Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa (Photo: Frederick M. Brown)Looks like MTV's annual Video Music Awards has now become the venue du jour to announce that one is expecting a new arrival. Following in Beyonce's footsteps from last year, hip-hop luminary Wiz Khalifa confirmed on the VMAs red carpet that fiancee Amber Rose is indeed with child.
It wasn't too hard to guess--rumors had already been flying for several days about the pregnancy, plus Rose was sporting a visible bump in her close-fitting lace dress--but the news was received with much excitement.
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"We had to do it with you first, and we had to do it with the whole world, and just let everybody know that we're expecting a beautiful young baby," Khalifa announced on the carpet. "We're having a baby!" The couple put emphasis on the announcement by both touching the baby bump--she making a point of cradling her tummy, while he placed a protective hand over it for eager photographers.
Beyonce at 2011 VMAs/FilmmagicThe announcement, of course, mirrors Beyonce's famous 2011 appearance at the VMAs--where she first arrived in an orange gown, suggestively cupping her middle, then officially announced her pregnancy after her performance on the show.
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Rose is the former girlfriend of Beyonce's friend Kanye West, whom she had a rocky relationship with that allegedly spawned some of West's more stinging compositions, including 2010's opus "Blame Game." West, who himself has a controversial history with the VMAs due to his 2009 run-in with Taylor Swift, was not present at this year's show. Rose and Khalifa announced their engagement in March.