Issa Rae once had to shut down pregnancy rumors to her own mom and sister

• Issa Rae once had to shut down pregnancy rumors to her own mom and sister.
• She told Today that her mom texted her sister a screenshot of an article asking if the rumors were true.

Issa Rae had to shut down pregnancy rumors about her to her own mom and sister one time, the actress told Today.

"My sister sent me a screenshot of my mom texting her an article like, 'Did she tell you ... Are the rumors true?' I was like, 'What?!'" Rae revealed to Today in the publication's first digital cover story.

Pregnancy rumors about Rae swirled around the internet this past March. She posted a since-deleted tweet shutting down the rumors, but recalled that she only felt like she had to do that because her mom was in on the gossip.

"[My sister] was like, 'Not Mom believing in gossip!'" Rae told Today. "I was like, 'But she texted you and she didn't even ask me!'"

She continued: "I'm like, 'Mom, a pregnancy … you really think that I would hide a grandchild from you? That you've been begging for?!'"

Rae said that when her mom started believing the rumors, she decided she had to say something "because it was getting out of hand."

Looking back on it, Rae says she laughs at the rumors, mainly because her own mother fed into the gossip, Today reported.

Rae is known to be quiet about her personal life. Notably, she did not publicly reveal she was dating anyone before she posted wedding photos with her partner, Louis Diame, on Instagram in July 2021.

While Rae told Today she has no intention of changing her social media strategy, she said she is unsure how she will handle a potential future child online.

"Maybe if I have a child, I'll feel like, 'Everybody needs to see this thing!' I don't know!" Rae said.