Keke Palmer had an breathtaking announcement to marque during her Saturday Night Live opening monologue connected Dec. 3 — she’s pregnant! “There’s immoderate rumors going around,” Keke said. “People are successful my comments saying Keke’s having a baby, Keke’s pregnant. And I privation to acceptable the grounds straight…I AM!” She past busted unfastened her blazer and fto her bare babe bump popular out, cradling her increasing tummy with her hands. Keke has been dating her boyfriend, Darius Jackson, since 2021, though she did not notation who her baby’s begetter is successful the SNL monolgue.
Baby, this is @KekePalmer!!! pic.twitter.com/VCtXQh6Wqj
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The histrion continued, “I gotta say, though, it’s atrocious erstwhile radical connected the Internet dispersed rumors astir you y’all, but it’s adjacent worse erstwhile they’re correct. I mean, like, I was trying truthful hard to support it connected the down debased origin I got a batch of worldly going on, you know? People kept coming up to maine like, ‘Congratulations,’ and I’m like, ‘Stop! I got a liquor sponsorship connected the line!’ But honestly, his has been the biggest blessing, and I’m truthful excited. Guys, I’m going to beryllium a mom!”
Keke continued to sermon her pregnancy, shutting down immoderate critics who mightiness consciousness “weird” astir her having a babe due to the fact that she was a kid star. “I’m 29,” she pointed out, past went connected to propulsion immoderate jokes successful the speech. “I’m grown. I person sex. I ain a home. I stormed the Capitol connected January 6. You know? Things adults do!”
Keke has been precise debased cardinal astir her narration with Darius. The 2 went Instagram Official successful 2021, but Keke has since deleted their photos from her page. However, successful Nov. 2021, she concisely opened up astir the narration on The Tamron Hall Show. “It became much hard to hide,” she admitted. “We walk each this clip unneurotic and helium truly is my closest friend, truthful it conscionable becomes a happening wherever I’m not going to fell thing that makes maine happy. It’s not gonna beryllium everything you see. My occupation is my job, but astatine the extremity of the day, this is idiosyncratic that is important to me, truthful wherefore not?”