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It’s a big day for pregnant people, Rihanna fans, and Drake!
If you’re pregnant, congratulations on not only gestating a human being, but also doing so at the exact same time as Rihanna (truly impeccable timing). If you’re a fan of The Robyn Rihanna Fenty, a hearty kudos to your unwavering patience for new music. And, if you’re Drake—just, like, sorry, dude.
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Yes, Rihanna is pregnant with her and boyfriend A$AP Rocky‘s first child, per People. The couple subtly debuted the happy news with photos taken over the weekend featuring Rihanna showing off her growing baby bump in a hot-pink vintage Chanel puffer left unbuttoned right above her stomach. The rest of her pregnancy announcement ensemble included body chains (like a colorfully bejeweled gold cross hanging above her bump) and a pair of ripped light-wash jeans. Rocky also showed out, wearing a knit hoodie, a denim Carhartt jacket, and leather pants.
Unsurprisingly, the announcement evoked mixed reactions from every corner of Twitter, with fans self-reporting cases of falling to their knees, replaying ANTI, and despairing over the Barbados native’s seemingly never-ending musical hiatus. Of course, plenty were also delighted with the news, with some even taking inspiration from the mother-to-be (like, should I get pregnant too?).
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Ahead, the best Twitter reactions to the most famous unborn baby of 2022.
congrats to rihanna but on behalf of all the diaspora aunties it’s snowing baby pls put that belly away before u catch a womb cold 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
— rawiya kameir (@rawiya) January 31, 2022
the baby once it realizes rihanna is its mom pic.twitter.com/CJj79iYA3f
— dij saint laurent .fiat (@DijahSB) January 31, 2022
navy shaking crying throwing up waiting for rihanna to say sike and post this https://t.co/Kcl842fv7h
— brittany spanos (@ohheybrittany) January 31, 2022
— Zara Rahim (@ZaraRahim) January 31, 2022
I just fell to my knees in this home depot https://t.co/dY51LacmwG
— Daniel Kaluuya If You Are Reading This I Swallow (@WrittenByHanna) January 31, 2022
so many people just fell to their knees all around the world including me https://t.co/azzFexepjq
— paul (@paulswhtn) January 31, 2022
if rihanna’s having a baby she must have a plan for the climate crisis
— zoë (@zoe_alliyah) January 31, 2022
Should I have a baby too pic.twitter.com/3viP5z7i3d
— Bolu Babalola (@BeeBabs) January 31, 2022
Congrats to Rihanna on her Virgin Mary type pregnancy
— I. D. 🧛🏿♂️ (@israelizreal) January 31, 2022
rih looks so beautiful pregnant who’s the father??
— شهد (@ShahdBatal) January 31, 2022
This photo could be in 2002 or 2022 pic.twitter.com/gl7PEilWP6
— Comorienne 🇰🇲 (@_ShamGod) January 31, 2022
oh nah nah, what’s its name? pic.twitter.com/5Mv4n7Lyeo
— dij saint laurent .fiat (@DijahSB) January 31, 2022
Rihanna baby + album double release? just a suggestion
— Allison P Davis (@AllisonPDavis) January 31, 2022
everyone saying we’re never getting new music — Lauryn Hill was pregnant with her first child when she wrote The Miseducation!!! She famously said “when some women are pregnant, their hair and their nails grow, but for me it was my mind and ability to create” I’m choosing HOPE!!!
— Zara Rahim (@ZaraRahim) January 31, 2022
rihanna: pic.twitter.com/23i3b1vHfN
— scott rising (@rising) January 31, 2022
we go live now to pic.twitter.com/13TUL6HZDb
— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) January 31, 2022
Rihanna on the Red Carpet in 7 years : pic.twitter.com/DfYiePS7em
— what next? (@themooreyuhknow) January 31, 2022
The couple, who have been longtime friends, reportedly started dating in December 2020.
Rihanna previously opened up about her desire to become a mother in a 2019 red-carpet interview with Essence during the fifth annual Diamond Ball, saying, “I’m a Black woman. I came from a Black woman, who came from a Black woman, who came from a Black woman and I’m going to give birth to a Black woman. It’s a no-brainer. That’s who I am. It’s the core of who I am in spirit and DNA.”
And in a May 2021 cover story for GQ, Rocky referred to Rihanna as “the love of my life,” also expressing his preference for being in a relationship over being single. “[It’s] so much better,” he said. “So much better when you got the One. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She’s the One.”
This article originally appeared on Harper’s BAZAAR US.
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