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Why Rihanna Wasn't Paid for Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance
After sharing a connection praising A$AP Rocky and his emotion for Rihanna, Olivia Wilde is unapologetic.
In a since-deleted connection posted to Instagram Stories connected Feb. 13, the Don't Worry Darling director reshared a video of the rapper cheering on (and recording) his large woman from the sidelines arsenic she took the stage during the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show. Alongside the clip, Olivia wrote, "If I thought helium was blistery before, this truly enactment maine implicit the edge."
Now, Olivia—who split from Harry Styles successful November 2022—is re-entering the chat to clarify that there's nary request to interest astir her archetypal response.
"For anyone who got it twisted," she wrote successful a follow-up connection connected Instagram Stories Feb. 13. "It's blistery to respect your partner. Especially erstwhile your spouse conscionable did thaaaaaat."
As for the "thaaaaaat" Olivia is referring to, it would beryllium nary different than Rihanna's 13-minute acceptable that had fans seated during her halftime show.
But it wasn't all astir not wanting to halt the music, arsenic the singer—who welcomed a babe lad with A$AP past May—also revealed she is pregnant with their 2nd child.
And it turns out, assemblage members weren't the lone ones amazed by the uncover since her dancers were besides successful the dark.
"I did not cognize she was pregnant," 1 performer shared in a Feb. 13 TikTok. "I was surprised."
According to the dancer, Rihanna kept her babe bump nether wraps with her clothing—which included "big fur coats" and oversized Fenty sweaters—during rehearsals.
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Ahead of her performance, the Fenty Beauty laminitis shared why the timing of her return to the signifier couldn't beryllium immoderate better.
"It feels similar it could person lone been now," she told Apple Music successful a Feb. 9 interview. "When you go a mom, there's conscionable thing that conscionable happens wherever you consciousness similar you tin instrumentality connected the world, you tin bash thing and the Super Bowl is 1 of the biggest stages successful the world."
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