Rihanna announces she's PREGNANT during Super Bowl Half-Time show
What a lovely surprise!
Last updated 22nd Feb 2023
Superstar singer Rihanna performed some of her massive hits from her monumental career during Sunday night's spectacular Super Bowl Half-Time show, but it was the surprise at the start of the performance that left fans buzzing.
Rihanna, who is dating rapper A$AP Rocky, announced to the world she's expecting her second child, showing off her baby bump in true Beyoncé style!
Before performing hits such as 'Umbrella', 'Only Girl In The World', 'Rude Boy', 'Work' and many more of her classics, RiRi stood high on a raised platform, opening her red coat and rubbing her stomach.
As well as cooing over her spectacular performance at the 56th Super Bowl Half-Time show, fans were obviously over the moon for the mum-of-one.
One wrote online: 'Huge respect to our Rihanna 🤩 Doing this while being pregnant must have been so hard but she made it'. (sic)
Another added: 'Rihanna gave that whole set whilst pregnant with baby number two? Phenomenal 👏🏻🔥', with a third writing: 'I JUST FIND OUT THAT RIHANNA IS PREGNANT AGAIN OMG'. (sic)
A fourth commented: 'Congratulations to Rihanna for baby no 2 😊😊😊 #rihannapregnant'. (sic)
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Sienna Miller and Oli Green
At the same event as Ellie Goulding, actress Sienna Miller also announced her pregnancy, alongside her boyfriend Oli Green. Sienna is already a proud mum to her 13-year-old daughter Marlowe, whom she shares with her ex Tom Sturridge, and her 23-month-old daughter with Oli. The new arrival will be Sienna and Oli's second child together.
Although it hasn't yet been confirmed how far into her pregnancy Rihanna is, the 34-year-old welcomed her first child into the world with A$AP Rocky in May 2022, a super cute baby boy!
The couple have been very private with their son, not announcing any details so far, and only sharing one cute clip of him on TikTok.
The video shows the little one looking into Rihanna's camera before trying to 'steal' her phone, before later yawning and looking out of the window during a car journey.
Rihanna, who made a comeback to music in 2022, is no stranger to spectacular pregnancy announcements.
Back in January 2022, to announce she was pregnant with her first child, RiRi showed off her bump during a walk around Harlem with rapper A$AP by her side, whilst wearing a $8,000 pink Chanel coat and crop top.
Congratulations to Rihanna and A$AP on their lovely news! 👶
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