Pregnant Rihanna glows on Met Gala red carpet in last-minute appearance hours after confirming she’s expecting 3rd child
RIHANNA dazzled in a last-minute Met Gala red carpet dash just hours after revealing she was pregnant with her third child.
The Savage x Fenty mogul, 37, strutted into The Carlyle hotel on Monday while debuting her growing bump with a form-fitting outfit.
Rihanna, who is already mom to sons RZA, 2, and Riot, 1, with her rapper partner A$AP Rocky, arrived at the famous New York City hotel in a gray top and skirt with matching boots.
The music icon then stole the show in a stunning black pinstripe suit as she arrived at the famed art gallery shortly after 10pm.
A$AP Rocky earlier confirmed the news, telling the Associated Press: “It feels amazing, you know.
“It’s time that we show the people what we was cooking up, and I’m glad everybody’s happy for us, ’cause we definitely happy, you know.'”
It comes as:
- Sydney Sweeney among first to walk up the iconic steps
- Shouting match erupts outside hotel
- ‘Frozen zone’ erected with snipers and hostage negotiators
- Anna Wintour finally sets record straight on Met Gala outfit rule rumor
The singer had sparked pregnancy rumors in recent weeks by appearing to hide a bump under baggy clothes.
At a Fenty Beauty event in Paris on Friday, April 4, she wore a very voluminous gold gown, and even held a newspaper in front of her stomach as cameras flashed.
Days later, she wore an oversized gray hoodie sweatshirt during a grocery shopping trip in Los Angeles.
In March, she wore a big blue jacket over a sexy see-through skirt as she watched A$AP Rocky perform in LA.
“Is she pregnant again?” a fan tweeted after her Paris outing.
“Girl, are you having another baby?” another asked.
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She recently revealed she wanted more kids, and said she wants a baby girl after having two boys.
She told Entertainment Tonight: “I wanna have a girl. I wouldn’t know what to do ’cause I only know about boys so far. It will be a new adventure!
“[It’s] The best, I live for it. It’s never a dull moment,” she said of being a boy mom.
“I love when they climb off the chandeliers. I love when they literally are so scary that I’m forced to have fun. Me running around, me lifting them up, it’s all fun.”
How do you get an invite to the Met Gala?
The Met Gala is one of the biggest fashion nights of the year but not everyone gets to attend the annual fundraiser - so, how do you get an invite to the exclusive event?
Invites to the charity event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute are rare and they do not let you get in for free.
According to the New York Times, they cost $75,000 while tables are priced at $350,000 – and all attendees have to be approved by Vogue’s editor in chief Anna Wintour.
So, the majority of guests are invited by major fashion houses and organisations with celebrities usually able to attend for free on behalf of brands who will foot the bill.
Designers like Gucci, Prada, and Louis Vuitton will usually buy tables and fill them up with A-listers from Hollywood, sports, art, and social media.
Many who get invites are brand ambassadors, major figures for hot campaigns, or stars that companies want to be linked to.
Social media stars are most likely to be invited by major platforms like Meta and Instagram, bringing in TikTok stars and other huge celebrities – but everyone needs to be over the age of 18.
Ultimately, anyone with a major platform who it willing to pay the price of a table and who is approved by Vogue’s chief will be able to attend.
Those who are not part of the elite may also be able to get their way into to exclusive event via volunteering and work.
Jobs or internships in production, public relations, catering, communications, media, and in the museum could also secure you a space behind the scenes at the Gala.
Rihanna recently went through a hard time during A$AP Rocky’s trial on gun charges.
After a drawn-out case and trial, he was found not guilty in February.
Immediately following the verdict, the rapper jumped into Rihanna’s arms and the couple embraced.
“Thank y’all for saving my life,” he was overheard telling jurors as they exited the room.
The Met Gala kicked off Monday evening with celebrities lining the red carpet to show their jaw-dropping outfits.
The gala returns to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to raise money for the museum’s Costume Institute and kick off the institute’s annual exhibition.
A-list stars such as Sydney Sweeney, Gigi Hadid, Teyana Taylor, and Colman Domingo showed up Monday evening dressed to the nines.
This year’s theme for one of the biggest nights in fashion is Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
The historic theme exclusively highlights black designers and will focus on menswear, a significant departure from the typical gown-centric themes of the past two decades.
Designers will draw heavily on black dandyism, which is rooted in the reinvention and assertion of identity through fashion.
“Historically, the term ‘dandy’ was used to describe someone—often a man—who is extremely devoted to style and approaches it as a discipline,” the exhibit’s description reads.
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style — 2025 Met Gala’s theme explained
This year's Met Gala theme Superfine: Tailoring Black Style was announced on October 9, 2024, but what does it mean?
It is inspired by a new exhibit at the Costume Institute that focuses on Black style, notably Black dandyism from the 18th century through to its resurgence in the 1920s and 30s in the Harlem Renaissance and its influence on present day.
Dandyism speaks to elegant and often excessive fashion used for self-expression that often breaks norms and can be seen as a form of rebellion.
Attendees have been told that the dress code is “Tailored for you” and that the theme explores how fashion has been used to both enslave and liberate.
It is inspired by the book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism And The Styling Of Black Diasporic Identity (2009), written by professor and chair of Africana studies at Barnard College, Monica L Miller.
This exhibition marks a significant step in diversifying the Met’s collections and addressing historical biases in curatorial practices.
Andrew Bolton, the Curator in Charge, emphasized the importance of making fashion at The Met more accessible and inclusive.
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour will return for her 25th year at the helm of the event since taking over in 1999.
Wintour has long been rumored to have to approve every single guest’s outfit, but she denied that in an interview with Good Morning America.
In the interview, Michael Strahan asked her point-blank if attendees needed her approval before they arrived on the carpet.
“No,” she replied with a laugh.
“Many call and ask for our advice, so we try and help some of them as best we can. Some, I have no idea.”