It was certainly an epic night in the career of Rihanna. The 34-year-old singer and fashionista probably played to her biggest audience ever by performing for the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show, and she generated further buzz by revealing she’s pregnant with her second child with A$AP Rocky, with a baby bump visible beneath her dramatic all-red ensemble.
But for all the extravaganza, Rihanna won’t be paid a cent, according to Esquire and the Daily Mail.
It’s customary for Super Bowl halftime stars to perform for free. Per NFL policy, the league covers all costs related to the production of the halftime show — which can be pretty sizable. It’s estimated that the 2020 show put on by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira cost $13 million, a figure that included pay for up to 3,000 people involved in pulling off the show and all of its technical elements, including the audio equipment and the collapsible, 38-part stage, Esquire said.
