On Saturday, Rihanna shared a rare new video of her son, who at ten months old is already stealing the spotlight. In the clip, Rihanna is getting ready for her work out in a black Savage X Fenty sports bra, holding her baby boy in her lap. He’s wearing a pale green top and is smiling and laughing as his mom cuddles him.
“Look who don’t want mommy to workout,” the ANTI singer captioned the clip.
Rihanna’s first child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky was born last May, and she revealed in February that she was pregnant again during her performance at the Super Bowl Halftime show. Already known for her maternity style, Rihanna was back to displaying her baby bump the following month while performing at the Academy Awards, singing her song of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack “Lift Me Up,” which was nominated in the best original song category.
She even dresses to highlight her excitement for another child on casual outings.
The Fenty Beauty founder recently spoke with British Vogue about what it has been like being a new mother and her son’s relationship to his dad.
“You don’t sleep. At all,” she explained. “You’re a zombie for the most part. You’re just going through the motions, and even then you’re so paranoid.”
She and Rocky have not yet revealed their son’s name, but she seems happy to talk about their family life.
“He is obsessed with his father,” she went on. “And I’m like: ‘Didn’t I give birth to you? What is going on?’ The second Rocky makes eye contact with him he is on fire… The whole thing they say about sons and moms, it’s a myth. Sons and fathers is crazy.”
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and more. Her first book, The Lonely Hunter, will be released by Dial Press in February 2022.