side. So number one, who's responsible for your backhand? We didn't really get the answer in the movie. I mean, your mom claims the credit.

Who made the Serena backhand? Um, it was definitely a combination of both, but I spent a lot of time on the court with my mom growing up when I was in that age, but when I got a little older, it was just, I was spending more time with my dad, so it's definitely a mix. Okay, and then with merging now, funny enough, but you know, you've got the tech dad and then you've got like the superstar sports mom.

What's the thing that she sort of gravitates towards more? If you put like a computer in front of her or a tennis racket, what's the first thing she'd grab? Well, probably the computer because it has, you know, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you know, you know and you know the movies. So definitely that. But you know, I'm just, I'm a fan of tennis and I definitely root for her to play, but also I'm like, you know, it could be a lot of pressure. So definitely looking at her playing different sports. And you know, we haven't quite decided. And it's so, it's so interesting now how parents, I think, think of it. because it's like, you know, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I'm, I'm, thi, thi, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I'm, I'm, I, I, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I'm, th. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I could say, I think, think of it, because it's like, you know, my parents had a whole plan.

And we're just like, well, you know, we'll see if she wants to do this or it's a completely different thing. And yeah, that's just, I don't know. My dad, my mom were really amazing. And personally, I don't know if I could have done it. I think you can do it because you're a product of their. their. their. their. their. thia. thin. thin. thin. thin. I. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thi. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. So, th. So, th. So, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, thin. And, th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. th. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. theirs. I think you're doing it already. Serena Williams, thank you for joining me on the show. Congratulations on everything you've done. Venture Capital, conquering the court. Congrets to your family, and thank you for being here with us. Thank you. Thank you for having me.

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And he's here to talk about his new film King Richard and his highly anticipated memoir. Will Smith, welcome to the show. Oh, good to be here, man. I appreciate your honor. Do you Joe watching that? Oh my goodness, it's like Richard Williams, man. You know, he is such a unique and powerful man. He is, he is so many different things. Right. You love them or hate them, you

know, but his his daughters and his family just they they revered this man. And now that was a thing that was so interesting to me because he's been vilified and villainized publicly, but the love in his family is spectacular. There is something to playing somebody in a way that doesn't provide a caricature of them, but shows you their character. Yes. And that's what I really enjoyed about this film is, you know, we often hear about dads who are like, you know, ultra-competitive, they want their kids to succeed at all costs, or whatever. But I know before I watched the movie, I didn't know the full extent of Richard Williams. I knew Venus and Serena. I was like, I know their dad, but I was like, oh, he's one

of those dads. But he wasn't one of those dads. No, he was a dad who was trying to create excellence, but he did it in a unique way. He did it in a very hours of film and audio on him, so I was able to track him over, you know, almost two decades of interviews and things like that, and his book and his entire family was involved with the process. And I asked Venus, I was like, what did he do? And she said it was almost like a Jedi mind trick, right? Because he never pushed them to be to be him to be, to be, them....... them them them to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be a to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be. to be. to be to be. to be. to be to be to be. to be the the the the the the the the the the the the the to be. the to be. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the toe. I. I. I. like, what did he do? And she said it was almost like a Jedi mind trick, right? Because he never pushed them to play tennis. When they were in trouble, their punishment

was that they couldn't play tennis. And they would be itching and scratching and calling, please daddy let's practice. And he had figured out a way that you know tennis was fourth or fifth on the list of their family priorities. They were using tennis to cultivate family and to cultivate you know human beings to go into the world and and serve. We've seen you play real people in films. You know we've watched you on these journeys you know you know whether it's Ali with his pursuit of happiness you know we we see you inhibit people's lives

you inhibit who they are and I wonder how much of them now sticks with you. Do you feel like you part of the family now? Yeah absolutely is it's uh, you know, Serena walked on onto the set, you know, and I was full in character and she was like, dad? You know, I'm like, oh, but you know, it's, you know, when you do these types of things that are about people's lives and it wipes away every other than wanting to please the family about people's lives and it wipes away every other desire other than wanting to please the family. If you make a movie about somebody's life and they don't like it, it is horrific. Has that ever happened to you?

