Rebecca Black: 'I'm Absolutely Not Pregnant'

YouTube sensation and 'Friday' singer Rebecca Black is in the news again thanks to a nasty pregnancy rumor that spread like wildfire over the weekend.

However, the 13-year-old singer set the record straight on Twitter Sunday.

"I thought it was May 15th...not April Fools Day. I'm absolutely NOT pregnant," Black tweeted, putting to rest the unsettling rumors.

Just like the music video for her song 'Friday,' the pregnancy rumor went viral thanks to social media. The story caught people's attention on Twitter, just like so many of those celebrity death hoaxes that pop up every now and then.

According to E! Online, a CNN iReport picked up the bogus Black story, which was when then the rumor began to spiral out of control.

However, now that Black has promptly denied any claim that she's pregnant, she can keep on singing that song that made her famous in the first place, which now has racked up over 140 million YouTube views since February.

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Watch Rebecca Black Welcome Osama Bin Laden to Hell With “Friday” in ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ Spoof

News about Rebecca Black may have slowed, but Jimmy Kimmel has just brought the 13-year-old viral-video sensation back to life, in the context of Osama bin Laden’s death.

“My wonder is what has become of his [Osama] soul?” Jimmy questioned during his opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, before revealing a cover of Rebecca’s viral “Friday” (which currently has 128,982,061 views) in his Osama spoof, “Hell-o from Hell.”

The animated parody features Osama in his “bedroom” in hell with a woman in a burka lying next to him.

When the burka is removed, her identity is revealed to be none other than Rebecca, who sings a special version of “Friday” to the deceased terrorist — whose death by U.S. forces was confirmed Sunday by President Barack Obama.

What are some of the lyrics to the latest “Friday” parody?

“Hitler in the front seat, Saddam in the back seat” and “it’s Friday, Friday, fry in Hell on Friday!” followed by “partying, partying, YEAH!” and “suffering, suffering, NO!”

Catch the spoof in the clip below! 

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Rebecca Black Wants to Be a (Performing Artist) Not (The ‘Friday’ Girl)

Rebecca Black is working hard — even on Fridays — to try and change the public’s negative view of her as an artist.

Rebecca shared with The Associated Press that she has been recording new songs at the studio of Charlton Pettus, a music producer.

Even though Rebecca’s song “Friday” has more than 119 million views on YouTube and is No. 64 on iTunes’ single chart, Rebecca has a lot of haters.

“People think I sound like a robot, and in that video, I do sound like a robot,” Rebecca said of the “Friday” YouTube video. “I don’t want to be known as the ‘Friday’ girl. Hopefully, I can be known as Rebecca Black and not the ‘Friday’ girl. I want to be a performing artist. That’s what I’ve always wanted to do.”

She is set on proving people wrong.

“I was bullied all the time in school,” she explained. “I don’t know what was so different about me that made people want to pick on me. I thank those people because if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be here right now. I would probably still be sitting at home crying. I’ve dealt with that my whole life. I’ve learned to have a thick skin. I laugh at them now.”

Rebecca’s parents paid $4,000 for Ark Music Factory to produce the song and video, but her mother wasn’t prepared for it to become such a hit.

“Once I realized that my daughter was going to be a celebrity, I knew this was going to be a time when I really needed to focus on completely being there for her 100 percent of the time,” Kelly, Rebecca’s mom, explained. “I have read and seen the unfortunate stories of so many children in the spotlight who have gone sideways.”

And it sounds like Rebecca is going to do all she can to stay in the spotlight. She has a new publicist, lawyer and manager.

“I want to see everyone’s opinion of my actual voice,” Rebecca said. “I don’t care if they love it. I don’t care if they hate it.”

“Well, I’d like it if they loved it, but I just want to hear their opinion.”

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Rebecca Black's Death Threats Under Investigation

YouTube sensation Rebecca Black has recently received death threats serious enough that the police are looking into them.

Reuters is reporting that the Anaheim police are investigating two death threats made against Black, 13, who is best known for her much-maligned internet hit 'Friday.'

A spokesman for the Anaheim Police is quoted saying, "In essence the threats were related to getting the music off the Internet or they were going to kill her."

The spokesmen continued, "We can't validate how serious they are, but we do take it seriously."

It was reported that one death threat came by phone and the other by email.

Officers are keeping an extra eye out on Black as they investigated the messages which were made through her production and management companies.

Black's song 'Friday' has generated more than 110 million views on YouTube

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