Keke Palmer is a mother!
The mom of 72 hours shared some first family photos with her bundle of joy and partner, Darius Jackson. Sharing the pics to Instagram, she wrote: “I’m not hiding the world from my son, I’m hiding my son from the world”.
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Palmer first shared the news of her pregnancy while hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live. Her wit shining through in her opening skit:
Even though some people feel a little weird about me having a baby cause I was a child actor, I just wanna say, look, I’m 29, I’m grown, I have sex, I own a home, I stormed the Capitol on January 6, you know? Things adults do
The 29-year-old mom, announced the birth of their first child earlier this week. The new parents have named the baby boy Leodis ‘Leo’ Andrellton. Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson are now a family of three.
“We became each other’s someone and made a someone, look at God!” Keke wrote in her Instagram post.
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The Emmy Award-winning actress is known for keeping her relationship with Jackson pretty under wraps. But when she appeared on The Tamron Hall Show in last November, she revealed becoming ‘Instagram official’ with Jackson – even though the pics with her boyfriend are no longer on her page:
It became more difficult to hide. We spend all this time together, and he really is my closest friend, so it just becomes a thing where I’m not gonna hide something that makes me happy
Keke’s Instagram post also gave an inside peak into her relationship with Jackson. She writes that her boyfriend always made her playlists when they first started dating. ‘Someone’ by El Debarge is a firm favourite.
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Recently, the Hustlers star shared how she balances work, while making time for her personal life. She spoke with E! News in an exclusive interview:
You’re always trying to figure out how to maintain it…It’s not easy and I would not ever say or give the impression that it is because it’s not. So, I’m always working to make sure that I’m checking in with myself as much as I can
Keke says she likes to stay ‘booked and busy’, adding that she feels very fulfilled from what she does: “For me, performing is an act of service and I feel good in that space. I feel good in the service of others”.
