Rihanna first sparked pregnancy rumours when she appeared to have a baby bump during her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, with a representative for the singer later confirming to The Hollywood Reporter that she was indeed pregnant.
Rihanna teased fans before her performance that she’d be bringing out a ‘special guest’ to the Super Bowl but her entire performance went by without one of her previous collaborators (like Calvin Harris, Drake or Jay-Z) appearing.
It’s clear now, since she’s confirmed her pregnancy, when she teased a special guest she meant her new baby.
Rihanna already shares a one year old son, RZA with her partner A$AP Rocky and credits motherhood for being the reason she decided to tackle the Super Bowl.
“When you become a mum, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you could 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 … there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all,” Rihanna said during the Super Bowl LVII Pregame & Apple Music Halftime Show press conference before adding:
“It’s important for my son to see that.”
Rihanna sang many of her iconic hits during her Super Bowl set; she started with B**ch Better Have My Money and worked her way through Umbrella, Work, Only Girl (In The World) and Diamonds to a cheering crowd.