Rihanna blasts paparazzi for taking pictures of her son: 'As parents it just feels so icky'

Rihanna gets candid about raising her 9-month-old son with A$AP Rocky in the public eye, calling paparazzi "icky" for taking photos of him without their consent.

"I just went straight into protective mode," Rihanna recalled of the situation. "Like there wasn’t even time for rage. [Rocky and me] drove up to the trailer area and we sat in the car chatting and working out how we move forward. As parents it just feels so icky, like a violation."   Rihanna pictured at the Super Bowl.  (Getty Images) Rihanna poses for a picture as she celebrates her beauty brands fenty beauty and fenty skin at Goya Studios on February 11, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) (Mike Coppola/Getty Images) A$AP Rocky and Rihanna (pictured in February) have been friends for years and recently welcomed a baby boy into the world after going public with a romantic relationship in 2020. (Jacopo M. Raule) Kendall Tietz is a Production Assistant with Fox News Digital. 

She said they knew that as she and Rocky discussed the situation, the paparazzi were making calls and deals, but they couldn't stand the thought that the first public glimpse of their son, whose name they haven't shared publicly, would be sold without their consent.