Cliff Notes – Rihanna expecting third baby with A$AP Rocky as she debuts bump at Met Gala
- Rihanna revealed her pregnancy at the 2025 Met Gala, showcasing a baby bump in a cropped Miu Miu outfit, confirming speculation about her third child.
- A$AP Rocky, co-chair of this year’s event, attended alongside other notable figures, while fans celebrated Rihanna’s appearance and trending news on social media.
Rihanna expecting third baby with A$AP Rocky as she debuts bump at Met Gala
The queen of the Met Gala has returned, with Rihanna sending fans into a Fenty frenzy with one of her 2025 looks, as it exposed what looked to be a baby bump.
This year, her man, A$AP Rocky, 36, serves as a co-chair for Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, along with Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, and LeBron James, although the NBA champ has had to pull out of attending due to injury.
Rihanna, 37, is no stranger to the Met, having attended on several occasions in bold, head-turning looks.
She’s the A-lister the whole of social media waits for, having rocked up to the Carlyle Hotel in New York City before the event in a much more low-key look than we typically see her in.
Perhaps it’s down to wanting to prioritise comfort, with a source confirming to Page Six tonight that the speculation is true—she’s expecting her third child.
The Umbrella hitmaker chose to bare her stomach earlier tonight in a cropped Miu Miu two-piece, which she teamed with matching knee-high boots and a bucket hat.
Rihanna braved the rain for the fashion extravaganza, carrying a fur scarf on her arm to throw on for warmth.
The Barbadian star is sure to slot right in with this year’s theme, which is Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
For the first time in more than 20 years, the dress code focuses exclusively on menswear.
Ahead of the Costume Institute fundraiser, fashion house Vogue explained that it will ‘take the Black dandy as its subject, examining the importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora.’
Reacting to Rihanna’s appearance, fans took to social media and quickly got her name trending on X.
They declared her outfit ‘fabulous’ and grew giddy with excitement upon learning she’s to become a mum once again, news which now explains why she allegedly cancelled her upcoming UK shows.
‘Asap and Rihanna waste no time motherhood looks good on Rih’, added @shesthat4oreign.
Rihanna and rapper A$AP, real name Rakim Athelaston Mayers, welcomed their first child, a boy named RZA, in May 2022.
Then, in August 2023, she gave birth to a second son, Riot Rose, having unveiled her bump while headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Speaking previously about expanding her family, Rihanna said she wanted to have three or four children, with or without a partner.
‘I feel like society makes me want to feel like, “Oh, you got it wrong…” They diminish you as a mother if there’s not a dad in your kids’ lives,’ she told British Vogue in 2020.
‘But the only thing that matters is happiness; that’s the only healthy relationship between a parent and a child.
‘That’s the only thing that can raise a child truly, is love.’
Then, in December 2023, she joked to E! News that the only thing she was not yet capable of achieving was to ‘have daughters’.
‘I’m batting at 75% for a boy next time. So, we’ll just keep our fingers crossed,’ she said.
Rihanna has long heaped praise on A$AP for being a ‘great’ father (Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Rihanna has been dating A$AP for five years, having first met in 2012 when they collaborated on a remix of her tune Cockiness (Love It).
In late 2023, the Fenty Beauty founder raved about his parenting, admitting she ‘loved him differently as a dad’.
‘It’s just like, “Wow! What a leader, what a great, patient, loving [dad]”.’
Reps for Rihanna have been contacted for comment.