No, it says, you know, you say theoretically, you're like, theoretically for these other actors. If you mess it up, it's bad for you, I'm Will Smith. No, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, but I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I feel, I feel, I feel, I, you feel, you, you, you, you, you, you, I, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. It, th. It, th. It, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. theea. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, th. It, if you mess it up, it's the bad for you, I'm Will Smith. I mean... No, but I felt like, you know, I felt like that every time I go into this, you feel the weight of it, it's like somebody's life and you're going to, you know, commit it to screen. And Venus and Serena, they agreed to be executive producers and they were with the project all the way through, but they were withholding whether or not they were going to put their name on the film until after they saw it. Wow.

That's pressure. Yeah, that was a lot of pressure. Yeah, that's pressure. Yeah, that's pressure. I feel like this story was amplified by the way. Thank you. Congratulations. Many people can live a really fantastic life. Many people can write a great book. There are few people who I think can translate a fantastic life into a fantastic book. I think that's what you've done here. For real. Because it's raw, it's confusing to many because you say it in the book. Will Smith consists of two people. Yeah. The will Smith that. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that, thi. the. the. thi. the. the. the. thi. the. thi. th. th. th. th. th., Will Smith consists of two people.

The Will Smith that we all know in love, and then the Will Smith that that character was created to protect. Absolutely. And yet, what I find is people are reading excerpts from the book and they're like, Will Smith wanted to kill his father? Will Smith, when Will Smith and Jada wanted to break up, I'm like, are you reading the book? Are you, are the, are, are, are, are, are, are, are, the, th, th, th, are, th, the, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, are, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, thi, the, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, and the, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, thi, thi, and thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi.. We? Will, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, thi him. And I'm like, are you reading the book? So let's start at the beginning. You know what it's like to be raised by a father who is not perfect,

but also pushes you towards perfection. When you were portraying Richard Williams, were there aspects of you that were maybe even understanding your dad more? Was there a compassion that was building that goes with that disappointment that you sometimes felt in him? You know, I was working on the memoir while I was doing King Richard. Oh, I don't know that. Okay. So the picture of myself and my father and Richard Williams was all blending into, you know, a process of growth and evolution and revelation.

And a big part of being able to understand Richard Williams was in my understanding. process of growth and evolution and revelation. And a big part of being able to understand Richard Williams was in my understanding of my father, you know, that post World War II generation black man, you know, that knows how to do everything with their hands, you know, they got the toolbox and they can fix the, fix the refinery. Yeah, right, exactly. Yeah, right. Exactly. You know, that was the thing with my father wanted us to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a the the the the the th. th. thi thi. th. th. the th. the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. A. A. A. A. A. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi thi. thiii. thi. thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. they can fix the fix the refinery. Yeah, right, exactly. You know, that was the thing with my father wanted us to be able to do things with our hands. Richard Williams was very similar in that way. And then the process for me of questioning my own parenting and developing and growing with my own parenting.

What I learned and grew into, which was a transformation for me with Richard Williams, is Richard Williams was aligned with what his daughters wanted to do. He was following them where they wanted to go, and he was pushing them where they already wanted to go. And it was a very subtle but very critical difference that I was able to, you know, make that adjustment in my parenting. The book Will, I would say is one of the most anticipated and yet unexpected memoirs that has

ever come out because for so long you've been an enigma. You know, wait, man, you can't say that on TV. You crazy. You've been an enigma you know you mean you can't say don't on TV you crazy you you you you you're an enigma too you've been you've been a guy who's like like it's it's Will Smith but it's like we see you in the black suit we see flashing eyes you know we see you running down that you're running down that bridge with a shirt open you you you run in slow mow I mean you're doing down the bridge with a shirt open, you, you're running. It's slow-mo, it's too, with the cape-billow-in.

You know what I mean? Like, we know that Will Smith, and then we see you at the premiere, and it's you and Jada, you know, and it's the kids and it reveals himself and there's everything we're living in now. Yeah, yeah. And and the book feels like that, you know, it feels like you've gone, all right, I'm gonna, I'm gonna take you behind the scenes. Which we've done in movies, we've never done with your life. Yeah. A big part of my motivation was I felt like I have experienced enough and reflected enough and suffered enough that my advice could be valuable. Right?

