Rihanna has kicked off her long-awaited Super Bowl halftime show performance by appearing to reveal she is expecting her second child.
The singer began her performance by rubbing her hands across her belly and giving the camera a sly look as she pointed to what looked to be a baby bump peaking out from her unzipped red latex one-piece.
Fans watching the performance rushed to social media to share their surprise, with one writing, “Wait is Rihanna pregnant or am I seeing s***?”
“Rihanna fans realising she is pregnant again, and they’re never getting another album,” another joked on Twitter.
“Mother Rihanna is pregnant with her second child,” another wrote.
The singer’s halftime show performance featured several of her biggest hits, including Diamonds, Work and Where Have You Been.
The rumour appeared to be confirmed by podcast host Nate Burleson, who earlier spoke to the star. She told him at the time that her performance would feature a surprise guest.
But as fans noted Rihanna performed without introducing any other performers, one suggested the baby was in fact her “surprise guest”.
”I’m living for my son,” Rihanna revealed. “Everything matters now. You really start to take a lot into account. Skydiving?! You really think about stuff like that — it’s not worth it,” she added.
“Everything is different, life before my son seems very obscure. It’s very small and cloudy, it just got better with him.”
The Umbrella singer - who welcomed her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky in May 2022 - went on to say raising their baby boy has been a challenge but full of rewards.
“It’s so much hard work, but nothing is more fulfilling than that.”
It comes after she earlier promised a “jam-packed” half-time show.
It’s the first time she’s performed live in seven years and comes as her fans eagerly await new music.
“The setlist was the biggest challenge,” she said earlier this week.
“That was the hardest, hardest part. Deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate — that’s what this show is going to be. It’s going to be a celebration of my catalogue.”
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