Well, well, well… looks like Hips Don’t Lie, but maybe Lips Should’ve Stayed Shut.
Shakira, our favorite hip-shaking truth-teller, pulled up to the Met Gala looking like a fashion goddess — and then promptly committed the ultimate red carpet faux pas: accidentally becoming Rihanna’s unofficial pregnancy announcer.
While strutting her stuff and probably calculating the BPM of her own heartbeat (because that’s what musical geniuses do), 48-year-old Shakira was asked a simple question:
“Who are you most excited to see tonight?”
And instead of saying something safe like “everyone!” or “Zendaya in literally anything,” Shakira went full chaos mode and blurted out:
“Rihanna! I want to see her. I want to see her so bad, and I just heard the news too… she’s pregnant.”
RECORD SCRATCH.
Camera zooms in.
Someone drops their phone.
Girl. GIRL.
The moment the words “she’s pregnant” hit the air, Shakira had an instant oh-no-I-messed-up crisis. You could see the realization hit her like a conga drum to the forehead. She slapped her hands over her mouth like she was trying to stuff the secret back in with sheer willpower and whispered, “Am I not supposed to say that?”
Shakira. Bestie. You’re on camera. With a mic. At the Met. This is not a safe space — this is the Internet’s favorite reality show.
Now, to be fair, Rihanna did show up looking like the world’s most glamorous baby bump bouquet, officially confirming she and A\$AP Rocky are expecting baby number three. So technically, Shakira didn’t ruin the announcement… she just gave it a little head start. Like a baby spoiler trailer.
We don’t know exactly when Shakira said the baby bombshell line — time is meaningless on Met Gala night — but fans are out here zooming, analyzing, and decoding like it’s the Zapruder film. And the consensus? There’s a solid chance our girl Shakira leaked the news before it was public-public.
Oopsie daisy! Somebody get her a PR-approved script next year — or at least a muzzle made of Swarovski crystals.
Singer Shakira shares she’s most excited to see Rihanna at the Met Gala.https://t.co/tqqBDhNFEW #MetGala pic.twitter.com/ZUOUs8h9i6
— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) May 6, 2025