You know, so the things that I now understand were, you know, the things that I now understand were, you know, cultivated in the battlefield. Right, you know, cultivated in the battlefield, you know, survival. Yeah, survival. Yeah, we're not, you know, when it went, when I'm talking about something, I'm not talking about theory, I'm talking about tested, right? Experience. So I feel like, and and not that who I was, it wasn't true, it's just not the whole story. And so for me, I just wanted to take the filter off for, I guess, two reasons. One, I thought it was, it's more helpful.

You know, for somebody who wants to build their life, for somebody who wants to follow and do some of the things that I've done, it's more helpful if I tell you the truth, right? I like that, okay. You know, and then the other part of it is I get to be more free. It's like a whole weight is lifted that I don't have to be perfect, that I'm allowed to be imperfect. I'm allowed to put on 30 pounds during the pandemic, you know. th. You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm the the the thi, I'm thi, I'm thi,'t have to be perfect, that I'm allowed to be imperfect, I'm allowed to put on 30 pounds during the pandemic, you know, I'm allowed to do all of that. And, you know, there's a certain emotional invincibility that is being cultivated that I just love.

I love not being swayed by people's opinions. When you talk in the book, I love that you've been careful to tell your stories. I know this from writing my book. I made sure I was like, I talked to my mom. I was like, are you cool? Are you writing this? And I was like, these are my stories or the stories that you can find in the press......... I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I th. I'm, I th. I th. I that, I that you, I that you, I that you, I that you, I that you, I that you, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I, I, I, I, I th. I, I, I, I th. I, I, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I that that th. that that that ta, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I that that that that that that way. Which is really hard. Yeah, you've been really good with that respecting Jada in this. Yes, absolutely. And Jada's got red table talk and then you've got, do you guys ever like fight about it that way? Do you ever go like

hey you can't say that there or how can you say that there or do you ever feel like you have to I finished the book. So I had written it and I called everybody I talked about in the book and brought them down to Miami and for two weeks I read everybody, every word that I said about him. And it was an extremely powerful therapy session going through this stuff. My mother and I had never talked about my father's abuse. Wow. And it was the first time. We had never talked. We had never, not one time, and I was 52 at the time. And I read her the chapter, and I was the first time that we ever we ever

discussed it. And she said go ahead. And yeah, she was you know, first of all she was shocked. She couldn't believe that my young mind had processed it in in that way but it was so cathartic and reading everything and you know I got through a couple of chapters with Jada and you know she she said I want you to tell your story I don't want to dilute what your experience was you said I would you know of course I was having a completely different experience but she said I want you to be free to tell your story. This relates to like everything that the media consumes. There's an element of like, it's almost like a piranha fish syndrome that happens online.

You know, once there's blood in the water, they want to nibbling at a thing until they know it to the bone. Sometimes it'll feel like people are trying to make it like, oh Jeda's coming for will. You see what she said about will. They take her words out of context. They write headlines that don't match what the people are saying. I get angry because I watch and then I'm like, that's not what you say. You know what? That's not what you say. You know what? that's not what you say. You know what? that's a different approach? Do you go like, no, this is what we're doing and how we're going to do it? So there's nothing to really protect ourselves from. Right? It's like...

The malice. The malice. So that only speaks to other people's level of consciousness and a lack of loving kindness on their part that doesn't say anything about us, right? So our job as a couple and our job as individuals is to purify our hearts as much as we possibly can to never do that to other human beings. To not add to the chaos and to not add to the darkness and to figure out as much as possible

to only add love and hopefully understanding to the pot. I embrace it as a part of my job in this world to provide whatever medicine, whatever elixir, I possibly can, and not even thinking about that person as somehow beneath me, no, you'll see in these pages I got some purifying to do myself. All right before I let you go, this is a book. Yes, that's a book. A book means a movie's coming. Ooh. I mean that's how it works. That's you make. You you you you you you you you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you make you make you th you make th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi to provide to to provide to to to to to to to to thi thi to thi to thi thi thi thi to thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi this is a book. Yes, that's a book. A book means a movie's coming. Ooh. I mean, that's how it works.

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