Nate Burleson knew Rihanna’s secret.
Prior to her Super Bowl 2023 halftime performance, Rihanna teased that she was bringing a “surprise guest” on stage during an interview with Burleson, a co-host of “CBS Mornings.”
After the singer stirred pregnancy news, debuting her baby bump in a red leather outfit at State Farm Stadium, Burleson confirmed that he knew she was expecting her second child.
“So when #rihanna told @nateburleson there was gonna be a surprise guest at the halftime show, I’m betting that the BABY is the surprise guest,” someone tweeted — to which Burleson replied: “Bingo!”
“People want to know, are there any surprises? … Will there be a surprise?” Burleson asked during his interview with Rihanna, which aired days before her Super Bowl 57 halftime show.
“I’m thinking about bringing someone,” she said with a smile. “I’m not sure.”
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A screengrab of Rihanna’s interview CBSA representative for Rihanna confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the Grammy winner is pregnant following her Super Bowl halftime show.
Rihanna welcomed a son with her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky, in May 2022.
A$AP Rocky, whose birth name is Rakim Mayers, was seen on the sidelines filming while Rihanna performed her hits, including “We Found Love” and “Work.” The expectant mom opened her 13-minute performance with “B–ch Better Have My Money” and closed the show with “Diamonds.”
The couple, who started dating in late 2020, is extremely private about their relationship and has yet to announce their baby boy’s name.
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Rihanna performs at the Super Bowl Getty ImagesRihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, told Page Six ahead of Super Bowl 2023 that his daughter had gone through “a few” options before picking one.
“She’ll have my head if I tell you!” he quipped.
When asked how the Fenty Beauty founder is coping with motherhood, Ronald replied: “She’s loving it. She’s a very overprotective mother.
“Everybody says [the baby] looks like me, but you know, babies change, faces change. He [resembles] a lot of Rihanna and Rocky together.”
Ronald, who said A$AP Rocky is “very respectable” and “such a cool guy,” added that the rapper is “taking fatherhood very well.”
