{"id":9335,"date":"2025-05-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/?p=9335"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:24:59","slug":"rihannas-photographer-shares-shocking-truth-about-pregnancy-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/2025\/05\/08\/rihannas-photographer-shares-shocking-truth-about-pregnancy-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna&#8217;s photographer shares shocking truth about pregnancy reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-post-title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Black Han Sans|700||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;46px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;4px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;25px||5px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h1>Rihanna&#8217;s photographer opens up about reality of shooting her iconic pregnancy reveal<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;intro-wrap&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|600|on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#808080&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>It wasn&#8217;t as simple as it seems&#8230;<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;credit-name&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Black Han Sans|||on|||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><strong>Words by Georgia Aspinall<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2213631827.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Pete Davidson&#8221; title_text=&#8221;The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating %22Superfine: Tailoring Black Style%22 &#8211; Arrivals&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>For most, announcing a new pregnancy is calling friends with a test in hand, or posting a picture of the ultrasound scan on Instagram \u2013 perhaps even a garden photoshoot if you\u2019re feeling a bit extra. For Rihanna? That doesn\u2019t even enter her mind. Oh no, the coolest celebrity of all must of course announce on the most photographed red carpet of the year: the Met Gala.<\/p>\n<p>As the final arrival of the night, Rihanna debuted her bump in head-to-toe Marc Jacobs, created in collaboration with Stephen Jones. Just hours earlier, she was photographed bump-out arriving at the Carlyle Hotel in a Miu Miu dress by friend and collaborator Miles Diggs<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the kind of pregnancy reveal that would appear to take months of planning to capture correctly, but in true Rihanna fashion, it wasn\u2019t that calculated. \u2018No planning went into it whatsoever!\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/diggzy\/followers\/mutualOnly?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diggs<\/a> tells Grazia. \u2018Although it was a matter of when [we would reveal], not if, it just happened on the fly shockingly. As she raced to get to her hotel for the Met Gala so that she could get into glam, traffic was at a dead stop standstill, and as I ran to get into position for the shot at the last possible second, a sudden calm came over everything as the rain poured down and she calmly strode up Madison Avenue like a complete boss.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2213641847.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Rihanna and Rocky&#8221; title_text=&#8221;The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating %22Superfine: Tailoring Black Style%22 &#8211; Inside&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>\u2018As much as I would love to take credit, Rihanna is the visionary,\u2019 Diggs continues. \u2018Sometimes the simplicity and beauty of something happening in the moment makes it even more special, but also there\u2019s more pressure to perform no matter the circumstances\u2026 including a torrential downpour in the middle of Met Monday!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Rumours circulated prior to the reveal that something big was coming, but Diggs says Rihanna\u2019s first pregnancy announcement \u2013 which he also photographed in Harlem, New York in 2022 \u2013 was much higher stakes. \u2018We\u2019ve been down this road so it\u2019s not unchartered territory keeping the secret, the first time around was much more frightening \u2013 there were so many close calls.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The latest addition will be Rihanna\u2019s third child with partner A$AP Rocky, with whom she also shares RZA, three and Riot, 21 months. \u2018It feels amazing,\u2019 Rocky told reporters on the Met Gala carpet. \u2018I\u2019m glad everybody\u2019s happy for us, because we\u2019re definitely happy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Having three under three is certainly a mean parenting feat, but Rihanna is all for the challenge. \u2018I\u2019ll have as many [children] as God wants me to have,\u2019 she said in February, adding that she wants a girl next \u2018but of course if it&#8217;s another boy, it&#8217;s another boy.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-quote&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Libre Bodoni|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8216;I&#8217;ll have as many as God wants me to have.&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Last month, she opened up about her children\u2019s personalities in an interview with Harper\u2019s Bazaar, saying. \u2018RZA is just an empath. He\u2019s so magical. He loves music. He loves books. He loves water. Bath time, swimming, pool, beach, anything. And Riot, he\u2019s just hilarious. When he wakes up, he starts to squeal, scream. Not in a crying way. He just wants to sing. And I\u2019m like, \u201cOkay, here we go!\u201d He\u2019s my alarm in the morning!<\/p>\n<p>But a third baby isn\u2019t the only new challenge Rihanna is taking on right now. She recently revealed she\u2019s close to releasing her ninth studio album \u2013 eight years after her last release. \u2018I feel like I\u2019ve finally cracked it,\u2019 she explained. \u2018This is becoming my new freedom, because when I\u2019m in the studio, I know that my time away from my kids is to blossom something that hasn\u2019t been watered in eight years\u2026 It\u2019s not going to be anything that anybody expects. And it\u2019s not going to be commercial or radio digestible. It\u2019s going to be where my artistry deserves to be right now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With initial rumours that Rihanna could even be touring this summer, it seems fans might\u2019ve got ahead of themselves on that front \u2013 but after a heavy start to the year, the budding excitement around Rihanna\u2019s personal and professional life is a welcome change for the now family of five. In January, Rocky was on trial for two felony assault charges, later acquitted in a viral moment that saw the rapper leap across the stands into the arms of an emotional Rihanna.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m thankful and feel blessed to be here right now, to be a free man talking to you all,\u2019 Rocky said after his not guilty verdict, with his lawyer Joe Tacopina also revealing that Rocky had initially told Rihanna not to come to court, but she ignored him. \u2018He wanted to protect her,\u2019 Tacopina said. \u2018But she spoke to me and said, \u201cJoe, I know he doesn\u2019t want me there, but I\u2019m coming. That\u2019s my partner. That\u2019s the father of my kids. I\u2019m coming.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s RiRi and Rocky \u2013 and as many kids with R names they can have &#8211; against the world!<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#111111&#8243; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; module_class=&#8221;custom-divider&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;credit-texts&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><b>Photo: <\/b>Getty<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She broke the news right before the Met Gala&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9335"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9344,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions\/9344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}