If there’s one thing Rihanna doesn’t do in small doses, it’s over-the-top reveals, and she just gave us another whopper of one, this time with a sizeable side of sparkle. The 2025 Met Gala was a parade of avant-garde fashion, but where the hell was RiRi to steal the show with something more personal and powerful: her baby bump?
On a stormy evening in New York City, Rihanna appeared at the Met with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky, showcasing a glow that only a mother-to-be can give. Clad in a curve-hugging, two-piece black style, with a frock-like duster coat and dripping in jewels, the 37-year-old mogul arrived as a fashion official and glowingly as a mom who’s pregnant with baby number three.
Miles Diggs photographed the scene just before the couple hit the red carpet, and there are incredible shots of Rihanna in the rain, an almost cinematic wink at the unstudied beauty and raw grace she is so well known for. No fireworks, no Instagram posts necessary. One glimpse of her profile was all she needed to say it.
By her side was A$AP Rocky, a co-chair of this year’s Met Gala, looking pleased as significance. The couple are parents to two sons, RZA, who turns three this month, and Riot Rose, now 21 months old. And, although they’re both forces to be reckoned with separately, together, they’ve become one of pop culture’s most mesmerizing power couples.
Rocky, who has never been too shy about professing his love for fatherhood, once joked that his best collaboration with Rihanna was not a song but their respective children. Small wonder the twosome have been delivering milestones like they were hit singles, from red carpet debuts to high-profile pregnancy reveals. Remember when Rihanna memorably revealed her baby bump at the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show and the internet nearly broke at that moment.
They were first publicly linked in 2012 when Rocky appeared with Rihanna at the MTV VMAs. A year later, he joined her on the Diamonds World Tour. Friendship led to creative partnerships, including campaigns for Rihanna’s Fenty empire and romance. But it wasn’t instant, and Rihanna confessed she had gone into the relationship guarded, afraid of getting hurt.
And they’ve practiced that amidst trials; even Rihanna stuck by Rocky through his 2024 felony assault trial. Following a gripping courtroom battle, the Los Angeles jury cleared him because they believed that the firearm was a prop rather than a threat. Throughout it all, they kept showing up for one another.
Now, with the arrival of their third child on the way, it seems their bond has only grown stronger. They’ve constructed an abode on trust, creativity, and steadfast support. Fashion might be the theme at the Met Gala, but for Rihanna and Rocky, family and future were the focus, and, once again, they rewrote the rules on how to make an entrance to remember. And just that quickly, Rihanna is here to remind us that motherhood is her favorite look yet.
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