Rihanna's Super Bowl Dancers Did Not Know She Was Pregnant, Rehearsed With Her for Only One Week (Exclusive)

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Rihanna's Super Bowl dancers didn't know she was pregnant, dancer Laila Hayes told ET on Wednesday. Hayes was one of the 280 dancers who surrounded RiRi onstage at the halftime show last weekend. «I don't think anybody really knew she was pregnant,» Hayes said. «She hid it very well.» Hayes was selected as a backup dancer in late January, and rehearsed the show for two weeks, sometimes dancing for up to eight hours a day.The group didn't join Rihanna until the week of the show, when she rehearsed with them on the field, but still stayed separate from the larger group. «She was rehearsing onstage, they made sure that they had her safe in the middle of the stage and then group that I was in would stay on the sidelines,» Hayes said.

Hayes added that the cold weather meant Rihanna wore oversized sweatshirts without causing any pregnancy suspicion, even at one point wearing the jumpsuit she performed in, zipped over her baby bump. «We were all confused watching it during the real thing when she went up there and was showing her stomach,» Hayes said. «She wore the same outfit for one of the dress rehearsals but it was zippered up.» When Rihanna wasn't there, or was practicing other things, choreographer Parris Goebel filled her place. «She would stand in for her, sing all the songs, lip sync all the songs, do all her choreography because she knows everything,» Hayes said of Goebel. «She's amazing.» A post shared by PARRI$ (@parrisgoebel)After Sunday's performance, Goebel shared several rehearsal videos of herself standing in for RiRi among the dancers.

The clips quickly went viral, and are still racking up millions of views. Though she kept her distance, Hayes said Rihanna was amazing to work with. «She's super gorgeous, she.