American superstar singer Rihanna set the social media abuzz on Friday with her comment on motherhood at her 5th annual Diamond Ball on Thursday night.

In a red carpet chat with Essence Magazine before the event, the superstar had spoken about giving birth to a black woman, leaving fans in a puzzle.

Fans became more worried and concluded the singer is pregnant after spotting what looked like a ‘baby bump’ during her performance later that night at the fifth annual Diamond Ball.

That was how the gossip mill got spinning since Thursday night.

She told Essence in the now-viral interview:

“I’m a black woman. I come from a black woman who came from a black woman who came from a black woman and I’m going to give birth to a black woman.”

“That’s who I am. It’s the core of who I am in spirit and in DNA. And I always stand up for what I believe in and who I love and who I know, who I respect.”

And that one mention about giving birth has sent social media into an absolute frenzy, with fans now believing the 31-year-old singer subtly confirmed she’s pregnant with her first child.

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The speculation has positioned Rihanna at the top spot of Twitter trend list across the world.

 

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@badgalriri on Black women: “We are impeccable. We’re special and the world is just going to have to deal with that.” #DiamondBall

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See some of the reactions:

 

me seeing that Rihanna is pregnant then realizing that I’m not the baby:pic.twitter.com/asRmNBO8iK

— ?❕❕? (@ollnvnktt) September 13, 2019

Rihanna is Pregnant. Who is the father?

Leonardo DiCaprio
Chris Brown
Drake
Travis Scott
Hassan Jameel
Don Jazzy

Me: pic.twitter.com/98mPst55vc

— Y a k u z a – S u r f e r ??‍♂️ (@TheOnlyAbiodun) September 13, 2019

Rihanna is NOT pregnant and this is proof look at the first two pics of Rihanna when she’s not singing and then look at the last picture of Rihanna singing how is the “bump” showing that hard only when she sings the girl has gone thick so when she sings her stomach pushes out pic.twitter.com/0xSkhMg1sy

— 2019AFRICA (@2019AFRICA) September 13, 2019

Imagine if Rihanna is just bloated and not pregnant. How rude of us… pic.twitter.com/Dimn5KuetJ

— Laolao (@itz_laolao) September 13, 2019

Me all day since finding out Rihanna preggo pic.twitter.com/f6lxzWkUHN

— Tax Blaze (@CdOtBLAZE) September 13, 2019

We need #Siyamitha2019 press brief from Rihanna, she can’t do this to us. pic.twitter.com/JBNaJfohCd

— Man’s Not Bucsworldwide (@Maphuti21532579) September 13, 2019