The husband of 23-time Major winner Serena Williams has time and again echoed his love for his daughters. He’s even been criticized for spending too much time with them and not being a “committed” business professional. But he doesn’t care. The only thing he cares about is being a responsible father. And it’s not something of a late realization. Ohanian had this thought a long time ago when he and Serena welcomed Olympia back in 2017.
Alexis Ohanian has a popular podcast show called ‘Business Dad,’ where he generally talks to men across business, technology, and sports while trying to understand how they balance their careers and parenthood.
In an old episode of the podcast, from March 2020, he interacted with popular TV star Joel Martinez aka The Kid Mero. The latter, being a father of four children, told Ohanian how he had discussion-based sessions with his wife to figure out their schedules. It was done to manage their time wisely as parents. Ohanian then revealed how he, too, had a similar routine for navigating parenthood with his wife and WTA icon Serena Williams. “I love this. I need a more family-friendly name for this, but we have these board meetings where my wife and I will sit down fairly regularly and work through the calendar.” The only purpose of such “meetings” was to make things work amid a busy schedule after the birth of Olympia.
According to Ohanian, such discussions are essential because “it’s not just, I don’t just feel like I need to do it because I do feel some obligation as a dad, but I also do want to.” Moreover, he tried to convey that being a father is nothing less than a blessing. Per him “seeing your kids thrive, whether they’re playing basketball and you can see the young Charles Oakley in them, or you can just, I don’t know, get satisfaction from the simple pleasure.”
But being a dad also brings various responsibilities. Especially when it comes to keeping children safe. Interestingly, Ohanian had an intriguing tale to share on this aspect.
When Alexis Ohanian revealed his protective nature for his daughter Olympia
In the same podcast, Alexis Ohanian talked about how a stranger approaching his daughter invoked a sense of being a protective father inside him. Recalling that moment, he revealed that he once took Olympia for a walk. The nanny was also accompanying them. “I was rolling deep. And this, this lady comes up and I guess this is a thing that’s normal for people to want to come up and talk to your kid and touch your kid.”
“But the first time it happened to me, you’re like, I’m like, get your hands off my baby. Get her off my baby. Because it just, everything about it felt so wrong, like such a violation of this.”
Meanwhile, he also shared his experience of shifting priorities after having Olympia. “I just felt like everything I had done, as proud as I was in my career to that point, almost didn’t really matter because the legacy was going to be in her, in this baby.” It becomes evident from the fact that he’s literally changed his lifestyle after turning a father.
Remember back in 2023 when he revealed on X about preferring to sleep early? This realization wasn’t there in his younger days. But there’s an adorable reason behind this change. As a father, bedtime has become one of his favorite moments now. Why so? In a post on X, earlier this month, he explained the reason and wrote, “it means ‘uppy’ (carrying her upstairs and getting a looong hug), we get to do prayers, we recap the day… and she’s finally going to sleep ” allowing him to get the rest of the night back to himself.
What are your thoughts on Ohanian’s journey as a father? Do you think he’s setting a great example for all fathers out there with his efforts? Let us know in the comments below.
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