Rihanna Honored with Digital Statue at Met Gala

Rihanna was honored at the Met Gala 2022 even though she didn’t make an appearance.

Vogue paid tribute to the billionaire singer with a head-turning digital Rihanna statue virtually placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Rihanna statue recreated her recent Vogue Cover Pose and the form-fitting Alaïa bodysuit she wore that accentuated her baby bump.

“Shut down the met in marble! what’s more gilded than that? Lol!” the R&B icon, who always nails an on-theme look, wrote in an Instagram post celebrating the tribute.

“Thank you @metmuseum and @voguemagazine for this historic tribute! ya’ll bad for this one!” she added alongside the video featuring the work of art.

The statue was digitally displayed against the backdrop of other marble figures in the museum’s Greco-Roman galleries.