Within the leisure business, feminine actors are sometimes anticipated to “bounce again” virtually immediately after being pregnant, with their our bodies scrutinised greater than their work. The stress to look the identical as earlier than childbirth continues to spark debate, and the most recent goal of such unrealistic requirements has been Rihanna.
Singer, actor and businesswoman Rihanna gave start to her daughter Rocki in September 2025. She was lately noticed together with her son Riot in Los Angeles, however customers on X weren’t significantly form. A number of customers body-shamed her and trolled her for “not bouncing again” after childbirth. Actor Ileana D’Cruz has now come out in assist of the singer and slammed the trolls.
Ileana D’Cruz backs Rihanna
On Thursday, Ileana took to Instagram and shared a publish from Evie Journal that highlighted X customers criticising Rihanna for embracing her post-pregnancy physique. Reacting to the headline, “Rihanna refused to cover her post-pregnancy physique, and it makes individuals livid”, Ileana wrote, “This makes me so mad.”
She additional criticised the trolls, writing, “She’s a robust girl! She made an entire child and birthed that child and is feeding and protecting that child alive and wholesome, but the query is ‘hmm why hasn’t she bounced again but?’ Bloody infuriating unrealistic expectations.”
Why was Rihanna trolled?
Rihanna was photographed together with her son Riot in Los Angeles, and the photographs rapidly surfaced on X. Many customers mocked her look for not “bouncing again”. One consumer posted side-by-side photographs of Rihanna in her 20s and at 37, writing, “That is why wealthy males are relationship youthful girls. Have a look at what occurred to Rihanna.” Others even made feedback a few “receding hairline”.
Throughout an interplay with Dior at Paris Haute Couture Trend Week in January, Rihanna spoke about her post-pregnancy physique, saying, “I wished the coats, I wished the clothes, I wished the skirts with a bit of bump proper right here (on the abdomen) ‘trigger I acquired a bit of pouch after having youngsters, so I’d love that.”
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, each 37, have three kids — their eldest son RZA, son Riot, and their youngest, daughter Rocki Irish.
Ileana D’Cruz’s current work
Ileana was final seen within the Bollywood movie Do Aur Do Pyaar (2024), which additionally starred Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi and Sendhil Ramamurthy. Whereas the movie obtained constructive critiques, it underperformed on the field workplace.
On the non-public entrance, Ileana is a mom of two. She welcomed her son Koa Phoenix Dolan in August 2023 and her second son, Keanu Rafe Dolan, in June 2025.