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    RIHANNA & CHILD

    Jan 01, 2019 1 minute
    DARREL ALEJANDRO HOLNES

    The rude girl is with child in the Instagram pic. It’s not her baby.She wears a costume conservatives may describe as and .I call her and . The baby pulls sequins off herBut she’s not afraid she won’t shine. I was raised by her kind.

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