During the episode, Guthrie addressed a rumor from last month that claimed Williams was coming out of retirement. Williams responded at the time via X that she was not returning to the court. “Recently — tell me if I have this right — you reentered the drug testing pool, which some see as the precursor to a return to tennis,” Guthrie asked Williams on the show. “So you know I have to ask, are you returning to professional tennis?”Williams immediately questioned Guthrie, saying, “I mean, really? “Is that a no?” Guthrie asked as Williams repeated the question back to her, and the camera crew began to laugh.