Rihanna performing during the halftime show at the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles | photo credit: Ross D. Franklin
Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl Halftime Show Sunday.
The pregnancy was confirmed by the singer’s rep shortly after she finished her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57. She soared during the half-time break as she sang several hits including “We Found Love,” “Diamonds” and “Work.” between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
The baby bump that was visible in her skimpy clothes she wore under her baggy red jumpsuit sparked a wave of social media speculation that she might be pregnant again.
Rihanna, 34, has a nine-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rocky.
During her media preview on Thursday, Rihanna said she was initially unsure about taking on the challenge of performing during the time she was three months postpartum and wondered “if I should be making big decisions like that right now.” Should I? I might regret it.
Rihanna added, “But when you’re a mother, there’s something where you feel like you can face the world, you can do anything.”
“The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. As scary as it was, because I hadn’t been on stage in seven years, there’s something very exciting about the challenge of it all.
Rihanna said she had to figure out how to fit some of her biggest songs into her 13-minute set.
“The setlist was the biggest challenge,” she said. “That was the hardest, most difficult 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 catalog in the best way that we can put it together.” Could have.
A nine-time Grammy Award winner, Rihanna has 14 No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits including “We Found Love,” “Work,” “Umbrella” and “Disturbia.”