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Naomi Osaka reacts to pregnancy speculation one year after ‘traumatic’ birth

Naomi Osaka is not pregnant with baby No. 2.

The tennis star took to TikTok over the weekend to hit back at recent rumors that she has a baby on board.

The athlete, 26, highlighted a comment from one of her followers on Sunday, which read, “She [is] expecting again. I wish [her] many mo[re].”

Naomi Osaka denied pregnancy rumors via TikTok over the weekend. Naomi Osaka/Instagram
The athlete told her TikTok followers on Sunday that she is “not preggos.” Naomi Osaka/TikTok
The tennis star explained via TikTok Sunday why she doesn’t want “many more” kids. Naomi Osaka/TikTok

In response, Osaka said, “I just wanna say, I’m not preggos, but if I was, I wouldn’t want many more because giving birth was traumatic.

“But thank you, though, for your blessings,” she concluded.

The Olympian similarly captioned the social media upload with a sarcastic, “ty for your best wishes? I guess?”

“Giving birth was traumatic,” Osaka said. Instagram/@naomiosaka
She is the mother of 1-year-old daughter Shai. Instagram/@naomiosaka

When Osaka welcomed her and rapper Cordae’s baby girl, Shai, in July 2023, the umbilical cord was wrapped around the infant’s neck.

The new mom described the scary experience to InStyle five months later, calling it the “worst pain of [her] life.”

Her pregnancy, which made headlines shortly before her baby girl’s arrival, was also “rough.”

The little one arrived in July 2023. Instagram/@naomiosaka
Osaka shares her baby girl with rapper Cordae. Instagram/@naomiosaka

“I don’t think people know how hard pregnancy is,” she told the outlet in December 2023. “No one really talks about it as much.”

That same month, speculation swirled about her and Cordae, 26, calling it quits.

However, Osaka did not address the gossip while gushing to People about the “good foundation” they have built.

The pair began dating in 2019. WireImage
They have yet to address the split rumors that surfaced last year. London Entertainment/Shutterstoc

“We just respect each other’s opinions,” she said last year. “And if we disagree on something, we talk it out. At the end of the day, we both want what’s best for Shai.”

The couple were first romantically linked in 2019, with Cordae admitting to GQ that he didn’t know his partner was a big deal when they met.

“It’s not my sport,” he said in 2021. “If you asked me about tennis, before being immersed in it because of Naomi, I could only give you Venus and Serena Williams. Because they’re just a part of the culture.”