Rihanna took to social media and thanked The Metropolitan Museum of Art for paying her a special tribute.

Pop sensation Rihanna, who is expecting her first child with rapper-boyfriend A$AP Rocky, could not attend the Met Gala this year but she still managed to steal the show at the fashion’s biggest night. Wondering how? Well, The Metropolitan Museum of Art paid a special tribute to Rihanna and got a marble statue made in her honour.

The singer took to Twitter and thanked the museum for paying her a historic tribute. She also shared a glimpse of the statue in which she is seen flaunting her baby bump.

“Shut down the met in marble! what’s more gilded than that? Lol! Thank you for this historic tribute! y’all bad for this one,” she wrote.

See her tweet here:

shut down the met in marble! what’s more gilded than that? Lol! Thank you @metmuseum and @voguemagazine for this historic tribute! y’all bad for this one! pic.twitter.com/NawYMd0RpL

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 3, 2022

The statue is straight off the cover photoshoot she did for Vogue magazine.

Rihanna, in the past, has served some of the most memorable and striking looks at the Met Gala red carpet. She could not attend the Met Gala this year due to her pregnancy.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky hosted a rave-themed baby shower last week. It was an intimate affair which was held at a studio in Los Angeles.Live TV.