Rihanna Reveals Pregnancy With Third Child Ahead Of The Met Gala

As usual, Rihanna made waves at the Met Gala — but this time, not for her fashion. On May 5, the star announced that she’s pregnant with her third child before even hitting the event’s red carpet. RiRi’s boyfriend, A$AP Rocky, is one of the gala’s co-chairs, making it a fitting occasion to reveal that they’re expanding their family.

RiRi teased her baby bump when she arrived to the Carlyle Hotel to get ready for the big night, wearing a gray ribbed knit sweater and matching midi skirt from Miu Miu. She completed the look with matching knee-high socks and custom wool heels from Giuseppe Zanotti.

Diggzy, the photographer behind her first pregnancy reveal in 2022, captured photos of RiRi walking New York streets in the rain, clutching an umbrella and showing off her pregnant belly.

A$AP Rocky confirmed that they were expecting on the Met Gala red carpet just hours before his girlfriend showed up to the bash. “It feels amazing, you know,” he told the Associated Press. “It’s time that we show the people what we was cooking up. I’m glad everybody’s happy for us ’cause we definitely happy, you know.”

Later that night, Rihanna gave her baby bump a proper debut at the Met, arriving last on the red carpet in true RiRi fashion.

She embodied the night’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” by wearing an oversize black pinstripe blazer that unbuttoned at her waist and morphed into a maxi-dress to reveal a gray bodysuit. She completed the look with a cropped blazer, polka-dot tie collar, wide-brimmed hat, and lace-up white pumps with a leather pointed toe.

Rihanna’s Iconic Pregnancy Reveals

Rihanna and Rocky are parents to two children, 2-year-old son RZA and 1-year-old son Riot, both of whom had equally iconic pregnancy reveals as their future sibling.

The couple announced their first pregnancy in January 2022 by walking the streets of Rocky’s hometown Harlem, with Diggzy capturing now-iconic paparazzi-style photos of the two, featuring RiRi baring her bump in an unbuttoned pink puffer coat.

RiRi revealed that she was expecting her second child just over a year later while headlining the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show. She performed in a red Loewe jumpsuit that subtly showed off her pregnant belly, rubbing it several times before her representatives confirmed the news.

The singer opened up about the possibility of welcoming more children in an April 2024 cover story with Interview, stating she would have “as many as god wants me to have.” She does, however, have a preference when it comes to the sex. “I don’t know what god wants, but I would go for more than two,” she said. “I would try for my girl. But of course if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”