Shakira was left red-faced after she accidentally confirmed Rihanna’s pregnancy news before she arrived at the Met Gala on Monday evening. 

The Umbrella hitmaker, 37, used the event to confirm her pregnancy as she showcased her growing baby bump in a pinstripe skirt with a clingy grey top, tie and cropped blazer.

However, Shakira let the cat out of the bag prior to the singer’s arrival in a live slip up during an interview with NBC News. 

Asked by who she was most looking forward to seeing at the event, Shakira gushed: ‘I want to see Rihanna! I want to see her so bad. And I just heard the news too.’

Realising the interviewer wasn’t clear what she was referring to, Shakira confirmed: ‘She’s pregnant!’

The star then immediately realised what she had done as she threw her hands to her face and exclaimed: ‘Am I not supposed to say that?’

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Shakira was left red-faced after she accidentally confirmed Rihanna’s pregnancy news during a live slip up at the Met Gala on Monday night

The Umbrella hitmaker, 37, used the event to confirm her pregnancy as she showcased her growing baby bump in a pinstripe skirt with a clingy grey top, tie and cropped blazer

Left red-faced she awkwardly laughed before walking away down the carpet. 

Earlier in the day Rihanna was seen rocking a clingy grey top and low-slung skirt that showcased her pregnant bump while stepping out at the Carlyle H๏τel before the event. 

It seems Shakira ᴀssumed these snaps meant Rihanna’s news was already common knowledge and it wouldn’t be as big a shock when she finally graced the red carpet as the last star at 10pm.

Rihanna is expecting her third child with partner A$AP Rocky, who are already parents to sons RZA, who turns three next week, and Riot Rose, 21 months. 

The singer’s pregnancy news comes after she suggested she wanted a third child in December 2023 while speaking to E! News.

When asked if there’s anything she is not capable of achieving, Rihanna said: ‘So far, have daughters. I’m batting at 75 percent for a boy next time. So, we’ll just keep our fingers crossed.’

She also previously said that she would want to be a parent like Teresa Giudice on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

The Grammy winner told ELLE she liked ‘Teresa from Jersey’ because she ‘does not play about her kids.’

However, Shakira let the cat out of the bag prior to the singer’s arrival in a live slip up during an interview with NBC News as she announced: ‘She’s pregnant’

The star then immediately realised what she had done as she threw her hands to her face and exclaimed: ‘ Am I not supposed to say that?’ 

Earlier in the day Rihanna was seen rocking a clingy grey top and low-slung skirt that showcased her pregnant bump while stepping out at the Carlyle H๏τel before the event

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‘She will fight for those little girls,’ Rihanna stated.

‘She will flatten you about those kids. And that resonates with me a lot because I feel like that’s the type of mom I’m going to be. Psycho about it…You talk about my kids, it’s over.’

Rihanna had previously sparked speculation she was expecting after she was seen out and about concealing her tummy in snaps last month. 

For their mother-son outing, which came after she ‘cancelled her planned comeback concerts’ for the summer, she dressed for comfort in an oversize, grey T-shirt paired with baggy jeans and chunky, slip-on sneakers as well as red-tinted sunglᴀsses.

Fans also took to X to accuse her of being pregnant again with one saying, ‘Girl, are you having another baby?’ an another sharing: ‘Giving me with child vibes.’

The rapper, born Rakim Athelaston Mayers, and the Diamonds singer have been in a relationship for over four years and were longtime friends for nearly a decade before their romance blossomed.

They welcomed their first child together in 2022 and their second in 2023.

Last June, less than a year before she welcomed her youngest child, she sparked pregnancy rumours again when she skipped the Met Gala.

Rihanna is expecting her third child with partner A$AP Rocky, who are already parents to sons RZA, who turns three next week, and Riot Rose, 21 months

The singer’s pregnancy news comes after she suggested she wanted a third child in December 2023 while speaking to E! News

She shut down the speculation at the time but revealed that she wants to have more children.

When asked if she and Rocky have plans to expand their family, she told Entertainment Tonight: ‘You know what, I hope so.’

She also previously shared that she hopes to have a baby girl to join her family one day.

‘I don’t know what God wants, but I would go for more than two,’ she told Interview Magazine in April 2024. ‘I would try for my girl. But, of course, if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.’