Here are some photos of Rihanna last week at an event to celebrate Rihanna by Rihanna, a book of photographs of Rihanna and words by Rihanna. I think the book is mostly “telling the story of Rihanna through photos.” Given that she’s one of the most photographed and photogenic women in the world, big surprise. Rihanna looked gorgeous at the event, of course. Her dress is Saint Laurent! She also looked… slimmed down. One month ago, people were convinced that Rihanna was pregnant because she truly seemed to have a “bump” during her Diamond Ball. It didn’t look like a food baby, it looked like a baby bump had “popped.” Well, it probably was just a food baby? During this event last week, Rihanna was asked about vague pregnancy rumors and her answer was so weird, I need everyone to parse it with me.
Rihanna called her Vogue cover “unbelievable.” When Carlos pointed out that this is her sixth time on the front, she shrieked, “I know! I can’t believe that Anna Wintour wanted me on her cover, like, once, much less six times….To see her be so supportive — it’s great to see us supporting each other, and it’s always an honor.” This cover might be Rihanna’s fave. Why? “This is unlike any cover I have done with Vogue,” she said. “I am wearing my own stuff.”
As far as Vogue asking her about pregnancy rumors, Rihanna said, “A lot of women get very defensive. It’s personal, it’s our bodies, and of course it’s our time, and it’s not necessarily everyone’s dream to be a mom… but it’s mine, so I’m fine. Anna just wants to know what the people want to know.”
“It’s personal, it’s our bodies, and of course it’s our time, and it’s not necessarily everyone’s dream to be a mom… but it’s mine, so I’m fine.” On one side, she’s saying she’s okay with the speculation because she wants to be a mom and Anna Wintour is just asking the hard questions. On the other side, she seemed to insinuate that she IS pregnant? Or not? It’s not clear. But I promise I’ll stop speculating. Rihanna is a riddle.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
So my take on it is just that she knows its something people speculate about, and it doesn’t bother her because she wants to be a mom, so if she were pregnant, she would like the question? IDK.
I am with you.
It is her way of saying, it’s gonna happen anyway so, eh.
Right, and based on this + something else she said lately , I think she’s also hinting that she’s trying, or at least seriously considering. She looks great here too.
I kind of suspect she’s trying, or ‘not not-trying’. It’s a very weird statement, and it seems sort of like “don’t be surprised if I announce a pregnancy soonish, this IS something I want”.
This is how I read it too.
My guess is within a year?
She is so awesome
I think what she’s saying is twofold
1 – being asked about being pregnant because you gained a bit of weight sucks. You might already be feeling insecure or unhappy and that kind of speculation doesn’t make you feel better.
2 – getting asked when you will *finally* settle down and have kids sucks when you don’t want children yet or ever and you have to constantly justify your position because society thinks every woman should want to have kids.
Now Rihanna strikes me as someone who’s very secure and at peace with her body, so weight-based speculation probably doesn’t affect her and she also isn’t annoyed when people ask her when she will have kids because it’s something she’s looking forward to.
Just my $0.02
Agreed on all counts.
Agreed, and also i appreciate her taking the opportunity to point out that it’s a nosy nunya question that is annoying to many women.
Food bump. Baby bump. Who gives a F? I am so sick of speculation over women’s bodies. Guess what… I’ve been asked numerous times if I’m pregnant and it makes me feel like shit. I had 2 babies and my stomach is just there. I don’t care if she gains weight. Maybe when she does it all goes to her stomach. I wish men were asked, “So…gain weight?”
Completely agree. I’ve been asked, also; and when it’s not true, it’s humiliating.
As someone who has severe endometriosis and can gain several sizes in a day, I really hate the fascination with “Bump Watch.”. I’m not anyone important, but it hurts to be out and have someone ask when I’m due. I’m already in pain, and the pants that were loose that morning are now digging in. I couldn’t imagine being constantly photographed and having strangers make comments on my body.
Yup. Three kids. My stomach was NEVER model flat and now it’s…perma “baby bump.” People suck.
I have no kids. But I have uterine fibroids which give my stomach the look of being permanently three months pregnant. There are a million reasons why a woman may have a bit of a bump. And NONE of them are anyone else’s business but hers.
I’m SO self conscious about my “bump.” I lost all the baby weight and guess what, it isn’t going anywhere. I guess i’m just waiting to be obviously too old for speculation!
It’s a very rude question. Rihanna was gracious about it, probably because it was coming from Anna. No designer wants to piss off Anna.
She is so GORGEOUS! Love her hair like this. I kinda can’t wait for her to be a mom. She is obviously trying.
I hope it wasn’t something awful like a late miscarriage. Why can’t we leave women alone about having kids??
I thought the same thing. I usually loathe pregnancy speculation, but on that video clip even I thought oh wow, she might be. And then nothing, so it’s certainly possible she was and isn’t anymore. Or not. Who knows. But the speculation is terrible.
Ugh, that face! She is so stunning!!!! Nobody is sexier. NO.BOD.Y!
I think what she means is that a lot of women get offended being asked the pregnancy question or of the speculations because it is a very personal issue, but all that (questions and speculations) don’t get to her nor is it a problem coz she would like to be a mom. Plus Anne Wintour is only asking her what everybody would like to ask her, so no biigy. My take 🙂
Shes beautiful.
She’s in no way insinuating she’s pregnant. Her response was basically yes the question is too personal. But she gave Anna a pass for asking. And she made a point of mentioning that not all women want to be mothers and that’s okay but that she does want to be a mother. Its not mysterious what she was saying.
Rihanna is one amazing woman.
Rihanna is so overrated
says an anonymous nobody 😂👏👏
Has anyone stopped to consider that this woman had a miscarriage or some other trauma related pregnancy loss? Having had one myself (and it occurs in 1 in 5 pregnancy) it’s a totally plausible explanation for why she looked pregnant a month ago and now does not. Good God, I really feel for this woman and the way the press incessantly hounds her about whether she is or isn’t pregnant. If anything her cryptic answer lends itself to my theory, so maybe everybody should leave poor Rih alone about it :*(
YES PLEASE. I know that 90% of the people who ask and speculate about “bumps” would feel TERRIBLE if they found out there was a baby and now there is not. So don’t ask. My last miscarriage i puffed up like a balloon instantly and then ate my feelings for a while after. So yeah, I looked hella pregnant.
Trust me, we’re all gonna know in 7-9 months if it was a freaking bump.
Sorry to hear that TCB! I went the other way— I obsessively worked out to get the miscarriage weight off instead of addressing my feelings in therapy 🙁 I’m glad at least one person agrees with me on this! People are so cavalier about asking women about pregnancy. It’s really no one else’s business but you and your partner!