Rihanna is anticipating her second little one with rapper A$AP Rocky, it was confirmed not lengthy after the pop singer delivered a high-flying efficiency at this yr’s Super Bowl halftime present.
In entrance of a State Farm Stadium crowd of 72,000 (plus tens of thousands and thousands watching at house), Rihanna served up a 13-minute medley of songs halfway by way of Sunday evening’s Chiefs-Eagles championship match-up — oftentimes whereas standing on a small platform that was suspended excessive above the taking part in discipline.
At occasions, particularly towards the top of the efficiency, it appeared that Rihanna was pointedly revealing a child bump, although if that was meant as an “announcement,” it was far lower than Beyonce on the 2011 VMAs.
Rihanna’s newest being pregnant information comes 9 months after she and A$AP Rocky welcomed their first little one, a son, in May 2022
During a Feb. 9 presser held by Apple Music, sponsor of the halftime present, Rihanna mirrored on her first months as a guardian, saying, “When you become a mom, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you can take on the world. You can do anything, and the Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. So, as scary as that was [to agree to the Super Bowl gig] there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all, and it’s important for me to do this year. It’s important for representation. It’s important for my son to see that.”
And amidst rehearsals, Rihanna additionally says that “the physical challenge has definitely been immense for many reasons, of course. I haven’t done this in a minute. You’re just running around … trying to put a 2-hour set in 13 minutes, and you’re gonna see on Sunday.”
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