Rihanna is no stranger to breaking the internet, and now she’s gone and done it again by announcing her third pregnancy, with rapper A$AP Rocky, on the Met Gala red carpet
Rihanna announced her third pregnancy with American rapper A$AP Rocky on the Met Gala red carpet on May 5. The 37-year-old is renowned for her unique and media-grabbing pregnancy announcements, and her most recent reveal at the most iconic event of the year is nothing short of iconic.
Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, and her partner A$AP Rocky already have two sons: RZA Athelston and Riot Rose Mayers. Now, the pair will welcome their third child in November 2025.
Of course, Rihanna was fashionably late to arrive at the fashion gala, which took place at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, everyone seemed to forget her tardiness when she flashed her baby bump.
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She’s not the first star to announce their pregnancy at the Met Gala, with Serena Williams and Karlie Kloss doing so in previous years. However, this isn’t the first time Rihanna has chosen a less-than-conventional way to share her pregnancy.
In January 2022, Rihanna debuted her pregnancy with her first child, RZA Athelston, with a photo shoot of her and A$AP Rocky in Harlem in an outfit that cost almost £22,000. She wore a puffer jacket that opened to reveal her baby bump, drenched in Christian Lacroix jewellery.
Then, in 2023, alongside her return to the world of music, she revealed she was pregnant with her second child during her Super Bowl halftime show. The move marked the first time a pregnant woman had performed for a halftime show at the Super Bowl.
So when she strutted across the Met Gala red carpet wearing a Marc Jacobs three-piece suit with a custom Marc Jacobs x Stephen Jones hat to top it off, the world froze for a moment.
This pregnancy announcement comes just after Rihanna chose to cancel her London concerts, merely days before the dates were set to be announced. Earlier this year, sources claimed that Rihanna was set to headline Glastonbury festival, with reports speculating the singer would be heading to London for a short residency for just six dates at West Ham’s stadium.
The gigs were predicted to take place from July 4th to July 12th; however, in March 2025, Rihanna supposedly cancelled this tour, which is now believed to be related to her third pregnancy. The singer was also said to be the headliner for the Glastonbury festival in 2023, but she pulled out after falling pregnant with her second child.