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Rihanna prompts speculations after Super Bowl halftime performance
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Several media reported a representative for the singer confirmed that Rihanna was pregnant

Pop and R&B superstar Rihanna made her long-awaited return to the stage, thrilling the crowd with her soaring halftime performance — a fast-paced medley, at Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII.

The show was the nine-time Grammy-winning artist ‘s first live event in seven years, and her first since becoming a mother nine months ago.

Thirteen minutes or so of quick-cut pop bangers minus the type of special guest that halftime typically features, Rihanna’s performance also raised immediate speculation on social media that the 34-year-old singer — who appeared in a billowing red jacket over a form-fitting vinyl-ish bodice — is pregnant for the second time, less than a year after she gave birth to her first child.

Rihanna welcomed a son with her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky, in May 2022.

The Hollywood Reporter and other media outlets said a representative for the singer confirmed that Rihanna was indeed pregnant.

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She opened the show, her first in years, on a suspended platform high above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., with the throbbing rap track “Bitch Better Have My Money” before segueing into a series of her up-tempo EDM cuts: “Where Have You Been,” “Only Girl (In the World)” and “We Found Love.” Backed by an expansive cast of dancers in white hooded coats, she also performed parts of “Rude Boy,” “Work,” “Wild Thoughts,” “Pour It Up,” “All of the Lights,” “Run This Town,” “Umbrella” and “Diamonds.”