Rihanna's Cryptic Hand Symbol Sparks Conspiracy Theories After Viral Super Bowl Video

A video of Rihanna’s gesture at the end of her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance went viral online and led to some netizens claiming that she allegedly made a cryptic hand symbol onstage.

The Love the Way You Lie hitmaker made her long-awaited onstage return to perform at the highly-anticipated Super Bowl LVII stage for a little over 13 minutes. The pop star donned a red jacket over a vinyl red bodysuit and belted out her classic hits.

RiRi opened the show while performing B***h Better Have My Money from atop an aerial platform at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. She then sang her popular EDM tracks Where Have You Been, We Found Love, and Only Girl (In the World).

The musician went on to perform parts of other hits like Wild Thoughts, Run This Town, Rude Boy, Pour It Up, Work, All of the Lights, and Umbrella before concluding her set with Diamonds. Toward the end of the performance, Rihanna thanked Arizona while making a triangle with her hands close to her forehead.

As the video of the performance surfaced, some people took to social media to claim that the Fenty Beauty founder made a strange hand symbol onstage. Twitter user @/lukebelmar alleged that the authorities left out the ending of RiRi’s set for viewers who watched the show on TV, while user @/The_Laureate_ said that the visual was “hidden in plain sight”:

Twitter Comment (1/1) (Image via Twitter)

A user claimed that the singer created a hexagram/sexagram and made an upside-down pyramid to allegedly symbolize the “As Above So Is Below” ritual.

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Twitter reacts to Rihanna’s Super Bowl hand symbol conspiracy

Netizens share hand gesture theories following Rihanna's Super Bowl performance (Image via Getty Images)

In the wake of Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, a video of the singer making a hand gesture went viral on social media. In the clip, the musician can be seen putting up her hand to make what appears to be a triangle shape.

As the clip surfaced online, some users took to Twitter to share conspiracy theories:

Meanwhile, some fans also made fun of the conspiracy theories and shared humorous reactions in response to the claims:

As reactions continue to pour in online, it remains to be seen if a representative for Rihanna will address the conspiracy theories in the days to come.

In addition to the conspiracy theory, the singer also went viral for flaunting her baby bump during the performance. Shortly after the show, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner confirmed to The Times that RiRi is expecting her second child.